Savier

[mooraga]

I remember that there is a "commercial" on the nike on tap video of BA, but he's skating on saviers on it

[tangar]

ok just want to start of by saying how stoked i am that there is a savier thread, one of the sickest brands to ever come out of skating. products, designs, ad's, and team were all on point. BA, staba, rattray, janoski, O'connor, plus many others ,suuuch a good team.

Had many pairs of the o'connor trainers, soo much better than the sb trainer. They had so much deatail to the little things like insoles, shit like that. such a shame nike had to shut it down.

And if ANYONE has ANY SAVIER'S IN A SIZE 13, PLEASE PM ME. specially ba's o'connors and staba's. ive been looking for stabas on ebay for years, but everything in my size is like 200$+.

if i'm not mistaken they were shut down by the feds for not paying taxes or some shit. i remember hearing it was due to the snowboarders who had taken over the company so it wasnt the original dudes who started its fault. the tim o'connor's with the story were called "the story" and the staba's were incredible and without them i would probably never have learned how to kickflip. i think it had to do with the pointy toe and amazing board feel. i wish i still had some pairs but i still have a few jackets a hoody and a t shirt.

[Mad Lauder]

so they took your old skated shoes and gave you a new pair.
Sounds like they were on a mission to make a perfect skate shoe.

[darrin lee]

sheep shoes>savier.

...

haha, just playin'.

Anyone ever skated 'em?  I remember being given a pair when my old skate shoes were super thrashed.  Weirdest shoe brand ever.

[pica]

new BAs for 44 pounds (only size 7)...

http://www.kateskates.co.uk/productdetails.html?x5=2147351505&x1=2060188472&x2=2142577927&x3=2142577927

[Scabie Baby]

i remember hearing they did demos where they'd hand out a pair to everyone.i also recall those tim o'connor shoes with the story engraved on the sole of the shoe.

This is true.  I was in Eugene, OR at that time when they rolled through.  If you brought an old pair of your skate shoes, they would hand you a new pair of Savier's, no questions asked.

[UserFame]

i remember hearing they did demos where they'd hand out a pair to everyone.i also recall those tim o'connor shoes with the story engraved on the sole of the shoe.

This is true.  I was in Eugene, OR at that time when they rolled through.  If you brought an old pair of your skate shoes, they would hand you a new pair of Savier's, no questions asked.

damn, thats nice!!!

every shoe company should do this!!!

[buildafire]

Somewhat optimistic...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SAVIER-STABA-GENUINE-TECH-AIR-SHOES-US-10-EUR-44-NEW-VINTAGE-RARE-/380399514061?pt=US_Men_s_Shoes&hash=item589193f1cd

[GAY]

Somewhat optimistic...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SAVIER-STABA-GENUINE-TECH-AIR-SHOES-US-10-EUR-44-NEW-VINTAGE-RARE-/380399514061?pt=US_Men_s_Shoes&hash=item589193f1cd

Well if nothing else you've got a really great rating as a seller, so.........
Seriously, though. If I was just rolling in cash that I didn't know what to do with, which I'm not, I'd snap these up, encase them in glass and masturbate looking at them every morning. Guess I'll have to continue to be OK with beating off while looking at D3's. I kid, I kid.

[ZEBRA]

I had these BA's. Loved them!!! One of my favorite pairs of shoes I ever skated. Bought them on sale at DLX.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5UtKNDA0rZ8/UBQjx6WWSLI/AAAAAAAAApI/JaRgcmYejj8/s1600/Brian+Anderson.JPG

[1978]

I still have a skated to shit pair of BA's model in my closet.

I see what you did there.

I had some saviars... They lasted forever cause the felt
 like they where made out of bricks.

[penguin meat]

i've still got the bottle opener/skate tool on my keychain

I recently lost mine in the city.  Cried a little

[BleachBeach]

i've still got the bottle opener/skate tool on my keychain

I recently lost mine in the city.  Cried a little

Word.  Mine broke after about 7 years of use.

[HairyCunt]

Only kooks wore Saviers, unless you rode for them.

[StabMasterArson]

shut up.

[Rusty Shackleford]

my scummy BA's are in the closet and the bottle opener gets used frequently..

[Bertie]

this topic raises a very important question - where have our rubber toe caps gone?

[HairyCunt]

shut up.

Obviously you're a kook that wore these nasty moon boots. Probably with cargoes and an orange t-shirt. 

[conqueso]

Forreal. The team was sick. But damn those were ugly even for back then.

[StabMasterArson]

shut up.

Obviously you're a kook that wore these nasty moon boots. Probably with cargoes and an orange t-shirt. 

spell.

[Fenzadill]

shut up.

Obviously you're a kook that wore these nasty moon boots. Probably with cargoes and an orange t-shirt. 

when are you gonna go away

[Dutch]

had some of those raleigh's...
the shoes where indistructible, so was the smell after a session or 2

[GAY]

Only kooks wore Saviers, unless you rode for them.

*pulls out Kook Klub Kard*

[HairyCunt]

shut up.

Obviously you're a kook that wore these nasty moon boots. Probably with cargoes and an orange t-shirt. 

when are you gonna go away

I guess you wore them too! It's ok, not everyone can be cool.

[8BitSeinfeld]

a few weeks ago i was walking down the same street of a local skate shop that had closed in the previous months (SkateWorks RWC RIP), and had since converted into a bar. when i walked past the window they had a cardboard cut-out of the most interesting man in the world from the dos equis commercials, but I took a double take because set beside the dos equis guy was a cardboard cutout of Brad Staba from that Savier ad of him wearing that pink down jacket
http://skately.com/library/ads/savier-shoes-army-of-brads-2002

the cutout was so old and sun faded, i guess they just abandoned that when they moved and the bar owners kept it

[trannies and mannies]

^That is awesome.

[NickyP22]

i remember hearing they did demos where they'd hand out a pair to everyone.i also recall those tim o'connor shoes with the story engraved on the sole of the shoe.

This is true.  I was in Eugene, OR at that time when they rolled through.  If you brought an old pair of your skate shoes, they would hand you a new pair of Savier's, no questions asked.

You were there for that too?! Fuck yeah. I remember another time, right when they switched up their logo, a bunch of dudes rolled up to Churchill skatepark and gave me and my homies a ridiculous amount of stickers, no shoes though. A couple months later I saw a film called Yeah Right!, turned out that Brian Anderson was the nicest, coolest pro I've met to this day.

[Watson]

I feel like I'm reading the Slap Boards from Bizarro World.

[Baron Samedi]

I had this pair of white and gum ones with the Savier logo on the side called the Everett. The things looked pretty bare bones compared to the rest of their designs, but were extremely durable and skated great. Probably one of the best shoes I've had.

Savier was also probably the first example of Rattray getting just shit luck with shoe companies. He got on and came out with a pro model pretty much right before they pulled the plug, just like with eS. Bummer bro.

[layzieyez]

HOLY SHIT!  So glad I read this thread and saw the saviers on ebay.  I think it's time to unload my surplus of size 8.5/9 saviers to the world.