Shoe Laces

[BakerStencil]

GAWD i WORE Through another pair of laces last night this is ridiculious that makes 2 pairs this week! I think I'm just gnmna duct tape my shoes to my foot and forget about the laces:op Anyone else have this problem?

[mikejl29]

ever heard of getting shoes with lace guards on them? You could also try something I did. Wherever the shoe lace tends to rip... wrap that area about 4 times around with duct tape or electrical tape. Hell, try both. It will help your laces last a bit longer.

[BakerStencil]

Originally posted by mikejl29
ever heard of getting shoes with lace guards on them? You could also try something I did. Wherever the shoe lace tends to rip... wrap that area about 4 times around with duct tape or electrical tape. Hell, try both. It will help your laces last a bit longer.


Where can I get these lace guards?

[GrizzledJASPER]

some shoes have an some shoes dont. its just a matter of whether or not the lace is exposed where it goes through the hole.

[chickaboarder13]

well i just kept tying the laces where they snaped lol soo i had knots in my laces (everyone thought it was 'sweet' lol...) now i just have two different colored THICK laces... one pink and one white that match my white/pink shoes... everyone thought it looked 'cute' too... man... crazy crackers...

[BakerStencil]

Originally posted by chickaboarder13
well i just kept tying the laces where they snaped lol soo i had knots in my laces (everyone thought it was 'sweet' lol...) now i just have two different colored THICK laces... one pink and one white that match my white/pink shoes... everyone thought it looked 'cute' too... man... crazy crackers...

Yeah I might as well do that I mean what will it hurt? laces are only there to keep your foot in the shoe.

[Blind Sheppard]

tie ur laces properly or tuck them into the side of ur shoe, it means they cant get caught and torn

[GrizzledJASPER]

i dont think he means the ends of the laces. mine tear near the bottom loopholes on the side i kickflip with and im pretty sure thats what hes talking about too.

[BakerStencil]

Originally posted by GrizzledJASPER
i dont think he means the ends of the laces. mine tear near the bottom loopholes on the side i kickflip with and im pretty sure thats what hes talking about too.

Yeah thats what I'm talking about its the Grip Tape tearing them up at the loop holes.

[ubersoldat]

I've seen lots of people at the skate park with duct tape over their shoes.

[Blind Sheppard]

just put duct tape ova the loopholes if they tear

[blazingunz]

damn you people are crazy lol :) i never seen any1 at the sk8park with duct tape.. but hell, i guess it makes sense... mine tend to tear every once and a while but not every week... hell man what do you do to tear them so easily? Kickflips dont even **** my laces up that much.. wel at all

[Skater Chik]

Make sure u get thick skate lases. not the sh.it ones u get wit runners.

[bananasoup]

or you could just start sporting velcro shoes.

ive been looking for a dope pair of velcros, but ive never been able to find any that look even remotely good.

[NIGhtMAre]

Some retard has shoes with laces and velcros, circas i think.

[T O O L]

That retard would be me. Would you say Jamie Thomas is also a retard?

[loly_nite]

getlaceless shoes i dun have skater shoes yet but the shoes i have now work just fine and have no laces to

[tryhard_skater]

dude skate shoes are way betta.

[Blind Sheppard]

Originally posted by Skater Chik
Make sure u get thick skate lases. not the sh.it ones u get wit runners.
thicker laces mean it takes about ten mins longer for them to break, my emericas had thick laces but the first ones snapped in a bouty a week and the new laces i put on snapped in a day. if you want shoes wiv lace guards osiris hav them on most of there shoes

[NIGhtMAre]

No, I meant he wears them and he is a retard.

[tryhard_skater]

TRANS ELEMENT Flare from GLOBE have lace protectors:D

[jambi]

Shoe-Goo over the lace loops, or where ever the laces rip. It tears off and you can put it on as you need. Plus it doesn't give that ''special'' look, but lace protectors help. --later--

[Snaker]

Duct tape works. My Globes' toes are completely covered in duct tape, 'cause duct tape fixes everything.

[Kylesk8er]

Dude forget the laces. Go to Harbor Freight or Home Depot and buy a bag of plastic electrical zip ties. You can buy a bag of variety colors or just black. Run the ties from one shoelace tie across to the other and tighten it to the desired tension then cut off the excess work up to the next set of eyes and so on if you leave the bottom ones a little loose you cankeep them when you take off your shoes just cut the top three or four and replace them with new ones when you put your shoes on again. You can get a bag of 300 for $8.00 snd they look cool!

