Bowling shoe construction with removable slide pad and heel

A bowling shoe kit comprising:

• a shoe upper;
• a shoe sole mounted to the shoe upper, said shoe sole having a tread surface and a slide area on said tread surface extending longitudinally from a toe end of said shoe sole rearwardly to an arch portion thereof and extending laterally across an entire width of said tread surface, said shoe sole further including a wedge which angles upwardly and forwardly from said tread surface toward said shoe upper;
• a plurality of slide pads each having a peripheral margin substantially equal to a peripheral margin of said slide area of said tread surface, each of said plurality of slide pads being fabricated from a material having a different coefficient of friction;
• means for removably securing a selected slide pad to said slide area of said tread surface wherein said selected slide pad substantially covers said slide area, and whereby said plurality of slide pads are readily interchangeable to vary the coefficient of friction of the slide area of the tread surface according to bowling lane conditions;
• a plurality of heels, each being fabricated from a material having a different coefficient of friction;
• and
• means for removably securing a selected heel to a heel portion of said tread surface of said shoe sole, whereby said plurality of heels are readily interchangeable to vary the coefficient of friction of the heel portion of the tread surface according to bowling lane conditions, said interchangeable slide pads and said interchangeable heels cooperating to provide a tread surface having a variable coefficient of friction between the slide area and the heel portion.