How to Lace Etnies Shoes

If you're wondering how to lace Etnies shoes, you're not alone. It can seem daunting when you look down at your new skate shoes and want to get that perfect combination of an aesthetically pleasing pattern and the functionality the laces are intended to provide. Take your choice in skate shoes one step further and use the lacing technique to further demonstrate your style.

About Etnies Shoes

Etnies started up in 1986 and is owned by skateboarder Pierre Andre Senizergues. Designs feature style, comfort, and protection, but they are not afraid to branch out a bit from time to time and try something new. Etnies created the first pro model skate shoe, and Senizergues aims to keep the company going in that direction, pursuing new things that make the footwear and apparel even better over time.

Learn How to Lace Etnies Shoes

Since skate shoes, Etnies included, tend to come with very long laces, it's obvious that you should do something with them aside from cutting them off or replacing them with shorter laces. But what should you do? There are so many solutions out there for how to lace Etnies shoes that you can have a different look almost every day, if you have the time.

You can always do the traditional criss-cross lacing with a bow at the top or behind the tongue, but that's not the most fun you can have. If you do use the criss-cross method, you may find yourself still tucking excess length in under your feet.

Perhaps the most thorough site on how to tie Etnies shoes—or any shoes at all, for that matter—is Fieggen.com. Each one has its own cool look. For example, you can do:

• Straight (Bar) Lacing: This is when the laces go across the shoes horizontally at each eyelet. It's comfortable to wear and looks very neat, not messy. Variations include Straight (Easy) Lacing, a quicker way in which one end of the lace is hidden along the side of the shoe while the other side of the lace does all the work, running horizontally from eyelet to eyelet, and Straight (European) Lacing, which combines the horizontal lines of Straight Lacing with horizontal lines.

• Ladder Lacing: This method of lacing will keep your shoes on tightly and it looks very different from other lacing styles. They link vertically along the sides and cross horizontally in the middle at each eyelet level.

• Spider Web Lacing: This is similar to Ladder Lacing, but the middle section is diagonal rather than horizontal. It's a more decorative look than Ladder Lacing but will keep your shoes laced tightly just the same.

• Lattice Lacing: This looks similar to the Spider Web Lacing without the laces running vertically up each side of the eyelets. All of the lines are deeply diagonal. This method is great for keeping long laces under control, too.

• Zipper Lacing: This one really does look like a huge zipper that runs the length of your shoe. While it is a very tight lacing method, it can be hard to tighten them further when the need arises.

• Knotted Segment Lacing: This is similar to the Criss-Cross Lacing that most of us are familiar with, but there is a reef knot in the middle. This method uses more lace length than many others, so they're good for skate shoes with long laces, Etnies included.

• Twistie Lacing: Every eyelet on the shoe is used here, but the difference between this and the Criss-Cross method is the twist that goes from the bottom of the shoe to the top. It adds an interesting look while keeping the laces tight and shortening the laces.

A Final Word

Lacing [Skateboarding Shoes|skate shoes]] like Etnies is an art. Learn as many decorative ways to lace your shoes while keeping them on tightly and preferably shortening the laces as you go.

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