Thursday 14 April 2016

Sew what

14th April 2016

The materials from which different parts of the shoes are made have a really big impact on how the shoe feels on the board and how it reacts.

There are certain materials that have always been preferred over others to construct skate shoes because of how they feel and perform as different parts of the shoe.


Upper
Leather
Suede
Nubuck
Canvas
Mesh

Inner
Cotton
Canvas
Neoprene

Sockliner
EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate)
Polyurethane

Midsole
EVA

Outsole
Rubber
Gum

Heel Cup
Flexible plastic



Traditional materials like leather and suede have brilliant feel to them while skating in but they tend to blow out very soon, this means that they lose their shape very quick.
Whereas materials like canvas hold their shape very well but are not equally as durable as leatheror suede.

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