Flip Flops

[jsx1043]

Unless that's you on jsx1043's avatar, INGO gets it right again.

Meh, that's definitely NOT me in my avatar, and I wear my tactical thong (it has shoulder straps, that's what makes it tactical) and my 5.11 kilt to the range. Makes me OPERATOR AF...

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

Hey does anybody have some Super Glue I can borrow?

 

[Vigilant]

Meh, that's definitely NOT me in my avatar, and I wear my tactical thong (it has shoulder straps, that's what makes it tactical) and my 5.11 kilt to the range. Makes me OPERATOR AF...

Hey, I actually own the ORIGINAL 5.11 Kilt, and yes, I do wear it.

 

[ol' Huff]

The press will think you are colorful.

I have trained in flip-flops. I wear them out often enough so I figured I would train in them. I don't find them to be terribly prohibitive to movement, but I have reasonable movement skills, ukemi and balance. I have also had my butt kicked by plenty of people who weren't wearing any shoes at all, so I am not convinced that shoes are a tactical necessity.

I suppose I shouldn't be, but I was somewhat surprised by the number of people who decided in their answer to judge a book by its cover. It is INGO after all. I wonder how far people are willing to take their position on preparedness clothing. I have seen very popular videos out of Taran Tactical where female RSOs are not at all dressed appropriately to avoid brass burns. I wonder if the same condemnation would exist if some of these fine gentlemen who oppose flip flops were faced with augmented breasts and tank tops.

 

[Hkindiana]

For the old timers here, how would you rate professors that teach in “thongs”?

 

[Coach]

The press will think you are colorful.

I have trained in flip-flops. I wear them out often enough so I figured I would train in them. I don't find them to be terribly prohibitive to movement, but I have reasonable movement skills, ukemi and balance. I have also had my butt kicked by plenty of people who weren't wearing any shoes at all, so I am not convinced that shoes are a tactical necessity.

I suppose I shouldn't be, but I was somewhat surprised by the number of people who decided in their answer to judge a book by its cover. It is INGO after all. I wonder how far people are willing to take their position on preparedness clothing. I have seen very popular videos out of Taran Tactical where female RSOs are not at all dressed appropriately to avoid brass burns. I wonder if the same condemnation would exist if some of these fine gentlemen who oppose flip flops were faced with augmented breasts and tank tops.

Were these ladies with augmented breasts and tank tops properly oil so hot brass would not stick?

I will say this has changed my opinion more than anything else in this thread.

 

[jsx1043]

The press will think you are colorful.

I have trained in flip-flops. I wear them out often enough so I figured I would train in them. I don't find them to be terribly prohibitive to movement, but I have reasonable movement skills, ukemi and balance. I have also had my butt kicked by plenty of people who weren't wearing any shoes at all, so I am not convinced that shoes are a tactical necessity.

I suppose I shouldn't be, but I was somewhat surprised by the number of people who decided in their answer to judge a book by its cover. It is INGO after all. I wonder how far people are willing to take their position on preparedness clothing. I have seen very popular videos out of Taran Tactical where female RSOs are not at all dressed appropriately to avoid brass burns. I wonder if the same condemnation would exist if some of these fine gentlemen who oppose flip flops were faced with augmented breasts and tank tops.

Nope, gun bunnies can eat a **** too (and frequently do, apparently). They are nothing but car show hotties meant to “sell” a brand. Sure, some can shoot and get good, but yeah, if I had a sugar daddy buying all my guns and ammo and giving me days on the range, I’d get better too.

Folks are missing the point of the flip flops - it was a cool trend from the uber-cool tactical Instagram hipsters to wear flip flops and multicam pants and Hawaiian shirts, to match their trendy mustaches. “Look at me, I’m so cool I don’t give a **** about being safe on the range.”

If you wear flip flops, sure - train in them so you know how to respond when something happens when you’re wearing them. But if you’re doing it for the cool factor, it just makes you (not YOU Huff, the Insta-hipsters) a douche.

 

[Coach]

Still thinking and picturing augmented breasts.

 

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[jsx1043]

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Nothing saying you can’t have cool flip flops, just that it’s not prudent to wear them to the range unless you like foot injuries, thasallimsayin’

 

[OurDee]

The Modern Debate on What Is Worn Under a Kilt​

How does it apply to a 5.11 kilt?

 

[rhamersley]

The Modern Debate on What Is Worn Under a Kilt​

How does it apply to a 5.11 kilt?

 

[bwframe]

Nothing saying you can’t have cool flip flops, just that it’s not prudent to wear them to the range unless you like foot injuries, thasallimsayin’

As our beloved Coach put it early in the thread, a lot of the issue is mobility and keeping your peds in a shape to run or fight without being a point of compromise.

 

[Cameramonkey]

And what is the point of those things? Nobody will see the graphics when you are wearing them. So pretty much you're the only one that will ever see how "awesome" they are.

Kinda like reproducing the Sistine Chapel ceiling on the back wall of your walk in closet; Doesnt matter how magnificent it is, nobody will ever see it.

 

[jsx1043]

As our beloved Coach put it early in the thread, a lot of the issue is mobility and keeping your peds in a shape to run or fight without being a point of compromise.

‘Zactly

 

[MCgrease08]

The Modern Debate on What Is Worn Under a Kilt

Best response I've heard to that question is, "your mother's lipstick."

 

[VERT]

Posting in honor of coach.

Sorry guys flip flops blow and are only useful for wearing to public pools (which I have less then no desire to visit). I am however interested in augmented breast.

 

[Gabriel]

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I have a pair of their PTXF flip flops that I wore backpacking in the Rockies a few years ago.

 

[bwframe]

I have a pair of their PTXF flip flops that I wore backpacking in the Rockies a few years ago.

Cool. How do you keep them on when you run?

 

[Elcardo]

Probably not high. There was a thread years ago where many members basically said that any man wearing flip flops was at a tactical disadvantage.

Hahaha that's what I tell my kid when he wears them out of the house