Do you wear socks?

[asdfa 0]

i wear the thinnest regular socks i have lying around (i can't justify spending $15+ on socks to my parents)

i went through about a month of no socks, skating felt pretty good at first bui ended up getting 2 blisters and my ankle was chafing :(

[LkptTiger 1]

...I really don't have any problems with blisters and all that good stuff - but my skates take ALOT of time to dry out after skating; time I usually don't have.

[Icedog03 0]

I wear fox river skating socks

[Edge 0]

Under Armour socks for me.

[bulletproof_funk 0]

I just wear generic sport socks from Zellers or Wal-Mart, works fine for me. As long as they're sewn across the top so there's no bulging to the sides, it's all I ask for.

[Hockeyman9621 0]

I go with socks. It makes it feel right. Playing without socks would be like playing without a jersey, it just doesn't feel right.

[turcotte44 0]

normal ankles socks, i find that i get blisters at the top of the skate near the last eyelet on the oustide of my ankle without socks

[MDE3 0]

One of the reason's to wear socks besides reducing the smell, is to avoid various kinds of foot fungi...which are easier to get without the right socks. Actually some of the thin polyester socks can cause more fungi than they prevent..better to use the "special socks" that were designed for this, or silk if you can find them.

The technology exists to make the inner liners totally "stink" free as well as prevent the growth of unwanted "bugs" in your skates.

Because the manufacturers have spent so much money on making their high end skates so much lighter, experimenting with the various composite materials, and on the expense of marketing new models every year, the cost of the skates to the manufacturers has gotten pretty heavy and the market place pretty competitive..hence they are less willing to add more cost to their skates for something like the "bio liners' which could clean up the smell/infections for fear they would price themselves out of the market.

I have heard that one company will be testing a skate like this soon though...I think the premium will be worth it if the lining used doesn't effect the performance too much.

[Sven 1]

sometimes oxysox sometimes barefoot

[forsberg91 0]

I always wear socks. If I don't I get huge blisters on the back of my heels. I have these HUGE bumps on my heels from having so many bad blisters.

[Sven 1]

as i noticed in europe the people wear socks, in the usa/canada people dont (im talking bout the most, not all)

[tyler33 0]

I can't stand to wear socks. I tried them ultra thin socks, and it still wasn't the same. For some reason it just feels better when I skate.

[Sven 1]

Hey i there is one question:

If you skate barefoot and you take off your skates, do your feet like sticking on the insoles and you are pulling them like half way out ?

[tyler33 0]

Hey i there is one question:

If you skate barefoot and you take off your skates, do your feet like sticking on the insoles and you are pulling them like half way out ?

On most insoles yes. But on shock doctors I didn't have the problem.

[gee2626 0]

I just wear generic sport socks from Zellers or Wal-Mart, works fine for me. As long as they're sewn across the top so there's no bulging to the sides, it's all I ask for.

same with me... no problems with just regular socks

[cinastix 0]

Sanny Socks

[Sven 1]

hey,

going barefoot on the normal footbeds in vapor vii's is like impossible, if you move your toes, the footbed moves with them :<

[iceholes 0]

i switched to very thin performance type socks... next best thing to the feel of just your feet...made a big difference, felt like a new pair of skates

[Jinx17 0]

I just wear some underarmor socks

[asdfa 0]

hey,

going barefoot on the normal footbeds in vapor vii's is like impossible, if you move your toes, the footbed moves with them :<

do you have the black "dry grip stabilizer" footbed in your vapor vii's? they seem to work pretty well when i skate barefoot, maybe your skates are too big and that's making the footbed slide

[Dan_The_Man_16 0]

Forsberg91 I have those too, if we are talking about the same thing, which I think we are. Are you heels narrow? Also, if they are what skates are you in?

[notorious#29 0]

Cant play with out them. One time I forgot to bring my socks to the game, and I put up such a fuss my coach gave me the socks he was wearing.

[Sven 1]

hey,

going barefoot on the normal footbeds in vapor vii's is like impossible, if you move your toes, the footbed moves with them :<

do you have the black "dry grip stabilizer" footbed in your vapor vii's? they seem to work pretty well when i skate barefoot, maybe your skates are too big and that's making the footbed slide

they are all black, nothing special.

dont think that they are too big i have like 0.4 inch space until my toes touch the cap, thats ok

[leafsrule1 0]

i wear the underarmor socks because i also need my socks to be nice and thin :D

[troybruins89 0]

i just wear my oldest pair of ankle socks..they're so threadbare its alost like wearing none..im thinking about trying the oxysox soon i just cant see how $15 for a pair of socks is gonna help my skating much