"I've been dancing salsa in San Diego for years — and like most beginners, I showed up to my first class in the wrong shoes and had no idea what I was doing.

Suede & Spin exists because finding honest, experience-based advice about Latin dance gear is harder than it should be. Most content out there is generic or written by people who've never actually danced salsa on a Saturday night.

This site covers what actually matters — the right shoes for your level, what to wear, how to find your footing as a beginner — written by someone who's lived it on the dance floor in San Diego.

No fluff. Just real advice from a real dancer."