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So with this blog post, I am going to try and do two things. Identify what the new hot wrestling shoes are at wrestlinggear.com and what shoes are going to be hard to fnd come the start of the season (let’s say that date is November 1, but we know for you hardcore wrestling fans the season never ends). I’ll give some insight into what I think it going on and it may be the reason and it may not be the reason. Most of my vendors don’t explicitely say, but I’ll try to guess is the reason.

I went through my sales the past month or so and looked for shoes that I said wow - we sold a ton of those wrestling shoes. Looked at Nike wrestling shoes, adidas wrestling shoes and ASICS wrestling shoes primarily.

So here are some of the top new wrestling shoes to look at - I am not going to clog this blog post with a ton of url’s. Just click the links above to the different brands web pages and you should be able to find them. Keep in mind these are based on retail sales and not team sales or bulk buys.

Here is my list of hot new wrestling shoes for 2009

1. Dan Gable Ultimate 2 - Black
2. Cael Sanderson V4.0 - Black
3. Nike Takedown

Here is my list of top wrestling shoes that are carry overs from prior years

1. adistar - White
2. Rulon’s - Black and Gold and Black and Red
3. Response I - Black and Gold

And finally here is my list of top wrestling shoes you are going to have a hard time finding this year (or so we think)

1. Rulon’s - Black and Gold and Black and Red
2. adistar - White ( I believe we are the only dealer that has a full size run left in these)
3. Nike Inflict - already gone in both colors (nothing available 9 to 11.5)
4. Nike Takedown - very similar sole to the Inflict so this will be the shoe of choice for those that can’t get an Inflict
5. Mat Flex - availability right now is very limited.

The surprise for me this year really is Nike and the Mat Flex. This is our first year selling Nike (not by choice - we have wanted them since we started in 1998). Inflicts are gone and now I think sales are flowing to the new Nike Takedown shoe because the outsole is very similar. I would not mess around if you want these shoes.

Rulon’s and adistars likely are basically gone this year. At the very least the White adistar is gone from the line, but we still have some in our inventory. Rulon’s will be hard to find this year likely because ASICS just simply did not make enough this year (or all the companies really booked it high and then added to their inventory when they sold well). Unfortunately we did not do this and we will likely run out before we get any significant Ruon’s in February and March.

Another thing to look out for is if you have to have a particular youth shoe or entry level shoe - I’d recommend getting it sooner than later too. I have been trying to put together team orders and the inventory is light on many shoes. I suspect this is a result of the economy and simply the vendors (just like I don’t) don’t want to get caught with a bunch of inventory.

And a final comment - remember you can shop at http://www.wrestlinggear.com for all your wrestling needs. Right now most orders are going out the same business day and almost all orders are shipped within the next business day. This means you get your gear quickly - and right now we have a special gift offer on our website. Put your gear in a shopping cart to see what it is.