A trend in the UK seems to be covering wooden steps with astroturf. Is this so those wearing 'softies' and 'bubble-soles' will get a bit of grip and not slide arse-over-tit down damp wooden steps, or, a bit like more handrails appearing, is it a general H&S thing?
As to the recent trend for 'bubble' soled golf shoes, I remember them being available in the mid 1980's in the UK. Made by Stubert. Maybe they weren't sufficiently internationally available to be a success and so didn't seem to be available for more than a year or so. "Too slippery" was the standard comment at the time.
Didn't Footjoy used to make Classics with a flat ribbed sole?
Something nice though, traditional, about the crunch of a spiked shoe on a firm surface, and when you'd just put some new spikes in a pair of shoes you could really feel the difference in grip, both while walking and shotmaking. "Crunch, crunch..."
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