Kubo Tech Video

La Sportiva Kubo is the versatile climbing shoe for indoor climbing both boulder and lead. Innovative constructed heel integrated into the sole for better grip and greater protection as well as for an accentuated elasticity and overall sensitivity. It provides excellent comfort thanks to the unlined uppers in microfibre and suede. The double opposing strap closure facilitates the customization and the construction of the sole is designed to allow resoling. Elevated climbing at the cube.

[ibilly]

ive used the kubo for 6 motnhs on indoor bouldering now and i gotta say im super happy with the feel of the shoe. the smearing is good, but the comfort and the trust i have in the shoe on basically every other foothold is amazing. the soft tip seems to wrap around small holds and i really trust them. they basically havent stretched at all, but the rubber becomes softer during a session so thats when the comfort kicks in. I downsized 1.5 EU size and they are still really nice and snug.

[Jellzz]

I tried these out @ My local climbing gym and was very surprised by them!
Their soft construction and twist(?) in the sole/heel creates a slight support/pushback inside the shoe.
It was very interesting to experience & I recommend everyone try them out when they get new shoes fitted.
I personally ended up going for the Red Chili Spirit IV, they fit my feet slightly better, but Kubo was a close 2nd!

[ryant]

I demoed these during a LaSpo visit to my home gym. They're quite narrow in the toebox compared to my other LaSpo shoes (finale, solution, otaki), so trying the same size (40.5) I found my feet squished to the extreme in the Kubo. I have a slightly wide foot, but for regular width feet I'd imagine it'd be really comfy. It edges well, but smears for me were 70% reliable. I found myself repositioning to really bite down on a smear in order to compensate, but that's more energy. It has a noticeably softer midfoot, and decent power on edging micro footholds. The one thing I didn't like was a bit of air on the outside part of my heel on both feet. I couldn't get a good fit on the heel in them but that's just my foot shape or perhaps because they're demo shoes and I only had an hour with them. Maybe they'd break into the contour of my heel? Either way, it's a good midrange shoe that's most likely geared towards training and indoor gym sessions. Great as a step up from your first climbing shoe but by then you'd maybe want to jump into a more aggressive model?

For beginners and the price, I'd probably go Finales for a first shoe (great 5mm durable rubber in the XS Edge and solid edging) and save my money up for a more aggressive shoe once I progress to higher grades. Overall it's a great shoe but nothing I don't already have in my quiver.

[samuellotz]

colors look awesome don't know what ppl are complaining about

[davidesebastianelli]

When do they will be avaible in Italy? Do they stretch like the older La Sportiva models? I'm 7, 5 UK, 41 EU street shoe size, how much should i downsize them?

[Timelessplays]

How much do these stretch I want to buy them but I'm not sure how much they strech

[jessemillemaci]

I bought a pair of these and wore through the sole in 4 months, with casual climbing about twice a week. Pretty disappointed by the life compared to my previous shoe which lasted close to a year. Not worth the 'upgrade' and pretty disappointed in the product.

[stevenyoung]

How does this compare the La Sportiva Zenit?

[philipppuchner]

Sooo, an Updates Tarantula which looks like the Katana in other colors from above. The heel looks like the Tarantula.
I thought the next Sportiva climbing shoes would be the Zenit and the Aragon? Which already look like Katanas and use Grip rubber instead of XS Edge.
So, Sportiva squeezes a lot of shoes between the Tarantula and the Katana.
Or even gets rid of the Tarantula? But then there would be no option for wide feet beginner shoes. And no, I don't think about the xyz-Gym shoes (they are jokes imho).

[mercyetzel]

As a woman forced to wear 80s workout purple, teal and pinks, I am so disappointed in La Sportive yet again. Just give us regular colors. We're not children. We're grown adult women. Is gray/black too much ask for?