The Wild Climb Dagara Climbing Shoe | Outdoor 2018

Hello, my name is Emanuele Pellizzari. I'm product manager for the Italian climbing shoe company called Y-Climb. I want to talk to you about the new Dagara, which is a competition shoe or a shoe made for competition that we develop next year. It has some very unique technologies, including a B-component microfiber made with two different materials and a very unique midsole, which is much and much thinner than the usual average used by all the other companies. As an example, this is a traditional shoe, which is like a six millimeters thickness between the footbed and the midsole, and we developed something extremely thin, which is only two millimeters, so it's around 200% less thickness, which means a much better sensitivity, especially if you are climbing on volumes and all the kind of very sloper holds that you are having during competition or indoor climbing. The shoe has a moderate downturn curving because when you are stepping and smearing on volumes, you don't need any more that kind of grabbing power and a very sticky rubber. We've been working with an Italian supplier to have a new sticky rubber on the toe and on the upper part to get a better toe hooking. The shoe is meant to be comfortable with a larger velcro to have less pressure on the heel, while still keeping a very good heel fitting, even in the most aggressive heel hooking. The Dagara is going to be available around Christmas with a retail price point around 110 euro.