Founded by Remy Richard-Ponvert in 1908, Paraboot's specialist workers have been cutting, sewing and fashioning leather knowhow passed down many generations. Using the best leathers around, most of which are still tanned in France using techniques such as Norwegian and Goodyear welting. Delivering long lasting walking shoes with genuine rubber soles still moulded in their own workshops in the French Alps, with no fewer than 150 operations required to produce their shoes to create an outstanding product - one that is still made in France.