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Competition at the highest level in sports demands the maximum from an athlete.
Dedication, sacrifice, concentration, etc, define the commitment necessary to climb to the top in the sport of speedskating.
Athletes demand the best not only of themselves, but also of all others around them, coaches, trainers, even family and friends.
Athletes demand the best of their equipment as well. Skates are the final pieces of a very complex puzzle that when put in place
completes a picture of remarkable efficiency, grace, power and precision. It all looks so effortless to the uninitiated.
The years of sweat and effort are all but invisible.
Marchese custom skate boots provide that link from your body and mind to the ground, creating a seamless transition
of your body’s movements and your mind’s will. Every nuance of technique is instantly applied; every imperfection under
your feet is read and understood as thru the trained fingertips of a safecracker.
Your skates are not attached to your body they are your body.
After nearly 30 years involvement in speedskating, I am still amazed at the evolution of speed and efficiency on display
and the tremendous skill and power necessary to achieve it. My time in the sport as competitor, coach and skate builder
continually shapes my thoughts and skills when I design and fabricate the equipment that bears my name. I continue to
skate and race to test new refinements and compare notes with the best skaters in the world to keep on providing the finest equipment possible.
I typically attend world cups and world championships and the U.S. championships every year to both fit new boots and
provide technical support for those already happy clients. Any fitting and molding is done by me personally to eliminate the
errors made and the resulting poorly fitting products that are all too common from others. After 15 years in business I have
probably personally fitted more skaters than all other builders combined and I don’t underestimate the valued contribution this
has provided me in seamlessly evolving Marchese custom boots with the insights of literally hundreds of world-class athletes
over the years. From start to finish there are only two pairs of hands that design and fabricate every Marchese custom boot,
my wife’s Liz and mine. There is no staff of unskilled and inexperienced workers to disrupt our commitment to providing the
excellence our clients demand and deserve.
I thank all those that have trusted us with helping them pursue their dreams. Let us help you pursue yours.
All of our custom boots feature:
Our race proven equipment has captured many
Olympic Gold medals, World and World Junior Championships and World Cup
Championships, Pan-American Championships, Senior and Junior National
Championships with countless Olympic and World records along the way. Serious
skaters have long recognized custom built and fitted boots as the most critical
piece of racing equipment they will ever own.
With nearly 30 years experience, Marchese custom boots continue to provide unsurpassed quality
and workmanship, incorporating
the finest materials and components with revolutionary design and construction,
setting the standard for excellence with the strongest, lightest, finest boots
on the planet.
All U.S. Olympic speedskating medals in 1998
were won on MARCHESE skates as well as an overwhelming two-thirds of all short
track Olympic medals in Nagano. Teams from Canada, China, France, Italy, Japan,
Korea, and Norway are among those that choose the uncompromising performance
and precision fit of our products.
At the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, Marchese equipped athletes captured 21 medals in Salt
Lake City, more than any other skate manufacturer. In fact, enough medals were
won on Marchese skates to place us fourth amoung medal totals by countries,
behind Norway and ahead of Canada and Russia!
Over the past fifteen years, World Championships
have been won in every discipline of speedskating on MARCHESE skates: long
track, short track, roller speedskating, a feat unequaled on any other
equipment, ever. World class performance, hand crafted in the U.S. AVAILABILITY
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Proprietary true monocoque hand laminated Carbon/Kevlar/Epoxy structure
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Kevlar/Leather/synthetic lamination provides a stretchproof and cut resistant upper
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Synthetic outer and full grain leather lining
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Thermofoam padded tongue with choice of stiffness
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Integral aircraft grade aluminum mounting surfaces
with choice of threaded or slotted attachment.
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Key areas of boots are thermo formable for an ultra precise final fitting
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Bolts, washers & wrench for attachment of blades/frames.
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Custom foot casting done by Paul Marchese personally
Delivery for boots/shoes range from as little as 2 months to more than 1 year.
Please call for the latest schedule.
Delivery schedule for summer 2008 is limited. ONLY world team orders accepted for Summer 2008.