help! my new shoes are flamin-hot!

[dpopiz]

I got new recently (skate shoes, like I've gotten as long as I can remember) and after a few minutes of wearing them, my feet feel like they're BURNING HOT. it's almost unbearable. then, I found the problem, or so I thought. these shoes had no ventilation holes. so I took them to the shoe shop and had tons of large holes punched in the toe and two on the inner side near the sole like most shoes have. I'm wearing them now and I have the same problem. the shoe shop guy said the synthetic lining might be making them hot, but my old shoes have the same thing. my old shoes are just about identical to these ones, suede with synthetic liner, same style, same everything except that my old shoes are much much thicker and have much less ventilation than the new ones do now, which would make me think they would be the hot ones. but no, my old shoes still feel nice and cool. I just did a quick search for "hot feet" on google groups, and after I sorted through all the fetish messages, I found one in bicycling newsgroup that said some pepple have a problem where shoes that put pressure on certain parts of the foot can pinch nerves and make feet *feel* really hot. I couldn't find any other msg or site that talked about that though. does anybody have any ideas? at all?!?! I can't accept having wasted $50 on these things.

 

[oLLie]

put some ice cubes in your socks?

This reminds me of a project I attempted in middle school. I took these mountain climbing boots, and took out a chunk of the huge soles (probably like 1 1/2" or 2" high), and put a fan inside. It was supposed to cool your feet or something, but the fans caused so much vibration and heat that they didn't work at all. heh.

 

[UNCjigga]

dem shoes got dat fungus in it...

 

[AznMaverick]

what model/brand?

 

[dpopiz]

you wouldn't know them...they're ocean pacific brand. the first OP shoes I've ever seen, I think maybe they just got into the shoe business

 

[wfbberzerker]

you need tough actin tinactin

 

[AznMaverick]

ah, damn. skateboard shoes (DC, globe, etnies), from my experience are the most comfortable, although they can be pricey. should've maybe stuck with the 'name brands'.

 

[NokiaDude]

I looooooove my Chet Thomas 4 Globe shoes. They're sooooooooo confortable. It's likie walking on pillows. Too bad they had to be retired. My new Razor shoes are teh suck. Absolutly no protection from shock except for the small little area at the heel. It has some kind of "bridges" to help. I want a new pair of skate shoes soon, and I want REAL skate shoes, not some wanna bes like teh Razors.

 

[Soybomb]

ebay

Try some doc martens...talk about a soft sole!

 

[Swag1138]

Gold Bond Foot Powder works like a CHARM at cooling off your feet.