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Wed Jan 21, 2004, 11:07pm
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Football/Lacrosse cleats are the same, but heres a thread I posted: http://www.officialforum.com/thread/11826 . So maybe you can help out too. Anyways I'm lookin for some shoes.
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Thu Jan 22, 2004, 04:21pm
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What kind of surfaces do you work on?
Just curious but what is the average weather and playing conditions like in the location where you officiate?
I started using the New Balance 250 mid-cuts (great ankle support). They are wonderful on grass and great on field-turf. Very comfortable to wear for long games. Traction and lateral ankle and foot support is great (they can actually be used for cross-training and working out). And like all New Balance shoes they are built to last: I predict at least 2 or 3 season's worth. I have an old pair of Spot-Bilt shoes (Stud is what they are called I believe) that I use on rainy and muddy turf. Over here our fall weather is mainly dry and warm during August and September. Then during October and November its mainly dry and cooler with an occasional light rain. So the cross-training type shoes like New Balance work great for me with our normal weather conditions here.
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Thu Jan 22, 2004, 04:43pm
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I have some Nike's that I use on Turf but am looking for cleats. I will take a look at the spotbilts.
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Fri Jan 23, 2004, 06:01am
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Spot-bilt
There is a new version of the "Stud", which you can see here:
http://www.honigs.com/detail.asp?Cat=2&Sub=9&Item=825 But the old one is still around: http://www.honigs.com/detail.asp?Cat=2&Sub=9&Item=534 I have both, and I think the old one felt more solid, but the new one has better cushioning.
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Fri Jan 23, 2004, 07:09am
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I used the Reeboks NFL shoes that the NFl officials used. They ran about $60 but I loved them. I used in mud, grass, turf, nex-turf and loved them. Plus Reebok warrenties them from "unusual" problems. I know of someone that had the inside of the heel wear out down to the heel support and Reebok replaced free. I also owned spot builts from the previous 2 years. Held up great but no ankle support. Not as comfortable in multi game sets (little kid games where you may be on your feet calling for 4 hours or so)
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Fri Jan 23, 2004, 10:46am
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That's a good question because I like the look of them and definitely interested in them. It'd be a lot better without that logo.
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Fri Jan 23, 2004, 12:14pm
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I use a pair of NIKE cleats, mid-cut (just over ankle) new this year. They worked great, gave good footing (only went down once, in a mudder that the QB felt the need to drill the FB at my head). I had trouble finding the right size (14) before I bought these, and prefer to try shoes on, so I didn't order from Honigs. Only issue was needed lot of cleat scraping during wet games (common for all cleats) and also had the Nike Logo on them (easily handled with black permanent marker though ). Relatively inexpensive ($39.00) in GB, WI.
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