Boot Bomb

Welcome to the site that shows you nothing but the best in boots! Hi, Im Brian Bradshaw. Im a super duper mega hiking enthusiast, with a love for everything that has to do with outdoors, hiking, gear, footwear and more. Ive lived all over the place, because I love travel and theres no end to my love for just getting around. I currently live in Vent... ura, California. But you never know when thats going to change. My ancestors have owned a shoe store, where I, as a toddler, used to run around in. I have no memory of this. My grandfather was one of the last to run it. My grandfather, when he was still alive, showed me his shoe designs from decades ago. I was always impressed with how well he was able to draw shoes. He knew what he was doing for sure. Being Dutch and having grown up in Holland, my grandfather has lived through WWII, and was obligated by the Germans to create footwear for the German army. Hed show the Germans how much leather he needed for this or that many pairs of boots. They believed him. Secretly, hed cut the leather slightly differently, so hed have enough leather left for making an extra pair of shoes. This extra pair would then be sold to well-off peasants in the neighborhood, to make an extra buck. While the family shoe store was abandoned in my early years, I was always forced to wear the highest quality footwear when I was just a wee toddler. Throughout the years, Ive learned an appreciation for the technology behind footwear. Ive learned a lot from my grandfather, but also from doing my own research, and simply from the experience of wearing many different kinds of shoes (though not all at the same time!). Footwear is in my familys blood. You can never learn enough about footwear. Im still learning new things every day. Sometimes because one of you, my dear readers, will come forward and teach me a lesson on something footwear related, via my contact form . I have been known to include corrections and/or suggestions from my readers in my content. Im grateful for every opportunity, so ...Read More