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Boots: High Tide Titanium Ranger Boot
A hiking boot that dives? Many are the divers who, while traversing a rough beach, have bruised their heels on some sharp rock, or felt their foot slipping sideways inside their boots while hiking along a steep trail to reach the water. High Tide thought it was time to create a serious boot for those divers who have to walk a ways to reach those secluded dive sites. This boot not only features a raised heel on the sole but includes a hollow grid network inside which absorbs shock or pointy objects like a high end athletic shoe. (We’ve even had customers step on nails and be untouched!) You will never bruise your foot again! On top of the grid is a thick 8.0 mm foam neoprene liner to keep your feet warm. Beneath the foam liner is a built-in arch support. Side rails are molded into the perimeter of this design to keep your feet firmly inside the boot – no more side-slipping when you are hiking along a slanted path. A fin strap keeper is located on the back to hold your fins in place. And to protect the neoprene from chafing, we’ve covered the heel and toes with heavy vulcanized rubber. Finally, an oversize #10 YKK zipper with water-tight gasket behind it helps you get in and out of these boots. This boot is in wide use by police, military and white water rescue teams, as well as thousands of serious divers. And many drysuit divers wear them over their soft dry socks, preferring them to the lace-up overboots since the RANGER is much warmer, quicker to don and cannot come untied.