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La Sportiva Skwama | Gear Review 2023
Hey this is my experience with the La Sportiva Skwama. This has been one of my favorite shoes to use for bouldering and sport climbing. I go over the sizing, performance and Pros and Cons overall. I have more climbing reviews coming soon! If you'd like to see something specific, leave it in the comments!
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Chapters:
0:19 The Design
1:24 The Fit
4:04 Rubber
4:56 Toe and Heel
6:48 Stability
8:20 Would I Buy Again?
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Sick video man, I've been considering these shoes and your review helps a lot thanks
@JaxsonBillie
Жыл бұрын
no problem! you should definetly check them out!
Thanks for the great review. Please be aware that La Sportiva Skwama may BREAK on the posterior side, in between the 2 flaps!! It happened to my skwama woman after only 6 months from the purchase 😭and La Sportiva made me pay 50 euros for the repairing😡
@panagiotismandilas
7 ай бұрын
mine start to do the same. Did you contacted la sportiva or through the sop you bought them?
@mspulce86
7 ай бұрын
Both of them. At the end was la sportiva to repair them.
Might want to try the vegan skwamas if stretching is an issue. Ive had a pair for 6 months with very little stretch.
@JaxsonBillie
Жыл бұрын
Oh sick I’ll have to check those out! Thanks for the info!
How do you find the Skwama's in comparison to the Gomi's? I really wanna try the Gomi's, but i can't really get them where i am from, so i'm trying to find some alternatives :)
great review, no way gomis are stickier than skwamas, though! I climbed in gomis and acros for 2-3 years outdoors, in the gym, and at comps, and one of the MAIN reasons I switched to the combination of scarpa and unparallel shoes I wear now was stickiness. Neo Fuse isn't bad, but in my opinion vibram is much stickier (though less durable) and UP rubber is the best of all.
Hey, nice video mate! I loved climbing in my Skwamas, definitely the best fitting shoe I've ever tried. Sadly I can't reccomend it to anyone due to a one design flaw, which is a stitching inside a shoe, on the back of your heel. Due to putting the shoes on and off over and over again, the stitching in my left shoe desintegrated within a few months of climbing and after that happened only the blue rubber strip holds the heel together, which resulted in a much less snug fit, which doesn't really allowed for heelhooks anymore. Can you check if that stitching on the back of a heel is still there? I had my Skwamas a few years ago and I wonder whether they adressed this issue or not. And for the sizing, definitely go down two or two and a half sizes from your street shoe size, even if it feels extremely painful at first. Swkamas stretch A LOT and they do it EXTREMELY fast. At first I couldn't even put my shoe on without using a plastic bag on my feet but after only one climbing session they were already a lot looser.
@JaxsonBillie
Жыл бұрын
Hey I love your response. I haven’t found any stitching issue yet but I will keep and eye out for it. I agree with the sizing as well as it does stretch super fast!! But I have loved this shoe still. I appreciate your comment! Keep climbing!
One issue I have is the inside seam where the top joins the bottom. After 3 days since I received the shoes, the stitching came loose. I think it was due to a manufacturing error, but pay attention to it when you first bought the shoes. I don't know anyone who has had this problem, so I don't think it's that common. but I think it's better if you know.