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Sperry has a great variety of shoes on the market. <\/span>The first pair I had was the SON-R Bungee. <\/span>It is a fantastic shoe that works well for hiking, but made specifically for being durable and comfortable going in and out of water. <\/span>I used them for many months taking them canoeing, kayaking, and hiking. <\/span>However, the one complaint I did have was they can get rocks in them from openings in the side of the shoes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span>Once they are in, they are tough to get out, and it hurts. <\/span>So Sperry designed a similar shoe that covers the whole foot while still allowing water and air to pass in and out freely. <\/span>It is called the SON-R Buckle.<\/p>\n I had the perfect place to test this new shoe, the narrows in Zion National Park. I took the full 16-mile hike, which includes a lot of going in and out of water, rocks, and sand. The recommendation for going through the narrows is a high top shoe for ankle support. I believe more in stability and confidence in your own step instead of relying on a shoe for ankle support. That does require, however, that the sole be sturdy enough that you can put your full weight onto a spot and not have the rock stick sharply into your foot through the shoe. These shoes did just that. It is incredible how they are designed having a soft mesh top to stay snug on your foot, and a hard, durable bottom that can take a beating. I lasted the whole trip without any foot pains, and was likely the most comfortable not having to take off wet hiking shoes and socks at the end of the day. I believe I was the only one in my group with dry shoes in the morning after waking up as well. Best part is, I didn’t get any rocks in my shoes, not one. I know these shoes would perform just as well in all the other activities I took the Bungee shoes on. They are very comfy and resilient. I highly recommend shopping at Sperry for some great hiking shoes. Check it out at www.sperrytopsider.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Listed below are the features listed on Sperry’s website.<\/p>\n Sperry has a great variety of shoes on the market. The first pair I had was the SON-R<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9036],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shoes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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