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Sensitivity redefined, the new Furia Air brings a second skin feeling to a climbers foot, featuring a cutting edge design combined with the most advanced materials to create a climbing shoe that allows the foot to be fully engaged when climbing, at an incredibly low weight. The sensitivity and performance of the Furia Air must be experienced to be believed.
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| Weight | 300 g Single : 150 g / 5.3 oz (Size 40) |
| Closure Type | Zig Zag strap 1 Velcro closure |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Volume | |
| Sizing Information |
European sizes 35-45, including half sizes. From your measured size, you'll want to consider downsizing .5 - 2 full sizes. The flatter the shoe, the closer to your measured size; the more downturned / aggressive the shoe, the more you'll want to downsize.  Scarpa-Shoe-Size-Chart.pdf |
| Best Use (Highest Performance) |
Trad / Crack Sport / Face Over-hanging |
| Asymmetry | Aggressive |
| Tongue Details | not provided by the brand |
| Last Details | Shape: Downturned (performance) Construction: not provided by the brand Last : FZ Scarpa considers last information super top secret so we can’t define the last types further than the initials FZ. But, if you find a Scarpa shoe that fits, any Scarpa shoes with the same last initials will fit your foot in a very similar way. |
| Upper Material | not provided by the brand Microsuede |
| Midsole Material | 1.0 mm Flexan |
| Sole Material | 3.5 mm
Vibram® XS Grip2
Rand: not provided by the brand |
| Footbed Lining | not provided by the brand |
Perhaps the most specialized shoe in this review, the Furia Air takes Scarpa’s recent push toward light and soft to its logical extreme, rendering a minimalist, single-strap slipper that wears like a grippy sock. “The sensitivity is incredible, which allows you to climb with an awareness of the imperfections in the stone that’s not possible with other shoes,” said one tester. Our other tester echoed this—the shoes were a blast for big-hold climbing on overhanging granite, and he found himself pushing off smears, dishes, flat panels, and other features not usable in stiffer boots. “They were also an incredible gym-bouldering and MoonBoarding shoe,” he said, for holds that stick out, hand-foot matches, aggressive heel hooks, sneaky scums, and glomming onto volumes. Durability has been good for such a light shoe, with only light delaminating on one tester’s pair where the M50 rand rubber meets the upper. The Furia Airs encourage good footwork, and will strengthen your feet—for training, bouldering, gym climbing, and steep, big-hold sport, they’re “hella fun.”
So far I’ve tested the Furia Air on some of the most slippery rock I can find: water polished cobble sandstone and greasy Rifle limestone. Where this shoe lacks as a solid edger, it really excels on slippery smears. I’d use this shoe for anything that requires blank, slippery smearing. The fact that you can really press all of the rubber onto the rock gives you purchase that you can’t get in shoes with traditional soles.
