The junior version of Leki's WCR Venom race mitten, with the same ceramic-reinforced 3D padding the adult model carries — scaled down rather than simplified.
That matters because junior race gear is often protection-lite, which is backwards: a U12 racer hits just as many gates as a U16, with less mass to absorb it.
- Premium goat leather, junior pre-curved race fit
- Ceramic-enforced 3D silicone finger and thumb padding
- Speed panel knuckle protection, flex flap and silicone surround cushion
- Thinsulate and Hyperloft insulation with micro Bemberg lining
- Flex mapping for movement, silicone grip pads on an ergonomic palm
- Flexible neoprene cuff
Mitten or glove? For juniors the mitten usually wins. Cold hands end a training day faster than anything else, and fingers sharing a chamber stay considerably warmer. The same model is available as a junior glove if your athlete wants more pole feel.
Do not size up. The instinct to buy a season ahead makes a race mitt colder — less hand filling it — and moves the padding off the knuckle where the gate lands. Buy it to fit now.
Check whether your poles take the Trigger system before ordering. See junior race mittens.
