Top Bouldering Shoes Review

Are you a sport climber with ADD?  If so, then bouldering is for you!  “Pebble wrestling” is no longer just practice for climbing, and (for the most part) it has become a respected discipline in and of itself.  Indeed, many of the best climbers in the world are hardcore boulderers, and over the years, the holds have gotten smaller and the roofs have gotten steeper and longer.  As a result of the power built from bouldering, the standards have risen for all types of climbing, especially sport climbing.  To better suit these wildly overhanging routes and problems, climbing shoes have become more aggressive, precise, and responsive.  Here are the top aggressive shoes designed and used by the pros.

Evolv Talon

Favored by the likes of Chris Linder, Evolv dubs it “The ultimate high performance shoe”, believing that the Talon is the best steep performance shoe in the world. With design feedback from the elite Team EVOLV and three years in the making, they perfected the Talon to fit like a glove in the toe, arch, and heel.  The Talon’s asymmetric down-turned toe design lets you front-point and pull on tiny crystals and toe-in on pockets with surgical precision. While sensitive enough to feel the crystals, the non-stretch synthetic leather will give you a load of edging power for more than vertical faces. With a fully covered toe rand and heel, you’ll experience power and ultra-secure fit when you lace these shoes up. This specialty shoe is absolute necessity for overhanging routes, steep boulder problems and for total domination of the competition. Read more »