Discover the VERTIKA shoe range

Our teams have developed this range of VERTIKA shoes: 4 pairs designed for climbers who want to progress to grade 6.

The VERTIKA shoe range

MEN'S VERTIKA

Comfort, precision and grip on small holds.
Slightly wider than the women's model in the front and in the heel, this shoe will suit most men.

MEN'S VERTIKA
WOMEN'S VERTIKA

Comfort, precision and grip on small holds.
Designed for women's feet
With a tighter fit at the front of the foot around the metatarsals and a narrower heel, this shoe will suit most women's feet.
MEN'S VERTIKA SOFT

Technical, flexible and forgiving.
Slightly wider than the women's model in the front and in the heel, this shoe will suit most men.
Of course, a woman's shoe can be suitable for a man's foot if the latter is thinner than average.

MEN'S VERTIKA SOFT
WOMEN'S VERTIKA SOFT

Technical, flexible and forgiving.
Designed for women's feet.
With a tighter fit across the front of the foot at the metatarsals and a narrower heel, this shoe will fit most women's feet.

WOMEN'S VERTIKA SOFT

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Morphological adaptation

After a study of 10,000 sportsmen and women in 15 countries, including 3,000 in Europe, our research and development teams were able to observe a real difference between men's and women's feet. For an athlete with the same foot length, a woman's foot will be narrower in the metatarsals as well as in the heel. Also, the foot arch on a woman's foot is on average more pronounced than on a man's foot.

Based on all these findings, we realised the importance of differentiating between women's and men's feet. That's why we decided to create two versions of the same model: a fitted version, adapted to the morphology of women's feet and a wider version, adapted to the morphology of men's feet.

The VERTIKA: a technical climbing shoe

With the help of advanced climbers, our designers have perfected this technical, flexible and forgiving shoe for technical progress at a high level.

This shoe is technical because it has good grip and precision while remaining comfortable.

1- GRIP
Thanks to VIBRAM's XS Grip sole (soft, grippy rubber), the shoe has great grip, which is essential for climbers.
It has been reinforced a midsole to provide greater precision and power, particularly on small holds.
The rand across the shoe lets you perform toe hooks.
The heel has a soft rubber that adapts well to holds and grips when the heel is put down.

2- PRECISION
Thanks to its slight asymmetry, the shoe adapts to the foot around the big toe, where climbers naturally plant their foot.
The shoe naturally has a slightly arched shape to provide more strength in the toes.
The slingshot is moderate and pushes the foot forward with every movement to promote precision and power.

3- COMFORT
The choice of materials makes the shoe comfortable, as the 3D mesh on the tongue provides comfort and breathability.
This shoe does not stretch very much because it's made of synthetic microfibre with a lining, a material that is very stable over time.

The VERTIKA soft: the more flexible version

With the help of advanced climbers, our designers have perfected this technical, flexible and forgiving shoe for technical progress at a high level.

This shoe is technical because it has good grip and precision while remaining comfortable.

1- GRIP
Thanks to the XS Grip sole from VIBRAM, the shoe has excellent grip which is essential for intermediate climbers.
The rand across the shoe lets you perform toe hooks.
The heel has a grippy rubber for heel hooks.

Our design teams have chosen to make a split-sole shoe that favours foot mobility and grip on surfaces. The flexibility of the shoe has also been worked on so that it can be pressed into holds for better traction.

2- PRECISION
Thanks to its slight asymmetry, the shoe adapts to the foot around the big toe, where climbers naturally plant their foot.
The shoe naturally has a slightly arched shape to provide more strength in the toes.
The slingshot is moderate and pushes the foot forward with every movement to promote precision and power.
It's a soft shoe that favours sensation and develops power. The flexibility is in the rubber. It's not excessively flexible either, as this would result in a loss of climbing quality and increased fatigue for the climber.

3- COMFORT
The choice of materials makes the shoe comfortable, as the 3D mesh on the tongue provides comfort and breathability.
Our design team favoured the ballerina shape in order to reduce the number of seams while keeping a hook and loop fastener to ensure good foot support.
This shoe does not stretch very much because it's made of synthetic microfibre with a lining, a material that is very stable over time.

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Vertika SOFT, our new indoor climbing shoes!

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Resoling

Is your sole worn out? Don't throw your shoes away. It would be a shame, both ecologically and economically.

Contact one of our Decathlon shops to find out where to resole your shoe.
Once the sole has been changed, you can climb again with the liner already shaped to your foot.
Warning: as soon as you see the synthetic leather through the rubber, you have to stop and resole. If you puncture the synthetic leather, it will no longer be possible to resole.

To help you know when to resole without risking damage to the shoe, our engineers have developed a wear indicator in the rand of the VERTIKA soft shoe.
The wear indicator appears when 2/3 of the rand has been worn away, which will give you some time to make an appointment to have your shoe resoled.

It should be noted that once resoled, your shoe will no longer have this wear indicator as it was in the original shoe cover.