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Is 'Big Stone' the UK importer of 5.10?
August 24, 2014, 01:02:55 pm
I was thinking of getting in touch with the UK importer of 5.10 to see when the hiangle will be arriving as I need a comfy slipper and was considering getting some mocs but the hiangle would be better as I have dragon shaped feet (don't like teams much, use them for toehooks if absolutely necessary).

Aaaanyway, did a quick google to find out who the UK distributor was and it seems that it's bigstone? Went on their website www.bigstone.co.uk , which is down. Is this just a network error or is there trouble with the company? I'll stock up on my (popular) size if there's going to be trouble with importing for a while!

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They don't exist anymore

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Ah, thanks.

Do shops import directly from 5.10 US now then?

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There is five ten uk on facebook... try them!

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Thanks Dave. Weirdly enough, the contact details on the Five Ten UK Facebook page are for Big Stone, but the page seems to be regularly updated so I'll message them anyway.

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Yeah Bigstone is no more. Five Ten are now brought in by Five Ten UK and that is run by Mo Overfield.

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According to bookface, BoulderUK have Hi-angles for £90. You could give them a ring to see if they'll post them.

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Can you add a link for that? Cant find it

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Try this:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202528616518706&set=a.10200567450490781.1073741827.1294412340&type=1&theater

If that doesn't work, then no. I'm afraid I can't.

It does just say "we now have five ten hi-angles for £90" though. Which is what I've already said.....

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Thanks Wintermute.

That's good to see, their arrival must be imminent then, so I'll just wait for them to arrive. I tried on some 5.10 Mocs today but they felt like they were going to slip off even in a small size, so fingers crossed these are better. Dragons are my main shoe and these are built on the dragon last, so fingers crossed.


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