Up by popular demand. Not going to do a redline version since its an upgrade you can get on a lot of Riedell boots including my favorite 265.
Jan 052012
Dec 152011
Riedell announced the Model 495 boot a few months ago but has just got around to releasing details about the it. This will be the first derby boot that you will be able to get in different widths. If you get a pair and have an opinion please let us know.
Here’s what Riedell says about the boots.
Hand sorted full grain leather upper
Full grain Chinook leather lining
Genuine Shearling tongue lining
Riedell HF-5 heat moldable reinforcement – outside … Continue reading »
Aug 012011
I am a small-statured skater. Junior sized, in fact. There are certain things some folks can take for granted, like having the gamut of choice when it comes to of skate boots as your size is standard (I’m looking at you stock Antiks owners).
I wear size 3 skate boots and I have feet that go toward the wide side. When I went to my derby-owned store for skates, I was given two options given my … Continue reading »
Jul 142011
While researching boots I found the Antik AR1 on a site and fell in love with the look especially the nice thick tongue padding (just like my Gold Star boots from so long ago), the color options, and the fact I could build my own skate once I decided on the color of the boot. The boots are custom made when ordered so my skate guy had the company dropship boots in my size and the color I chose directly to my house to try on before we mounted plates on them. They fit PERFECTLY! I totally fell in love and even asked my skate guy if I could wear them out shopping and even shovel in them before sending them to him to finish building my skates.
Jul 082011
Trying to review the 265 Skate Boot is like trying to review your first true love. It isn’t the best boot on the market. It isn’t the cheapest boot on the market. There things about this boot that bug the fuck out of me. The 265 is my favorite boot not because of what it is but because of what it represents to me.
The first thing to say about MY 265 is that I got … Continue reading »
Jul 012011
I didn’t want to like Antiks. I tend to like the idea of a well-known, historic, local bootmaker getting dibs on my foot-leather. Riedell had my back, despite the fact that I’d been struggling with their 126 boot for the last few months. I blamed that on a sizing mishap. Apparently, I’d started with boots that were a size too large—something, it seemed, that had happened to most of my fresh-meat teammates with their first … Continue reading »