{"id":162,"date":"2011-11-30T10:39:53","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T10:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:21:32","slug":"why-air","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/?page_id=162","title":{"rendered":"Why AIR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Air changes shape immediately moulding to the horse\u2019s back instantly and moves with the horse.<\/p>\n<p>Foams and gels cannot do that.\u00a0 In fact, the ability of foams and gels to absorb concussion is relative to the thickness of those pads.<\/p>\n<p>Air bags in Flair and Korrector reduce bulk.<\/p>\n<p>Air \u2018self-levels\u2019 within the pad adjusting to where it is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Both Flair and Korrector allow the rider to adjust and fine tune the balance of a saddle to accommodate seasonal changes in your horse\u2019s back.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DR. IAN BIDSTRUP-\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>owner of SPINAL VET, a group of dual qualified veterinarians who have qualifications\u00a0in Vet science and also Chiropractic comments on the benefits of\u00a0air panels.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<em>Panel softness and ability to absorb concussion. <\/em><\/span><\/strong><em>Different fillings are available. The most comfortable for the horse are the air panels. These are able to conform to the changes in the horse\u2019s top line shape, as it moves and changes posture. Those commonly available (FLAIR system) are also nice and soft and comfortable, and yet are not so thick as to cause excessive motion between the rider and the horse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0NOTE -&#8216; FLAIR&#8217; IS THE PATENT NAME OF THE AIR PANELS IN WOW SADDLES.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"Contact us\" href=\"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/?page_id=11\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Contact us<\/span><\/a><\/span> to arrange a WOW demo on your horse!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air changes shape immediately moulding to the horse\u2019s back instantly and moves with the horse. Foams and gels cannot do that.\u00a0 In fact, the ability of foams and gels to absorb concussion is relative to the thickness of those pads&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":515,"parent":13,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-162","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331,"href":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions\/1331"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkleyhill.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}