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#1
July 3rd, 2008
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Hey All,
I went to Palos Verdes last weekend and my wetsuit socks (cheap ones by "IST" are now literally useless as I'm now walking 25% barefoot in them due to tears. This is mostly due to the fact that getting to PV point (my now favorite spot) involves a steep hike with gravel and small sharp rocks the whole way down/up. I've seen Riffe's socks, and they look pretty sturdy, but does anyone make a lace-up, hard-soled "sock"? Or at that point is it technically a boot? I'd buy a pair of the Riffe's and try em out, but I don't want to ruin those as well. If I have to wear hiking boots down to the water I guess I'll accept it...  Cheers, Dave 
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#2
July 3rd, 2008
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I just wear some 5$ Crocs and carabiner them to my spearo float or hide them on shore somewhere. There are hard-soled 'socks' out there, but they're for open-heel fins- usually scubadivers.
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"I tell you, we are here on earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different" - Kurt Vonnegut  http://www.probablefuture.com/ http://www.elysha.org/writings1.html
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#3
July 4th, 2008
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You might also try your local surf shop. I dive with a buddy who has a pair of socks with a med. stiff sole that fits his full boot fins.
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#4
July 5th, 2008
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Look for socks with a kevlar fabric bottom. These will last quit a long time. Alternatively, when I used to dive PV, we used to do as you said, wear another pair of shoes and just stash them at the base of the trail.
- Robbert
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#5
July 5th, 2008
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I'd suggest checking out the Argos socks that Speargun and Freediving Equipment carries. Most of us have been wearing them all over NorCal for at least a season and they're still going strong.
Otherwise, just throw a pair of sandals on over your socks and roll that way.
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"The ocean is like a God to the freediver. You talk to the ocean, you pray to the ocean, sometimes you even hate the ocean. But in the end, you know you cannot live without the ocean." -Umberto Pelizzari
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