Water shoes are essential for water sports. But what are the essential styles water shoes? Fitness Footwear investigates.
Whether you’ve windsurfed in bare feet, canoed in a pair of old trainers or sailed in shoes, there’s a point in every water sport enthusiast’s life when they decide enough’s enough and it’s time for a proper pair of water shoes.
Fortunately there are a wide range of water sport shoes for the full range of water sports! These vary from the highly coveted Vibram Five Fingers and Teva sandals to Merrell Moab trainers which are designed like an open trainer, but with the ability to get wet and still smell fresh after countless uses.
Teva Sandals
As a water sports specialist, Teva make a wide range of sports sandals designed for use in water, on land, or wherever adventure takes you. Their incredibly technical sandals utilise Teva’s patented strapping system for a better fit while being well cushioned, comfortable and anti-mibrobial while their rubber outsoles are designed for great grip on all surfaces, including wet rocks.
Vibram Five Fingers
Great for all manner of sports, Vibram Five Fingers are designed to give you all the benefits of going barefoot while keeping a protective layer of thick rubber between your skin and sharp surface, As a company who make outsoles for countless other outdoor brands, the sticky rubber Vibram outsole of these Five Fingers is exceptionally lightweight while offering exceptional grip to prevent you from slipping on any wet or dry surfaces.
The KSO in particular has been designed to wrap around the foot, offering a secure fit to keep out sand, gravel and small stones from riverbeds or on the beach. Vibram Five Fingers have a growing following in a wide range of sports for being comfortable, lightweight and hard wearing while offering great grip on the slipperiest of surfaces. These characteristics make them perfect water shoes for practically every water sport imaginable.
Merrell Water Sport Trainers
Merrell are an American brand renowned for their range of outdoor shoes and their slogan to ‘get outdoors’. As a company that makes everything from hiking boots to walking shoes and sandals, they also have an extensive range of footwear that’s suitable for water sports, such as their Waterpro shoe with its micro-mesh free flowing drainage ports. Water can easy flow in and out of the shoe while the shoe protects the foot in the same way that an outdoor trainer would with a Synthetic Leather Toe Bumper protector and an air cushioned midsole. Meanwhile the water friendly Vibram Waterpro Plus Sole from Vibram protects the feet from sharp rocks and other harmful objects while offering excellent grip on all manner of dry, wet and slippery surfaces.
These are just a few of the many water sports shoes available for sailing, kayaking, surfing and other wet and wild pursuits. For a great range of water shoes from Teva, Vibram and many other water sport brands, check out Fitness Footwear.com –the web’s widest choice of sports and outdoor shoes.
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