Abstract: A shoe having an improved sole construction in which traction devices or cleats having a substantially triangular cross-section extend downwardly from the shoe. At least some of the devices are beveled so that the lowermost side of the triangular device serves as a gripping edge that is parallel to the surface of the sole. A plurality of these beveled cleats are disposed at the perimeter of the sole, the gripping edges being parallel to the perimeter. At least some of these perimeter cleats extend outwardly beyond the perimeter of the sole and are integrally attached to both the sole and the lateral surface of the shoe so that the respective gripping edges lie parallel to, but slightly outside the shoe perimeter. The traction devices on the frontal portion of the sole within the shoe perimeter are preferably beveled cleats pointing substantially in the forward direction with their gripping edges at the back of the cleat.