Low Cut Boot vs Skipping eyelet

[deadmanjolt 1]

I'm curious about this, since I've just started to skip lacing the top eyelet on my Mission L7's and I feel much more agile this way. Would the low cut boots like Fuel AG offer a similar feel to skipping the eyelet? Are they more supportive all around than a skate that has the top eyelet skipped?

[NTKT10 0]

Yes, a low cut boot would feel similar to skipping the first eyelet on a higher boot. Same level of support. The part you leave untied on the high cut boot offers no support, just like the non-existent material on the low cut boot

[DamnLocust 0]

The AG's aren't as stiff and supportive up top as the L7/XP skates are. Stiffness down low is just about on-par, maybe a touch softer.

[godiogo 0]

When you skip eyelets, you can always lace them if you want to try something different, which wouldn't be an option with a low cut boot.

[djinferno 2]

When you skip eyelets, you can always lace them if you want to try something different, which wouldn't be an option with a low cut boot.

I second that notion, in the past I always went with low cut, s500's, 703's, I'm now concidaring 9k's to try lomething different...

[Chadd 916]

Yes, a low cut boot would feel similar to skipping the first eyelet on a higher boot. Same level of support.

That is not accurate in reference to the XP vs the AG. Those skates are very different, not just in height.