Description
The Softec Sport is Jackson Ultima’s recreational skate on a hockey blade: a soft, insulated boot over a one-piece plastic holder carrying a stainless steel runner, with no toe pick. Built for going round the rink, not for figure elements. Toddler and youth sizes ship as the ST6107 and the larger sizes as the ST6102, the same boot under two model numbers.
What kind of skate this is
Jackson rates its figure boots 2 to 90 for stiffness; the Softec program sits outside that scale, so the Sport has no number. It is listed under Medium Recreational Support, and Jackson positions it as a recreational hockey skate — the one Softec built without a figure blade. A skater in lessons needs a toe pick; the Elite and Vista below are the Softecs that have one. For public sessions, school skate days and outdoor rinks, the hockey blade and warm boot are the point. Our guide to a first pair of skates and the support level guide go further.
Key details
- Upper: durable nylon in black — charcoal mesh panels, a white overlay stripe and a light line-art graphic, white contrast stitching, a silver heel-counter panel and a JACKSON tab at the back.
- Lining and padding: Thinsulate through the upper and tongue over cushy foam padding, with a cream plush lining rolled out around the whole topline.
- Closure: a full row of metal eyelets, two molded lace loops a side, and a Velcro ankle strap marked SOFTEC that re-tightens without relacing.
- Outsole and holder: a synthetic outsole under a one-piece black plastic holder printed SOFTEC; wiping it dry is the whole maintenance.
- Blade: built the way a hockey skate’s is — a stainless steel runner carried in that plastic holder, rounded at the toe with no pick, mounted and sharpened at the factory.
Where the Sport sits in the Softec range
- Softec Sport ST6102/ST6107 — this skate: black, Thinsulate lined, hockey blade, and the longest size run in the range.
- Softec Sport ST6100 — the same skate in white and blue, in women’s and girls’ sizes, youth 1 to adult 10.
- Softec Elite ST7002 — the men’s and boys’ Softec with a figure blade, on a microfiber boot.
- Softec Elite ST7202 — the men’s Elite in black, on the Ultima Mark II figure blade.
- Softec ST2300 — a toe-picked figure blade, fleece lining, laces through fabric loops plus a Velcro strap.
- Softec Vista ST3200 — an Ultima Mark I figure blade, Nylex lining, three open hooks.
Fit and sizing
Skate sizes are not shoe sizes: measure in skating socks and work from the longer foot, taking the larger size between two lengths. Inches first, cm in brackets.
The Sport is made in one width, M, in every size, and the girth column below is that fitting, taken from the men’s columns of the Jackson Ultima sizing chart. A ball measurement well above the figure for your length means this boot will pinch, and a wider foot wants a D/W model. Jackson cuts its heels one width narrower than the ball, and publishes no girth for toddler sizes.
ST6107 — toddler and youth sizes
| Size | Foot length, in (cm) | Ball girth, M, in (cm) |
|---|---|---|
| Toddler 8 | 6 3/16 (15.8) | not published |
| Toddler 9 | 6 9/16 (16.7) | not published |
| Toddler 10 | 6 7/8 (17.5) | not published |
| Youth 11 | 7 3/16 (18.3) | 6 15/16 (17.7) |
| Youth 12 | 7 1/2 (19.1) | 7 3/16 (18.3) |
| Youth 13 | 7 13/16 (19.9) | 7 7/16 (18.9) |
| Youth 1 | 8 3/16 (20.8) | 7 11/16 (19.6) |
| Youth 2 | 8 1/2 (21.6) | 7 15/16 (20.2) |
| Youth 3 | 8 13/16 (22.4) | 8 3/16 (20.8) |
ST6102 — youth 4 and up
| Size | Foot length, in (cm) | Ball girth, M, in (cm) |
|---|---|---|
| Youth 4 | 9 1/8 (23.2) | 8 7/16 (21.5) |
| Youth 5 | 9 7/16 (24.0) | 8 11/16 (22.1) |
| Adult 6 | 9 3/4 (24.8) | 8 15/16 (22.8) |
| Adult 7 | 10 1/8 (25.8) | 9 3/16 (23.4) |
| Adult 8 | 10 7/16 (26.6) | 9 7/16 (24.0) |
| Adult 9 | 10 3/4 (27.4) | 9 11/16 (24.7) |
| Adult 10 | 11 1/16 (28.1) | 9 15/16 (25.3) |
| Adult 11 | 11 3/8 (28.9) | 10 3/16 (25.9) |
| Adult 12 | 11 11/16 (29.7) | 10 7/16 (26.6) |
| Adult 13 | 12 (30.5) | 10 11/16 (27.2) |
Full sizes only; all nineteen sizes from toddler 8 to adult 13 exist and the size menu shows what is in stock.
What’s included
A pair of boots with the blades mounted and sharpened. Guards, soakers and a bag are sold separately.
Also worth a look
The Sport sits in our recreational ice skates collection, under men’s and boys’ ice skates and in ice hockey; the smaller sizes in kids’ ice skates.
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