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Title: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: Twig88 on June 05, 2009, 12:50:18 PM

Really wondering this because of my shit ankles, I did search but didn't find what I wanted.

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: yeahisaidit on June 05, 2009, 03:32:39 PM

a little bit. if anything, they protect that bone that sticks out. i was skating in cab high tops for a couple months because my ankles were so jacked. now those protect your ankles. 

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: RightCoastBiased on June 05, 2009, 06:34:15 PM

About 3 years ago I tore every ligament and tendon in my left ankle and it has never felt the same since. After any skate session I guaranteed need to eat some aleve and ice it. But with the mids I noticed an improvement at the end of the day. I also rocked the strap for more support, though it seems everyone else who wears the shoes had it dangling about.

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: bentmode on June 05, 2009, 07:58:24 PM

if you want ankle support go high.

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: McCly on June 06, 2009, 06:28:45 PM

They help protect from bumps, but not that much from rolling. I tore ligaments in my ankle and until recently I've skated nothing but Dunk Mids. They are great shoes, but I've gone back to low-top shoes now that I feel comfortable with them again.

Another shoe that had really good support but was low was the P-Rod 1. Too bad they fucked them up with the 2nd and probably the 3rd one.

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: carbonite on June 07, 2009, 05:00:29 AM

I think so...a couple times when I tweaked my ankle landing on stuff they have saved my ass. but who knows...

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: snickers on June 07, 2009, 07:56:13 AM

dunk mids for life (midtop wise). but when the new nike sb classic mid comes out that will be my shoe.

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: Livin The Psychedelic Lif on June 16, 2009, 10:38:43 PM

mid/highs help you ankles!
just depends on the wreck.

You get protected but at the cost of mobility.

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: danker on June 17, 2009, 10:05:33 AM

Get whatever shoes you want to skate and a cheap ankle brace

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: Sleazy on June 17, 2009, 10:07:56 AM

only if you choke the laces

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: grimcity on June 17, 2009, 10:16:05 AM

If I'm skating mini or just transition in general, I can get away with mids, but for street I have to ride highs. I've had to wear braces on both ankles (while skating) for years... they're both permanently egg'd and shot to shit. If I skate lows with braces (basically the S One's but Ace and Mueller makes some good rigid braces too) I can still roll it.

One weird thing though, since I skate with my feet pretty much immobile (no flick), when I do kickflip variants I have to sort of pop, then quickly step down in the air for the flip. I also noticed that in some cases weird contortions from bailing that might damage my ankles travel up... I'm pretty sure that's why I tore my meniscus a while back (dorking on a little portable rail). I think I would have just rolled my ankle again, but since the brace wouldn't budge, the weight I was putting down settled on the next best joint.

Bah, I fucking hate ankles.

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: Prison Wallet on June 17, 2009, 10:59:51 AM

I got clunked in the ankle bone pretty good this morning and thought about this thread. I might try out the J-Lay mids next.

Title: Re: Do Mid-top skate shoes help to protect your ankles?
Post by: Mullet Man on June 21, 2009, 11:57:11 AM

I got bonked on the inner ankle bone yesterday and now the whole ankle is blue. The shitty thing is, not only can I now not skate today, but I have three pairs of hightops at home - I just wasn't wearing any! I was wearing shelltoes, which have the worst ankle support/coverage ever.