Description
The Softec Elite ST7200 in navy is a soft-boot recreational figure skate: a napped microfiber upper lined with non-abrasive fabric over Thinsulate insulation, on Jackson’s lightweight waterproof Fusion sole under a full Ultima Mark II figure blade. Jackson places the Softec range in Medium Recreational Support — public sessions and lessons rather than jump training.
Support level
The Softec range sits in Jackson’s Medium Recreational Support tier, which carries no number and runs alongside the 2–90 scale rather than at the bottom of it. It holds the ankle for forward and backward skating, stops, crossovers and lesson basics, not for rotational jumps. Already jumping? Read how to choose a figure skate support level.
Key details
- Upper: napped microfiber in solid navy, which Jackson calls light, flexible and strong. White contrast stitching, a reinforced toe wrap, arcs of punched vent holes, “Elite by Jackson” on the tongue and a round Softec badge high on the outside quarter.
- Lining: a non-abrasive fabric lining with Thinsulate insulation over soft padding, showing as a light gray knit at the rolled collar and down the padded tongue.
- Fit: Jackson builds the Elite on its Adapted Width C last, which opens up the arch to take pressure off it. C and M are the same width on Jackson’s chart, which is why the size menu reads Width: M.
- Closure: four pairs of open black lace hooks over a row of punched lace holes, with navy-and-white speckled laces.
- Sole and heel: the Fusion sole, lightweight and waterproof — on the navy boot a one-piece silver-finish unit with a black tread face, and a smooth silver heel with a small oval metal Jackson badge.
- Blade: an Ultima Mark II figure blade etched with the Mark II name beside the Ultima mark, screwed to metal toe and heel plates and sharpened at the factory. Its full toe pick handles toe-assisted stops and early drills.
Which Elite is this?
- Softec Elite ST7200, navy (this skate) — the recreational Elite: microfiber, Thinsulate, Fusion sole, Ultima Mark II blade; women’s 4–10, width M.
- The same boot in another color — black and white, each a separate listing with its own stock.
- Men’s Softec Elite ST7202 — the same four-hook Elite build in black, adult sizes 4 to 12.
- Softec DIVA DV3000 — microfiber like this one, but laced through eyelets with no hooks, on a Mark I blade, in five colors.
- Softec Vista ST3200 / ST3201 — nylon upper, Nylex lining, Mark I blade, in youth sizes too.
- Looking for the Jackson Elite competition boot? That is the Elite DJ4200 — a stiff leather boot sold without blades, for doubles and triples.
Fit and sizing
The navy ST7200 is made in women’s whole sizes 4 to 10 in one width, M — no half sizes — and the size menu shows what is in stock. Skate sizes are not shoe sizes: measure heel to toe in your skating socks and work from the longer foot. Ball girth — the circumference around the widest part of the foot — matters as much as length, and if yours runs well above the M figure, this single-width boot will feel tight across the ball. Between two lengths, take the larger.
| Women’s size | Foot length, in (cm) | Ball girth, M (C), in (cm) |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 8 5/8 (22.0) | 8 1/16 (20.5) |
| 5 | 9 (22.9) | 8 5/16 (21.2) |
| 6 | 9 5/16 (23.7) | 8 9/16 (21.8) |
| 7 | 9 5/8 (24.5) | 8 13/16 (22.4) |
| 8 | 9 15/16 (25.3) | 9 1/16 (23.1) |
| 9 | 10 1/4 (26.1) | 9 5/16 (23.7) |
| 10 | 10 9/16 (26.9) | 9 9/16 (24.3) |
Jackson cuts the heel about one width narrower than the ball, so a foot close to the M girth still locks in behind. Full width tables are on the Jackson Ultima sizing chart.
What’s included
A pair of navy ST7200 boots with the Ultima Mark II blades mounted and sharpened at the factory.
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