Flip flops are thongs for your feet. :laugh:
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Flip flops are thongs for your feet. :laugh:
That's what we called them when I was a kid. That's what we wore when we went to the swimming pool.
Yep. And I can’t stand for anything to get between my toes!
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Originally Posted by SoonerFan
Yep, as a kid we called them thongs. I can't stand them now!
I don't wear them and can't figure out when everyone decided that the world needs to see their ugly feet.
Hate em regardless of what they're called.
Freedom and comfort for your dawgs!
As a kid we called them thongs also.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoonerFan
We call them Zori's
I only wear them when fishing FFS, with my ML spinning rod. It helps me with my sensitive side.
I kept seeing a lot of pros on TV wearing them so, not having worn them since I was probably 11 or 12, I bought a pair of nice leather ones and wore them fishing one day. Worst day on the water ever. Ended up with the worst sunburn on the tops of my feet and blisters on the inside of my toes. Plus, my feet killed me, standing all day in shoes with zero support. Never again.Quote:
Originally Posted by rboren
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Originally Posted by SoonerFan
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I just don't get the appeal of flip flops. Sure I wear them around the house where I know all of the possible obstacles my feet might encounter. But if I'm going out in public or driving anywhere I'm wearing something that offers some support and at least some protection. I have no desire to be changing a flat on the side of the interstate or boarding a plane in flip flops. Same with in the boat. There is a reason they call them flip flops. Catch a heel or toe on an edge a rod or treble hook and they'll flip flop your ass right out of the boat. Having said this, does anyone know if NB makes flip flops? Asking for a friend :laugh:
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Originally Posted by basscat21
I’m still too young to wear Velcro. I wear Hoka Bondi 8 …. Most comfortable shoe money can buy.
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Originally Posted by SoonerFan
I wonder if they wear them to try to prevent toe nail fungus with the air circulation.
Called ‘‘em thongs in New Hampshire as well.
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Originally Posted by basscat21
I think we called them Flip Flops.
Skechers has got that beat now don't even need the velcro :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by basscat21
Me either! I hate flip flops.Quote:
Originally Posted by rboren
I call the trippers ,every time I wore them I tripped.
I barely wear anything but flip flops during the warm months. Maybe crocs. Shoes only when I need to. A good pair of flip flops are as comfortable as shoes and I can just kick em off whenever I want.
I'm still baffled over the latest fad of fishing bare foot. That seems like a hook in the foot just waiting to happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by smokewagon
Jimmy Buffet wrote a song about blowing out a flip flop. That alone should tell you how dangerous they are
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Originally Posted by bcreek
Don't look at other people's feet. Problem solved.:laugh:
Yall stick to them Herman Munster orthotic New Balance.....:crying:
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Originally Posted by SoonerFan
I didn't know it was a fad. Been doing for years when the weather is right. It's comfortable as heck to me. Knock on wood, no impalements yet.:laugh:
Fished this morning barefoot. Now that the highs are only 97 its not like walking on hot lava.
I remember when we were kids and wore flip flops when riding bikes and if weren't careful you would stub your big toe into the pavement and really mess up your toe. There's a big difference in a cheap pair of flat flip flops and a pair of OluKai flip flops with orthopedic foot bed.
What an Amazing Revelation of Wisdom from Professor Hackney considering they called them Thongs well over six decades ago as “Those Pros Are Always in the Know”
I've never been able to wear flip flops. Gotta have that foot support. I work and fish in Hoka. It does seem Hoka has taken the place of New Balance when it comes to market share.
Just bought the wife a pair of those, hear how good they were! She is on her feet all day.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoonerFan
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Originally Posted by Highcentered
As mentioned Olukai flip flops gave arch support as do some Reefs.
Hokas looks decent but that big ass lettering onbtge side and the platform soles kinda kill them for me.
I dont go bare footed, but when it’s hot and dry, I go sock footed. It does feel much cooler and I don’t get my feet sunburnt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Perry
Yeah, to each his own. I'm a real tenderfoot, I've never liked going barefoot even when I was a kid. Now days my feet are all blown out. I hate to walk from bed to the bathroom in the middle of the night without my arch supports.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Perry
I called it a fad because I just started noticing it in the past few years with Ott on MLB, then I see Randy Blokett and Matt Stefan and every other guy on YouTube. I sure don't remember seeing Denny Brauer or Zell Roland fishing barefoot.
Don't forget your fanny pack! Very convenient to keep your flatworms, dropshot weights, and 3# leaders........
Maaaan, I'm telling you, put some on and wear them around and you won't worry about what they look like. they are like walking on clouds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Perry
I tore a ligament in my foot climbing out of my boat in addition to fallen arches. I went to. an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in foot and ankle problems who wanted to cut my foot open and cut it into three pieces and screw it back together. In my mind I'm saying "NO, NO, NO! I told her that I wanted to wait until after spring fishing. She told me to get a pair of Hoka Bondi's so I did. That was two years ago and I never went back for the surgery. I get along great just wearing the Hokas (with arch supports) and also some Hoka sandals around the house.
I used to fish in them all summer when I was younger. Then my feet started bothering me. Went thru several options til I discovered Skechers Max cushion. Like Cadillacs for my feet.
Love me some thongs on my feet.
I hope this thread doesn't set a new precedent for Thong Thursdays
55 degrees in the morning, Bibs, Hoodie, Neck gator, beanie, and filp flops.