Vegan shoes

[myrrh]

Could we have a thread discussing vegan shoes + exchange tips?

Which shoes we have tried, what worked and what didnt?

Currently thinking about Adidas adi-ease or Converse cts waxed canvas.
Also curious about the Gravis filters but they look a bit thin.

Habitat also seem to have quite a few models, but there wasnt that much info on their site about materials.

Also which type of leathers are synthetic?

[Hercules Rockefeller]

the fallen - rambler has a black vegan colorway, seems pretty nice but havent skated it yet.

[myrrh]

They look comfy!

[myrrh]

I am especially interested in anything with a good sole. Skated some non pro eras and they made my knee hurt...

[Hercules Rockefeller]

i?ve skated a lot of fallens throughout the years, and never had too much trouble with the sole. i usually switch the insole of the forte, but with other promodels its fine.

[sametelt]

Some of the Kostons are made with a "synthetic upper". Good board feel, nice cushioning in the heel. I've skated canvas Bruins as well, they were alright but nothing special. I bet the all black canvas Old Skools skate really good if you put in a proper insole.

[myrrh]

Oh, great I thought the Kostons were all leather. Thanks!

[brianwilson]

This thread rules. I currently have the Vans vegan old-school.

[bea!]

not the best looking shoe ever but the Emerica "Barrier Kult" shoes are vegan. 

i had a pair, SUPER comfortable and durable.  lasted a long time... the bottom soles wore out before the ollie area.

highly recommended.

[dankradschwag]

vegans are pussys

[Wh0l3]

vegans are pussys

you too.


I know one of the new Habitat Cupsoles is synthetic nubuck, I saw it in their most recent catalog. Maybe it was the Lark Cupsole? I know it was gray haha. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

[friendly dave]

http://rippedlaces.blogspot.com/2011/09/adidas-adi-ease-gonz-shoe-review.html
I asked Ripped Laces about vegan shoes last fall and he busted that out.

I also just retired a pair of the Hsu2's. I generally stay away from any sort of canvas shoes, but they held up pretty well.

Not a bad fake halfcab.

*edit

VeganShawn just turned me on to this: http://veganskateblog.com/ Seems like a good recourse. Upon viewing, anybody try these Supras? They look pretty nice.

[Gay Imp Sausage Metal]

needs to be more vegan pros out there ala ed templeton and (old skool rowley). the vegan shoe market sucks these days, sure there are lots of canvas shoes out there but that's not really what most of us want... i do have some 14oz half cabs at the moment but would prefer if they were made out of synthetic. one of the original silas colourways (blue/ black/ grey) was synthetic but adidas mostly stick to suede. fallen does offer some models in vegan but i have never ridden them ... 5 or so years ago it used to be so easy to get synthetic shoes *sighs* hell even i-path are lagging this days 
obviously the vegan skate shoe blog is good as http://vegankicks.com/ cuz they often put up skate shoes.

[Beer Keg Peg Leg]

lol @ skating vegan corpo shoes

[Gay Imp Sausage Metal]

lol @ skating vegan corpo shoes

lol @ your contribution to this thread  

[GISM]

The HSU mids were great for a canvas shoe.

[jack burton]

http://emerica.com/news/2012/01/25/vegans-rejoice-spring-2012/

[Wh0l3]

lol @ skating vegan corpo shoes

if you buy corpo shoes, buy them from a local skate shop.

[El Barto]

http://esskateboarding.com/blog/2012/03/25/es-spring-2012-vegan-shoes/

hoepfully getting the manderson soon, i'm not really vegan, but since i found out suede was cow ( i thought it was just fabric before) i've tried to not wear anything from animals, i get killing them for food, because that actually has nutrition, but it seems stupid to just kill them for "fashon"

[managuense]

here's a tip, quit being a limpwristed faggot vegan

[sleepypancakes]

http://emerica.com/news/2012/01/25/vegans-rejoice-spring-2012/

No. I paged through all of them, none of them are anything other than canvas. Good for chilling, not so much for skating.

[fulfillthedream]

here's what es put out before they bounced. i am sure you'd be able to find a lot of these;

http://esskateboarding.com/blog/2012/03/25/es-spring-2012-vegan-shoes/

[brownjenkin]

I remember there being way more synthetic shoes in the past. I don't think I've seen a synthetic version of a shoe in my local shops in years. Seems canvas is the only option a lot of the time.

One thing I've done on a few occasions with canvas shoes is Shoe Goo rubber or suede patches cut from old shoes on the ollie area. I did this with a pair of "non-skate" shoes that had a rubber toe cap and they ended up lasting a long-ass time. It was a black patch on all-white shoes and I thought they actually looked really good.

 

[Wh0l3]

here's a tip, quit being a limpwristed faggot vegan

it's pretty fucking weak to sacrifice for what you believe in and the good of our earth, right?

gay as fuck to not be selfish.

[myrrh]

I superglue the ollie/kickflip areas (not just the seems), strengthens the canvas and holds up for a long time if you do it now and then.

[Beer Keg Peg Leg]

doesn't super glue have horse blood or some shit in it?

[Drew Peacock 2]

replace "super glue" with "my butt" and "blood" with "semen" and I think you're right

[Shufflessss]

I've been skating these. They're lasting forever

[Hercules Rockefeller]

replace "super glue" with "my butt" and "blood" with "semen" and I think you're right

that one made me giggle like a schoolgirl.

[managuense]

here's a tip, quit being a limpwristed faggot vegan

it's pretty fucking weak to sacrifice for what you believe in and the good of our earth, right?

gay as fuck to not be selfish.

you got that right