Size adjustable athletic boot

A size adjustable athletic boot of a molded construction comprising:

• a foot support surface having a length;
• a base section having an upper base surface defining a portion of said foot support surface, a toe end, a rear end, and a bottom base surface;
• a front and a rear athletic device attachment bracket adjacent said toe end and said rear end, respectively, and depending from said bottom base surface of said base section, said front and rear attachment brackets spaced apart a fixed distance;
• a resilient tongue section having a fixed end adjacent said toe end of said base section and a free end;
• said base section and said tongue section in combination defining a foot space therebetween and defining an open side on each side of said boot;
• a heel section slidably carried on said rear end of said base section and having an upwardly extending heel wall;
• a cuff extending generally upward from said heel wall and in combination with said free end of said tongue defining a foot entry opening therebetween;
• an adjustable securing mechanism adapted to releasably secure said athletic boot to a user's foot;
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• a length adjust mechanism for selectively positioning said heel section and said toe end of said base section relative to one another to vary said length of said foot support surface of said athletic boot without varying said fixed distance between said front and rear athletic device attachment brackets.