How to Lace Supras

Supra is a leading manufacturer of footwear that is popular within the skating community. Although there is no one set way to lace up a pair of skate shoes, a common style of skate-shoe lacing is bar lacing. In bar lacing, the laces travel across the tongue of the shoe perpendicular to the tongue, and the change in rows is always performed under the sides of the shoe, leaving only the horizontal bars showing.

Instructions

  1. Bar Lacing

    • 1

      Thread one end through the bottom right lace hole so that the end of the lace finishes inside the shoe.

    • 2

      Thread the other loose end through the bottom left lace hole so that both lace ends are now in the shoe.

    • 3

      Adjust the ends of the laces so each end is the same length.

    • 4

      Grab the right loose end, now considered end A, and thread it through the second-bottom right lace hole so that the lace end hangs outside the shoe.

    • 5

      Pass end A over the tongue and through the second-bottom left eye hole so that A is again inside the shoe.

    • 6

      Grab the original left loose end, now considered end B, and thread it through the third-bottom left lace hole so that the lace end hangs outside the shoe.

    • 7

      Pass end B over the tongue and through the third-bottom right eye hole so that B is again inside the shoe.

    • 8

      Repeat the lacing, using end A to make all even row bars and B to make all odd row bars.

    Bow Tie Lacing

    • 9

      Thread one end of the lace through the lower left eyelet and the other end through the lower right eyelet, threading so the ends finish inside the shoe if it has an even number of eyelet rows or outside the shoe if it has an odd number of rows.

    • 10

      Thread the left end through the second bottom left eyelet and the right end through the second bottom right eyelet, so the ends finish outside the shoe -- on shoes with an even number of eyelet rows.

    • 11

      Thread the right end through the left-side eyelet above the row that the loose ends are extending from, the third row on even shoes or second row on odd shoes, so the end finishes inside the shoe. Repeat for the left end over to the next right eyelet, again with the end finishing inside the shoe, creating an X-shape over the tongue.

    • 12

      Thread both loose ends through the next available eyelet on their current sides, meaning the left end through the left eyelet and right end through the next right eyelet, so the ends hang outside the shoe. This completes one bow tie. Each bow tie features an X-shape, followed by the ends moving up one row inside the shoe.

    • 13

      Repeat the bow-tie lacing, making an X-shape then moving each lace up one row inside the shoe until the laces are left hanging outside the shoe from the top row of eyelets.