The Five Ten Women's Blackwing is designed specifically to fit lower-volume feet with narrower heels. The women’s Blackw........
Favoured by top level climbers, the Masai is Tenaya's best selling shoe. It stands out due to its balanced features. More exp...
The Five Ten Anasazi Lace Up is one of the top selling performance shoes in Europe and offers greater sensitivity for pull......
The Scarpa Men's Mojito heads up the Scarpa lifestyle collection and is the perfect choice for urban use, as well as on the...
The Five Ten Women's Anasazi LV (Low Volume) excels on climbs of 5.11 and higher, both indoors and out. This performance .......
A canopy is a great way to add space and comfort to your family tent, this Icarus 600 Front Canopy is fully enclosed...
Inner Cabins for Nordisk Asgard 19.6m - Contains both L & R cabins....
A bestselling model the Vango Beta tents have been updated to the new 350 2013 XL models - this in Treetops colour......
The new 2013 Outwell Montana 6 tent is part of the Deluxe collection, Outwell's most popular range of family tents......
A canopy is a great way to add space and comfort to your family tent, this Icarus 500 Front Canopy is fully enclosed...
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We've put together a great selection of rock boots designed for different needs and budgets. Some with convenient velcro fastenings, some ideal for bouldering, others suited for long multi pitch climbs or climbing wall. We have chosen shoes from the leading brands Red Chili, Boreal, Tenaya, Five Ten, Scarpa and Evolv. If you're just starting climbing or looking for something funky and new to try we can help. We are confident we have the perfect shoes for you to meet your climbing needs and to fit all sorts of foot shapes. Take a look at our top fitting tips at the bottom of the page to help you make the right choice. Want the perfect fit? Check out our climbing shoe fitting tips! |
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The Venga unisex kids shoe sports a modern look and comfortable fit and a size adjusting heel strap for growing kids. ...
Decades of research in Yosemite’s legendary Camp Four produced this rugged, light-weight hiker....
The Boreal Joker is a climbing shoe that combines all day comfort, performance, great fit and breathability. It has been s......
Designed for those climbers who spend as much time indoors as out! The Velcro closure makes the Scarpa Force the perfect c......
The Five Ten Anasazi VCS is one of the top selling performance shoes in Europe and offers greater sensitivity for pulling......
The Boreal Crux is perfect for technical climbs with micro edges, and is an essential tool for sport climbing and boulderi......
The Five Ten Guide Tennie Shoe is the standard bearer for rugged all-terrain footwear, and there’s no better shoe for scrambl...
The Defy has proved to be Evolv's best selling men's model and they have just given it an upgrade. The Defy VTR will appeal t...
The Tenaya Ra is a climbing shoe offering high technical performance coupled with suprising ease of use, comfort and above al...
The Scarpa Men's Mojito heads up the Scarpa lifestyle collection and is the perfect choice for urban use, as well as on the...
The Five Ten Anasazi Verde Lace Up is one of the world's best precision climbing shoes, and it's now even better! With a ......
The Boreal Joker is a climbing shoe that combines all day comfort, performance, great fit and breathability. ...
The Boreal Ninja Junior Azul is a comfortable and easy to fit climbing shoe for kids. ...
The Scarpa Men's Mojito heads up the Scarpa lifestyle collection and is the perfect choice for urban use, as well as on the...
The Scarpa Women's Mojito heads up the Scarpa lifestyle collection and is the perfect choice for urban use, as well as on the...
The Scarpa Vapour V XSG2 is the new all-round high performance shoe offers precision, sensitivity and power....
The Five Ten Anasazi Lace Up is one of the top selling performance shoes in Europe and offers greater sensitivity for pull......
The Five Ten Women's Blackwing is designed specifically to fit lower-volume feet with narrower heels. The women’s Blackw........
Favoured by top level climbers, the Masai is Tenaya's best selling shoe. It stands out due to its balanced features. More exp...
The Boreal Joker Plus Velcro climbing shoe is extremely comfortable with an easy to fasten lace closure. Ergonomic HFS .........
The Tenaya Ra is a climbing shoe offering high technical performance coupled with suprising ease of use, comfort and above al...
The Evolv Geshido SC is a high performance all-arounder good for sport climbing, trad, and bouldering, with the ease of ........
The Scarpa Vapour V XSG2 is the new all-round high performance shoe offers precision, sensitivity and power....
The Five Ten Anasazi VCS is one of the top selling performance shoes in Europe and offers greater sensitivity for pulling......
The Five Ten Women's Anasazi LV (Low Volume) excels on climbs of 5.11 and higher, both indoors and out. This performance .......
The new Scarpa Helix Lady has been designed to help emerging climbers’ progress swiftly through the grades, with a .......
The Scarpa Women's Mojito heads up the Scarpa lifestyle collection and is the perfect choice for urban use, as well as on the...
The Edelrid Typhoon is the shoe for high-end climbing and offers an aggressive, performance-oriented shoe for demanding bould...
The new Boreal Diabola climbing shoes are in the intermediate category and aim to offer a great mix of comfort and performanc...
The new Boreal Diabolo climbing shoes are in the intermediate category and aim to offer a great mix of comfort and performanc...
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If you have any space at the ends it will allow the sole to curve upwards, away from the hold you are trying to stand on. The curved surface it creates will not give a secure, positive grip and thus allow the foot to slide off. You should aim for a fit which makes the toes arch slightly probably feeling unfamiliar to all but Ballerinas, whilst not curl all the way up and be painful, but put the shoe in tension by stretching it. This way the pressure from the toes is pressed directly onto the holds and give a good level of grip. As you progress you will probably opt for tighter fits at the sacrifice of comfort, to gain greater precision and purchase. The width of the shoe should be roughly as tight as the length but you need to get both right and this is down to trying different styles. Generally, laces as opposed to Velcro closures will give better width adjustment. The rubbers used on today's rock shoes are all soft and sticky, and are far gripper than that on most everyday shoes or boots. This allows for friction to be higher and allow better grip on smaller or smoother holds. The fit is most important, as with a climbing harness, to allow you to concentrate on climbing without distraction. Don't let rumours about brands of rubber make you worry about which rubber you have on your chosen shoe to begin with, as you will start off on big enough holds for friction to be a secondary consideration.
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