COMFORTZONE
Your teeth and feet need looking after, so for all you youngsters take note. Teeth are for eating and drinking, both very important, but the fact is it’s the two soles of your feet that you are stood on most of the time. You may witness some of the top riders practising with no boots on; it’s not cool! I was travelling to the recent Italian World round with John Shirt Jnr, who is the Gas Gas UK importer and who also happens to be involved with the Stylmartin trials boots. He asked me if we had time to call at the Stylmartin factory on the way to the event. You bet we had! I would never turn down a factory visit. It was time to move into the Stylmartin comfort zone of goodfitting trials boots and find out if the claims they made were correct..
It’s quite funny
how connections are made in life, and I first became aware of the Stylmartin trials boots through John Shirt Snr when I was riding the Majesty Yamaha in the early eighties for him. But the brand Stylmartin goes back to 1970 when it was acquired by the Antis Footwear Factory and Antonio Binotto who revived the name. Bringing original and innovative ideas, he had a vision of the products that would secure a strong future for the Stylmartin brand, which is where we arrive at in 2016. Stylmartin owes its success to Antis, which was the first company established in the sportsystem district in the area of Montebelluna, which is in the province of Treviso and found around 50km from Venice in Italy. In this region hundreds of small businesses have succeeded with amazing ease, creating one of the most dynamic industrial districts in Italy.
Antonio Binotto was the eclectic master craftsman whose creative vision still represents the