Wakeskate Shoes

marshk344 · Posted: Dec 03, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject: Wakeskate Shoes

How much does wearing a shoe with a design like a skate shoe with the flat bottom and stuff help. Or shoes specificly for wakeskating? Just curious.

liquid · Posted: Dec 03, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject:

it helps alot, much more stability on the board.a shoes specifically for wakeskating is one designed like a skateboarding shoe usually with a drainage system, either a mesh construction or a system that channels the water out of the shoe and has a quickly driable material.

integrity640 · Kickflip Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2866 City: Ocala

i can tell a big diffrence between the dvs milans and byerlys. The milans have a narrower bottom whereas the byerlys,which i like better and wider and have a more skateboard type shoe. alot of people go without shoes with griptape, which would hurt ur feet real bad probably. so yes, the shoe shape def makes a diffrence.

myers · Frontside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 283 City: VENICE

umm dvs makes the milans... milan is a model in their line dude and im pretty sure byerlys are made by reef... correct me if im wrong

on the question, i dont think it makes a big difference other than the fact you can get the mesh shoes in the skate style. whatever feels the most comfortable and drains water well is gonna be your best bet. i dont really care for the skate style because they seem bulky on the wakeskate so i bought the dvs novas which are pretty small and have the mesh

integrity640 · Kickflip Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2866 City: Ocala

myers, oops, thats what i meant to put, dvs milans and reef byerlys

bigpimpinalberta · Frontside 180 Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 291 City: P-town

ya integrity640, i was wonderin wut u were talkin bout. Confused

anyways i've used both runners and skate shoes and the flat bottoms help for better surface area. i bounce some old DC's and i find that drainage is kinda a prob but meh. my ideal pair would be byerly's or milans.

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