ISPO 2006 in Munich has seen many new ideas coming from the skate companies this year. Whether it be the V-cut on the new USD Dominic Sagona’s to the Air pump system within the Sifika liners.
Air pump liners 
Sagona V-cut
Even with all this new innovation we still see the classics shining through. Roces has introduced new colours to their classic and popular M12 boots, with the Italian champion boot and the inverted Oli Shorts.
Deshi introducing the Bloody Mary team boot, that will have the same piece of plastic that can go into the zippered up cuff, with a newly designed Sifika liner to match.
Valo is hitting us hard with new designs from the Erik Baily 1’s that will have a distressed leather look, with a resemblance to the old school Converse high-tops. It will come in a classic white or black boot. Also Valo didn’t forget about it’s T.V 1 design by introducing “real fake elephant skin” as Jon Julio puts it, and a plaid liner that seems to take some pointers from the Oli Short liners found in Roces .
Valo T.V 1 
E.B 1
In rather large news it would appear USD have bought out the classic Fila Krust-y skate mold and have used it for Realm design. What they seem to be going for is a slim boot design for a cheap price, a very Roces-esque move on their part, but one that could be profitable.
Realm compared TO…
***NOTE: All Pictures taken from www.Be-Mag.com or www.austrianinline.net, I’m and not trying to pass these picture off as my own, just simply trying to bring some news****
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