Embodiments of the present invention contemplated herein describe a contoured skate boot having contour seams formed therein for introducing preferential biases in the boot material. By strategically creating notches in the boot upper material and subsequently rejoining the edges of each notch, the boot...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7676959?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7676959 - Contoured skate boot