New Esk8 Shoe on the Block

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I always skate them

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Does this apply also to pro series vans? I am looking to replace my DC Switch Plus S and I liked how Vans Kyle Walker fit me but Iā€™ll have to find something else if they wonā€™t last.

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The pros are defently stronger. Then again my pros toe started splitting after 2 months. But Iā€™m on my feet alot.

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I have the shoes now and they are made alot better than other vans iā€™ve owned. Thereā€™s reinforcement in the spots that are high contact with the board. They have that new insole (ultracush) which is pretty darn comfy!

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2 months with any kind of use thatā€™s not extreme work environment is not good enough to be fair.

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Actually 2 months of skating is great. Sliding repeatedly a shoe against a piece of abrasive such as grip tape definitely classifies as extreme use in my book. When I skated we mostly used airwalk shoes, they lasted ages. Then someone said that converse all stars were so much better as they gave you a better feel of the board. So naturally I went and bought some with my pocket money. I tore through them in one session, ONE FREEKING SESSION. I was so upset, I continued skating in them covered in duct tape for months.

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@taz when I turned 18/19 and my vans started breaking significantly faster I lost faith in their production and havenā€™t touched them since, so I canā€™t comment on the pro series

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Well Converse got bought out by nike and shipped out to china to be made. If you had some old school USA made ones they would have lasted.

I still have 4 pairs from back in the day that are USA and they are still in one pieceā€¦granted one pair is about 12 years old and held together with some duct tape nowā€¦but its all connected so ONE PIECE!

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Yes I can comment on thtā€¦ fuck chucksā€¦ less than one month of skating and they break

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the ones my friend has had since his sr. Year of hush school that he wears daily, are still holding better than the 2 I have bought recently and will not buy anymore

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Dude, I am 45 and this was when I was 17. All stars were USA made then. Not that it makes a difference, thin canvas vs rough grip tape : 0 - 1.

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i used to love converse

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yea but they def lasted longer than they do now!! I love me some USA chucks, the new ones must be made out of paper or something.

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I am on my feet 10-15 hours a day 7 days a week at work. Thatā€™s not counting getting to work. And I donā€™t drive.

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I feel ya thereā€¦I work in data centers so iā€™m always walking aroundā€¦maybe not 7 days a week though!! You need a vacation

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Same skunkā€¦ I work over 60hrs a week (between 2 jobs) and Iā€™m on my feet over 80% of the time, not including the skating and or walking I do to get to work and between jobs haha

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IMG_3068 Iā€™ve had these for over a year, worn them almost daily and abused them plenty. Iā€™m super happy with how theyā€™ve held up.

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Less than 1 month of light use in between using my work boots and my Adidas

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@rok

No hate but whats the point of this thread? The tittle is awfully misleadingā€¦

Awfully misleading?? :roll_eyes: :point_right: New Esk8 Shoe on the Block

Just that, is a new Esk8 shoe in the market. Whats the misleading part?

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I think the misleading part is the heading ā€œesk8 shoeā€ where this is just a sk8 shoe. Nowhere in the link does it mention esk8 (at least that I saw).

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