Ty Landman Crushing Font

Sick. I noticed yesterday that the Moon Blog was up for us again. Thankfully. Also psyched to hear how the projects fit compared to others you’ve had.

Woah! Which shoes are those? They look like they’re half velcro half slipper.

I’m surprised that they look like an aggressive shoe. That rubber sounds like it would make for the best slab and crack shoes.

sounds like the old Sportiva Mantra slipper only with a piece of velcro to me… Loved the fit of those shoes but the main problem was that I have naturally terrible footwork and the Mantras only exaturated this personal flaw. lol

i think that both companies improved on the old mantra with two key features:

1. a real heel
2. rubber over the big toe knuckle

i’m psyched on the fact that the speedster is built on the same last as the muira/cobra with the same heel… which for me, personally, is super bomber save for the delamination that i sometimes experience on grevious heel grappling. more than the heel, however, the last itself should power up the toe box much better than the venom, which was floppy for me.

i’ve always thought that a soft shoe should be able to flex when you try to make a “fist” with your foot [which gives you the supreme feel for the rock], but should be built to resist flattening out via a rand-tension system. the venom didn’t resist upward flex of the toes very well, which made it fantastic for toe hooking and super comfy, but left it weaker than even the mantra for edging and front pointing whjen you had to.

bottom line: seems like both competitors have improved upon sportivas’ original concept.

i’ll be psyched to get a pair of speedsters and battle with the narc on the techy details!