Craig said (snip) in reply to Niels: >Mine burned up in the shop fire last year so I've been using the Desperados. But as soon as I can get to a dive shop I'm gonna find a new pair of floppy booties.< Floppy booty sounds like a description, at your age, of your dating pool! As for Teva sandals, I think there are alternatives with no particular winners and losers - just differences that suit different paddlers. I do like the quick-pull style lace systems. However, even the best still allow sand in and that spells friction and skin abrasion if worn next to skin. New shoes do come out all the time. I'm sticking with zippered wetsuit booties for now (though many don't stay zippered properly) or my Chota Muckluk standbys for cold season. The newer Kokatat Nomad Mukluks look more warm-weather friendly with their non-neoprene uppers but all the retailers around here are too bloody afraid to actually order stock these days. I may need to go over to the mainland - again. Or shop the world as Niels does, from the privacy of my computer, though I have never done well at ordering footwear and having a satisfactory fit. Though in some instances, I like tight booty. DL *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 11 2010 - 22:39:16 PST
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