@Courtney Shove I SINCERELY appreciate your response. (I hope you dont think I'm a creep... it's just that we're very similar in size and shape and I stay watching what you do for techniques and you give me so much hope

I love Bont laces!

Let us know if any of these techniques work for you! :)

Nice job young lady ;)

Exactly 🌻 me too. How did I never learn this lol

And thank you so much for the technique to relieve pressure in the toe box. Excellent share thank you thank you thank you.

YAY!!! A whole new world on wheels awaits!! Enjoy :)

for most skates it eventually stopped sliding as the skates get used to how you tighten them and where you put the tongue, but with my current skates after wearing them at least weekly for 6 months the tongue still wouldn't cooperate, so I took them to a shoe repair store and had them sew a strip of leather on the tongue to function as an additional loop, so when I lace my skates up and get to that point, I put both directions of the lace through that loop before putting the lace through it's normal lacing spot. It's a little slower to lace them but the tongue can't get up to mischief. I have that loop on the top of the boot just in front of the ankle.

long socks that go beyond that point or even roll over the top of the boot.

There are many ways you can tie them, whatever works best for you personally :)

It gives a 360 degree lock and is more secure! :)

FPinsoles are great, but any insole for high arches should be able to fit :)

You may want to return them so you can get the right size, if you are still within your return window:)

@Karli Craig Hi Karli, thank your for your reply. Your intent was very clear and not wrong; giving options for skaters to choose themselves. But I really wish you had included safety deliberations in there. I am glad you acknowledge them in your reply but they are missing in the video. And I don't feel people need more encouragement or awareness for choosing skayeparts style based, but the technical side is missing. That you have friends that prefer lacing a certain way doesn't make it suitable for everyone and the technical downsides of skipping eyelets ARE universal. Less distributed strengths cumulatively increases stress on parts. The "widefeet lacing style" is not per se dangerous. It is whrn applied with weak laces, when agressive skating (jam OR park) There are also techniques with waxed laces to take pressure of certain area of the feet that do not involve skipping eyelets. I got thought in artistic rollerskating. I myself have a flat andvery narrow foot and apply the same techniques to make sure bunnions are ok,my arch doesn't get squashed but my skates snog my narrow ankles. Non waxed laxes come undone when the pressure is too less, wich is also dangerous. Okay I am ranting here again, sorry. My point is; this is essential info for happy AND safe skating. Please do research

Thank you for your feedback!

I agree with you on your basic premise on forces, but from an engineering standpoint, and I'm an engineer, the chances of you breaking laces unless they're worn, old and rotted, or extremely cheaply made is astronomically low. These laces, based on the way they're made, can probably handle loads 10x more than anything you're going to put them through while skating. I think what would be more important to emphasize is that laces should be changed regularly as part of your maintenance routines. Laces, cushions, wheels and bearing are all wear pieces that should be inspected and replaced if they're frayed or brittle and cracking. I'm not an experienced skater, I'm a relative beginner, but purely from an engineering and load handling standpoint you don't have anything to worry about by skipping eyelets. Replace your laces when they start to get frayed and worn and you should have no issues. Though if you'd like to skip eyelets for comfort and you're concerned about snapping laces use a wider lace and don't cheap out on the quality of lace you buy.