Kirils 1 #1 October 21, 2002 I picked up a used pair of bowling shoes. They are incredible in the way you can slide across the ground! Smooth!! Get a pair for better surfs! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJohnson 0 #2 October 21, 2002 Sorry, I don't think I could buy into that fashion statement!!JJ JJ "Call me Darth Balls" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverds 0 #3 October 21, 2002 That is so funny. I almost swiped a pair the last time I went bowling for that exact reason. Van's work pretty well too though. Skydive Radio Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #4 October 21, 2002 Quote Sorry, I don't think I could buy into that fashion statement!!JJ Well you don't really have to go with the alley rental clown shoes. There are plenty out there that look very much like plain old shoes. They are designed to slide, so it makes sense that they'd work well for swooping. Just don't go over the foul line. Of course that would be the beer line at most DZs. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #5 October 21, 2002 I have all sorts of swoopy shoes. My current favorites are my new Vans "Petersen" signature pro skateboard shoes; flat soles and very stylish. I like to pond swoop in my old Navy issue gray canvas coral dive booties; very thin, flat soled, and sporting some flames sewn to the sides that I cut out of an old VS-17 panel. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cobaltdan 0 #6 October 21, 2002 i like merrils as they are elastic and i have a thing against laces (i could say it is for safety but its more lazyness). btw. a belt sander removes tread well... dan<><>Daniel Preston <><> atairaerodynamics.com (sport) atairaerospace.com (military) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #7 October 21, 2002 AUFreeFly has been wearing some bowling shoes the last couple times out. He wants to get a sander and round off the heal though. They ARE the bowling alley clown shoes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramon 0 #8 October 21, 2002 Converse all stars are pretty good,flat soles and nice smooth toe cap, but they have no cushion if you get an ankle burner on hard ground. If you look at lots of swoop photos I tend to notice the little round emblem quite a bit if vans aren't being worn."Revolution is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.", Ambrose Bierce. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GroundZero 0 #9 October 22, 2002 Laguna! all the way baby!!! absolutely smooooth soles... can only be purchased from their exclusive outlet and always on sale at lobor day through "their gone"... These are the Wal-mart brand flip-flops.... while you can hang onto them easily through freefall by squinching your toes, I've found it easier to put a rubberband on the toe-thong piece and slip it over my big toe. Memorial day thru Labor day, 4.95/pr..... after that... $1.99 per pair, limited selection. Yehaa! Chris p.s. i also broke a foot bone when the toe caught a few years ago... but I was lookin great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawnDart21 0 #10 October 24, 2002 For those honest law abiding folks that couldn't bring themselves to boost a pair of bowling shoes and still look at themselves in the mirror the next morning.......lol The "bowling shoe effect" can be created on just about any pair of sneakers (even Tevas speaking from experience) if you put them on, hop on a motorcycle and then drag your feet a few miles on the pavement to melt the soles. They become nice and smooth and will slide over anything!!! -- My other ride is a RESERVE. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spy38W 0 #11 October 24, 2002 Quote...if you put them on, hop on a motorcycle and then drag your feet a few miles on the pavement to melt the soles. They become nice and smooth and will slide over anything!!! Damned wreckless driving charges.... -- Hook high, flare on time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #12 October 25, 2002 Actually after spending a goodly amout of bucks on skydiving I have to ask, " who has got money for new shoes"? Don't you see all those starving skydivers barefoot in free fall? I'm surviving on two pairs of treadworn, 20 dollar, two year old big five specials.Thats 20 dollars for both pair. You can't take me to a party out side of the DZ, Glen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawnDart21 0 #13 October 25, 2002 I hear ya loud and clear, my 1998 Honda CBR 900RR turned into a video helmet, DV cam, 35 mm camera, wing suit, 2 ellipticals, a Mirage G3, and most of my fun jumps this past season............ :-( -- My other ride is a RESERVE. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grega 0 #14 October 25, 2002 Maan, our (skydivers) lives are realy hard !!! What we wouldn't do for jumps. "George just lucky i guess!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirils 1 #15 October 26, 2002 That's why you should go to Good Will and get a apir of used bowling shoes for $2.00 (or forget to turn them at the bowling alley."Slow down! You are too young to be moving that fast!" Old Man Crawfish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #16 October 27, 2002 Quote That's why you should go to Good Will and get a apir of used bowling shoes for $2.00 (or forget to turn them at the bowling alley. But that would mean that I actually hav to go bowling. no thanksANd by the by, I love my old Vans for the surf. I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
