Skateboard shoe lacing isn't only about personal style and flair; most skateboard shoes need to be carefully laced so the laces don't trip you or become wound around your skateboard truck. The straight-lace style is a classic, ideal for classic sneakers like Chuck Taylors. It keeps the laces out of the way and the ends short. The straight-lace technique only works on shoes with an even number of eyelets, notes Ian's Shoelace Site. Get a straight-laced and classic style by lacing your shoes with neat laces.
Step 1
Pull the lace through the two bottom eyelets, leaving an even amount of excess on each side. Feed the laces down through the eyelets so the laces rest on the inner sides of the eyelets with the laces being hidden behind the flaps of the shoes.
Step 2
Reach behind the flap and grasp the right side of the shoelace. Feed it directly into the eyelet above the right eyelet so it feeds at a perpendicular angle from the bottom lace. Pull the lace through and across to the second eyelet on the left.
Step 3
Pull the lace up and thread it through the fourth left eyelet from the bottom. You'll notice a pattern of skipping an eyelet and pulling across, skipping an eyelet and pulling across. Continue the pattern of skipping an eyelet, threading through, and then threading through the eyelet directly across until you get to the top of the tongue.
Step 4
Grasp the lace that has been threaded through the bottom left eyelet and pull it behind the sneaker flap, threading it through the third left eyelet from the bottom. Cross the lace directly to the third right eyelet from the bottom, notes Sneaker Freaker magazine. Continue the same skip, pull, across method as you did with the right-side lace, until you get to the top.
Step 5
Leave the laces behind the shoe flap for a hidden and secure knot, so the shoelace stays secure against the tongue and you gain a neater appearance. If you prefer to have your knot visible, leave the last two eyelets empty and pull each side of the lace up through the last eyelets and tie in front.
Things You'll Need
- Shoelaces
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