Norton Safety Stirrups

Norton is the house brand of the French manufacturer Ekkia, and this stirrup is brought to market by Norton as a safety stirrup: a stirrup with a release function that lets the foot leave the stirrup. We carry it in one plain black finish. The technical data Norton publishes is limited; below you can read what is established and what is not.

About this stirrup

Ekkia is a manufacturer based in Haguenau, in Alsace, with an equestrian range spread over several house brands. Norton is the most widely known of those, and the line stands above all for simple, functional kit without frills. This stirrup belongs in that line: one model, one colour, no options.

A stirrup with a release function always works on the same principle. One part of the stirrup can come free or give way under pressure, so your foot can leave the stirrup. How that happens differs a great deal from model to model: on one it is a hinged arm that locks under spring tension, on another a flexible polymer arch that gives in every direction, and on a third an elastic on the outside. Those differences decide how the stirrup feels, how much care it asks for and whether there are parts that can be replaced.

For this Norton stirrup we cannot state that type with certainty. Ekkia makes no public technical sheet available: the catalogues are online only as a page-turner file and the brand's product database sits behind a dealer login. Our own product data contradicts itself on top of that, which means we cannot build on that either. That is why you will find no weight, no material, no tread width and no opening angle on this page. That is a deliberate choice: rather nothing than a figure we cannot check.

What you can check before you choose is the fit. With any stirrup, your foot has to go in with space on both sides, measured in the riding boot you actually wear. Too tight raises the chance of your foot jamming, too roomy lets your foot slide inside the stirrup. If you ride alternately in a slim summer boot and a wide winter boot, take the widest as your starting point.

Care is the same job on every stirrup with a release function: keeping the moving or yielding part clean and clear. Rinse the stirrups after a session in a sandy school, dry them and store them indoors rather than in a wet grooming bag. At every cleaning, check that the release part still does what it should, and take a stirrup off your saddle as soon as it no longer does.

Norton

Norton is een ruitersportmerk dat bekendstaat om zijn praktische en functionele uitrusting voor paard en ruiter. Het merk maakt deel uit van de Franse ruitersportgroep Ekkia en biedt een breed assortiment producten voor dagelijks gebruik.

Het assortiment van Norton omvat onder andere zadeldekjes, hoofdstellen, halsters, beschermers, stijgbeugels en diverse stalaccessoires. De producten worden ontwikkeld met aandacht voor comfort, duurzaamheid en een goede pasvorm voor het paard.

Dankzij de combinatie van functioneel design, degelijke materialen en een goede prijs-kwaliteitverhouding is Norton een populair merk bij ruiters die betrouwbare ruitersportuitrusting zoeken voor training en dagelijks gebruik op stal.