As our economy suffers more slams, some of us are going to be stretching the dollar as much as possible. If you have been skating for a while you must already know about Shoe Goo and how wonderful a product this actually is in extending the life of your skate shoes. If not you need to go out and Buy a Tube of Shoe Goo

Back in the day when Airwalks ruled the skateboarding world the one weakness of them was in the soles, which would wear out almost indefinitely before the sides of the shoe did, especially with the Airwalk 540 and Prototype. I often found myself applying huge gobs of the stuff to the bottom of my shoe almost daily for awhile there.

As skate shoes progressed and better gum rubber soles came along, soon the side of shoes specifically in the small toe region developed holes quicker than the bottoms had a chance to wear out and get a hole. The major reason this was happening was because of ollie’s and kick flips, which tended to wear away an even bigger area on the toes on a skate shoe. Most skate shoes can be recognized by the extra layer in those areas. Some shoes come with lace savers to help protect the shoelaces themselves from the wrath of grip tape.

So instead of running out and grabbing a new pair of shoes every time you start rubbing your little toe raw from an ollie, you should consider using Shoe Goo to extend the life of your skate shoes. This stuff is seriously magic and every skater should own a tube of it. A good tip when using shoe goo to repair a skate shoe is to used an ice cube to spread the shoe goo around the damaged area. Using a popsicle stick or something the spread the shoe goo around with will only leave a sticky mess.

Another good tip that will extend the life of your skate shoe is to really examine a shoe before you buy a new air. Check to see how it was made and how the sole is actually attached to the rest of the shoe. You should be looking for a skate shoe that is single or double stitch all the way around it. You have to look closely sometimes because some of them appear to be stitched but turn out to be a design molded right into the sole and then the sole is actually glued together. Always look for double or even a triple stichs and that they have a good gum rubber sole.

Of course there are alot of diffrent reasons to go with a certain shoe verses another, like the shoe companies reputation, how long they have been making shoes, if it is signature pro shoe, the durability, the wieght, and the list could just go on and on. But if you at least take a good close look at how well they were made and most importantly always check your local skate shop before you think the mall is a good idea. Usually you will have much more knowlegeble staff who actually use the same shoes your considering making a purchase of and can really help take a step in the right direction orI should say 360 flip in the right direction to a longer lasting qulity skate shoe.

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