Yeah, it'll actually heal sore feet.

yeah your feet will be fine. Just tell them to slip a hand inside the shoe and feel around for anything irregular. They'll find nothing.

You're parents asked you exactly what my mom asked me yesterday, so i drew her this:

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Do yourself a favor and show you parents that. Your foot is flat on top of the plate. The plate does NOT go into middle of your foot

I went to a podiatrist (foot doctor) recently because my feet are really messed up and he said the rigidity of the soaps was actually helping my foot from getting even more fucked up. So there you go.

Well if they're new then they're going to be as tight as hell for a couple of weeks. Once they break in they should be okay.

No way man. Soaps are the feet's best friend lol
:D

That's the second time you've said that randomly .....

No foot injuries here. Although after a long day soaping on saturday my lower back feels like it is broken. I can barely move without it hurting. I think it has nothing to do with the shoe though. I think I just pushed myself realy hard that day and strained it.

However!...on a good note I hit the largest backside I have ever hit and I got it on film. This was on a hip high handycap rail and about 20 feet long. After many tries I finaly got the whole thing. Unfortunately the cameraman hit the record button late and you miss the jump and the first 2 feet of rail. I was to tired to try it again.

SOAPs are probably some of the most foot friendly shoes (although there are exceptions).

I listed this in another forum topic, but to recap. Having a high arch may 'feel' weird, but it distributes the weight of your body. The larger the surface area, the less force on that area (just like snow shoes). By having high arch, your weight is distributed onto that as well, so instead of 80 pounds (half ur weight) being forced on 3 small points on ur foot, you get it distributed evenly.

The other factor is of course the rubber. Old Express had a shock absorbing bubble, and harder rubber. The air bubble is awesome for comfert. Newer large express (and many other soaps like my favorite boltars) use a flexible rubber, that sort of squishes on impact, which is even more comfertable.

The exceptions are some of the old soap models that didn't have either air bubble nor soft rubber, like my cleans. Rubber is hard as a rock and no air bubble.

IN SUMMARY:
high arch = very good for feet.
Air bubble = Good
Soft Rubber = Good
Express model therefore = Good
Heelys = bad, hard sole, no air bubble, and
ruins your spine.

You can have your mom call me if she wants, i used to have feet problems, i never did though when i had my express and boltars (although now i do again since i have the cleans >.>')