# Lacing Ice Skating Shoes **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lacing-ice-skating-shoes/808650 "2018-02-11T22:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![molten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lacing-ice-skating-shoes/808650/1 "2018-02-11T22:06:28Z")
I cannot fully lace the show so that my foot isn’t moving in it when I skate. I have a skin condition that makes me unable to apply full force, and I am not sure I am strong enough to lace the shoe. Is there a different solution? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lacing-ice-skating-shoes/808650/2 "2018-02-11T22:50:20Z")
Get some strong looking and blond Swedish dude to help you. Preferably one that smells like chocolate. Yum! (I kid:)) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lacing-ice-skating-shoes/808650/3 "2018-02-11T23:04:34Z")
> [@molten](#): > > I cannot fully lace the show so that my foot isn’t moving in it when I skate. I have a skin condition that makes me unable to apply full force, and I am not sure I am strong enough to lace the shoe. Is there a different solution? Could you elaborate on how this skin condition prevents you from applying full force? If it’s to do with your hands and their ability to grip the laces tightly while pulling the lacing tight, you might consider pliers to do the gripping for you. It may make preparing to skate more cumbersome than you’d prefer, but istm that the extra confidence and stability should be worth it. Or, obtain assistance, as **Beckdawrek** suggests. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lacing-ice-skating-shoes/808650/4 "2018-02-11T23:51:16Z")
You could get [skates that buckle](https://www.skatepro.com/en-us/89-435.htm?stockcode=23004460). Or (for a bit less money) a [skate lace tightener](https://express.google.com/product/5735515072415380623_6989137162000226627_5620207). ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lacing-ice-skating-shoes/808650/5 "2018-02-12T02:10:04Z")
Would it help if you wore additional socks? I wore my skates barefoot/without socks, as I know others did too, as I’ve always heard you want your skates smaller than your shoes. Can you get smaller skates, or wear additional socks? Kind of like doing the opposite of what I did. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lacing-ice-skating-shoes/808650/6 "2018-02-12T05:20:36Z")
You could start crying and prop your leg up on the judge’s table and ask them if you could start over? I don’t know, just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lacing-ice-skating-shoes/808650/7 "2018-02-12T06:41:43Z")
^^nice! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lacing-ice-skating-shoes/808650/8 "2018-02-12T08:07:51Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Or (for a bit less money) a [skate lace tightener](https://express.google.com/product/5735515072415380623_6989137162000226627_5620207). These are good, but for convenience, I recommend the folding kind - like this: [http://www.skatestation.co.uk/ar-lace-tightner/p1208?gclid=CjwKCAiAk4XUBRB5EiwAHBLUMYThrst\_By3MBnxbWj54CJcfsBIGwNKcKpe8dA--ysX\_lHtfGpaZ2BoCpigQAvD\_BwE](http://www.skatestation.co.uk/ar-lace-tightner/p1208?gclid=CjwKCAiAk4XUBRB5EiwAHBLUMYThrst_By3MBnxbWj54CJcfsBIGwNKcKpe8dA--ysX_lHtfGpaZ2BoCpigQAvD_BwE)