What's Not to Like About Socks? Since Naomi broke the seal in talking about socks, I'll add my $.02 on the topic. I, too, have special socks for sports, mostly for hockey since I consider Step class to be not unlike root canal and thus, in no way, is it a sport.

When I skate out (i.e. don't play goalie), I wear one of three kinds of thin knee socks because my skates no longer have room for thicker socks and I have the most sensitive skin in the world and have to have something between my janky shin guards and my skin. The Bauer skate sock, the Underarmour 009 sock or the coolest of all, a medley of Sesame Street knee socks. I have Elmo, Cookie Monster and of course, the Count. I got these at Journeys but they don't have a direct link to them for ya.

As for luck, the Underarmour have proven to have the most luck, though I like the Sesame Street socks the most.

When I play goalie, I wear the Thorlo Walking Mini-Crew because my janky (but inexpensive) goalie skates are simply too big and I'm too cheap to buy ones that fit better. I don't need longer socks for goalie because I don't wear shin guards, I wear gigantic leg pads with hockey socks under them. Yes, I realize that hockey socks are not unlike leg warmers. May the 80's live on!

Anyway, that's the scoop on socks. Hope it offers some guidance for someone, anyone out there.