[elementallity]

i might try that lol

[XBLinK182sk8rX]

Kylesk8er, can you show me a picture of what these plastic electrical zip ties? Because, that kinda sounds like a good idea if they look cool.

[StevoElSupremo]

I used phone cord for laces haha it works great though :-41:

[wowwhatsthat]

Zip ties would destroy your griptape.

[spenser]

when i used to care about ripping laces (i dont anymore) i wrapped that little area with a piece of duct tape maybe a cm wide, about 2 times, and it really helped.

but.. now if i rip laces, i just tie them up for the rest of the day with the two newly ripped ends, and maybe leave it like that if i dont feel like changing the laces. or i change them when i get home cause i have TONS of laces.

[sk83rb0y]

My laces break a lot. Duck taping them sounds good though.

[skaterat]

I go through laces really fast. (knee slides) I just keep spares with my gear, laces are cheap.

[pmurph]

GAWD i WORE Through another pair of laces last night this is ridiculious that makes 2 pairs this week! I think I'm just gnmna duct tape my shoes to my foot and forget about the laces:op Anyone else have this problem?woah happened to me yesterday too! sucks. just found an old pair of shoes and put their laces on.

[skate9235]

tie your laces on the inside of ur sho

[I_Eat_Emo_Kids]

GAWD i WORE Through another pair of laces last night this is ridiculious that makes 2 pairs this week! I think I'm just gnmna duct tape my shoes to my foot and forget about the laces:op Anyone else have this problem?

I've got the same problem, thats why i got the Nike Zoom air tres from my shop, 50% off good deal so I had to try em. Anyway, on normal shoes every serious session they'd rip and i'd have to get a new pair. I guess I just need to skate switch more loll.

[sirskatealot7]

what i do is get this leather flap and triple stitch it to the top of my shoe in a place were it dont rip.

[skaterat]

OK, check this out. I've posted alot of session pics with my buddie Frank included. Well he was going through shoelaces like crazy so he set out to find the perfect shoe lace with no success. So he found this awesome material and started making his own. He set up a site as a joke and well, people took it seriously and now he has a Shoelace Company. They work really good and last along time. He also designed a lace protector that attaches to the laces at the tongue. Look at his site as it's done comically but is now real. I wear the laces, infact I sent Dan (FIGHT) a couple pairs to try. Our buddie Franks (Oldkook) site is www.oldkook.com
Hey mods, if it's not cool putting his site up, don't sweat it and delete this post.

[smurf88]

I like the shoe laces that come with Es Accels. They last very long and the shoes come with two pairs.

[Bakerbum211]

Shoe-Goo over the lace loops, or where ever the laces rip. It tears off and you can put it on as you need. Plus it doesn't give that ''special'' look, but lace protectors help. --later--


yeah use shoe goo

[360degrees]

I have never had the problem but my mate has had it happen so many times, he just leaves them, and it doesnt bother him.

[Whitney]

Yea I have two different colored shoelaces, (both DVS). The white fat and flat lace is fine, but the blue round one is starting to rip. Maybe I'll try that duct tape idea...

[goofy m3ng]

even though this topic was 2 years old...
On my shoelaces i use silicon which lasts better than shoe goo. Believe me, but it takes a day to dry.

[OldKook]

I don't want this to seem like spam, but I had been having the same problem for years. I finally came up with a couple solutions: better shoelaces and also shoe lace protectors. After a while, people suggested that I market them, so I have started to do just that. I've tried to keep the prices affordable, but keep in mind that I am making these things by hand in my garage, which takes some time and effort.

Anyway, if you do blow through a lot of laces, please take a look at my site, here: http://www.oldkook.com

Thanks for looking!

Frank
a.k.a. OldKook

[mason]

I change my laces when they break, hehe....

Laces tend to break when their too tight, so just keep your laces moderatly loose and theyll last.

[Fakie]

yeah i like thos velcros u should see how many peeps have em on their shoes at my school lol

[carnagevisor]

But like 30 cheap packs of laces and then when they snap change them over ! . . or go with the thick ones, yer !

[Ramp]