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Title: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: feedmeseymour on June 14, 2018, 12:34:35 PM
saw that es was going ham on this jenkem post with comments. i dont think es is trying hard enough.
anyone still skating es like its 2005? am i the only one that gets put off by this?
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjxs4C2lTSp/

these arent even half of the comments
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2uy22gx.jpg)
(http://i63.tinypic.com/29caw75.jpg)
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2hgzmzs.jpg)
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: roba on June 14, 2018, 12:40:05 PM
i liked some of their new shoes (had like 4 pairs) but they wilin for real
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Post by: Colt Cannon's Cargos on June 14, 2018, 12:40:16 PM
Looks like an overly ambitious intern to me
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Post by: himlor on June 14, 2018, 12:40:55 PM
drunk texts from your ex [shoe company]
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Post by: shit_for_brains on June 14, 2018, 12:43:58 PM
Hey guys check out some accel slims before we fire everyone with no notice again! #POUNDITBRO
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Post by: Mista2x on June 14, 2018, 12:52:42 PM
I stocked up on some Sals a few months back when I found them on sale for $25 each and I'm digging them.

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Post by: WarmUpZone on June 14, 2018, 12:55:29 PM
drunk texts from your ex [shoe company]
Nice.
Definitely not the way to handle this article. I'd say Jenkem did a service to core brands by giving some good insight into the minds of young skaters. You may be enraged by their thought process on shoes (I am), but they are your demographic like it or not so better start catering to them with flimsy cheap slip-on sweatshop garbage sold through Amazon.

I started wearing eS again when they rereleased the OG Accels. I loved that shoe and love it again now. I have several pairs stashed in the likely they stop abruptly being produced. I do realize that most skaters these days aren't into beefy padded shoes without giant logos like I am.
I seriously don't know how everybody skates in Vans Slip-Ons and Chucks.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: fang on June 14, 2018, 01:04:25 PM
Es Accel was one of the best, but that is off putting for sure.

Looks like "plz bi our shooz ... no srsly ... plz"
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: feedmeseymour on June 14, 2018, 01:06:45 PM
been skating only vans for the last couple years, but id go back to my younger self and skate some accels.. so long as it comes with a personal thankyou/please god buy more note from whoever is running their instagram
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: TwisT on June 14, 2018, 01:10:02 PM
the accel slims and swift 1.5 are both great

Buy some es guys!
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: FS-OverKOOK on June 14, 2018, 01:14:10 PM
I've tried on some Es in the last couple years and they never seemed to fit right. Usually too narrow but I've been happy with Emerica in the past. I just got a pair of G6s and they look great. It's very tough to having enough buying power to work with quality factories and have competitive prices while only selling to skaters. If you have 1 shoe in 1 color and you need to stock 12 sizes with a 200 shoe minimum per size you see where you can eat up a lot of cash really quick. 
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: Chavo on June 14, 2018, 01:21:06 PM
I've tried several times to contact them regarding sizing questions and they never got back to me. I'm assuming their customer service is non-existent. It makes me wonder what other aspects of the company are neglected.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: FS-OverKOOK on June 14, 2018, 01:31:54 PM
I've tried several times to contact them regarding sizing questions and they never got back to me. I'm assuming their customer service is non-existent. It makes me wonder what other aspects of the company are neglected.
Try IG. They seem pretty active 8)
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: Pretty Serious on June 14, 2018, 01:36:17 PM
I can picture Kelly Hart enthusiastically tapping out those comments with sincerity.
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Post by: knex on June 14, 2018, 01:42:23 PM
I think yall reaching. To me it feels like a grass roots tongue in cheek way of marketing your brand.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: fang on June 14, 2018, 02:01:37 PM
If the remakes of either Sal have the old sizing, I'd buy those. I don't want slim lookalikes
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Post by: redcurb12 on June 14, 2018, 02:14:15 PM
i haven't skated a pair of eS in almost 10 years but they were my favorites back in the day. i'm stoked to see they're doing something and would definitely try a pair. i can see why the kids are into the simple aesthetic cause i dig it too. i always wanted to skate small vulc shoes like slips and shit but most often that kinda shoe just hurts my feet. the figgys are my go to for a shoe that's simple but also supportive. these kids just dont know how good emericas are

my fave eS:
(https://sneakernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/es-sk8mafia-kellen-02.jpg)

(http://skately.com/img/library/shoes/large/es-shoes-first-blood-black-red-gum.jpg)
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: happenstance on June 14, 2018, 02:15:33 PM
I had a pair of 'eS with a defect, wrote their FB, and they shipped a new pair to me in about 3 days. They're okay in my book.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: bo golden on June 14, 2018, 02:15:45 PM
last time i bought Es was 2002.  McCrank's shoe. i have to say it was a good shoe at the time.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: bawtawdinfinity on June 14, 2018, 02:23:03 PM
These were my faves. I wonder if Kelly is a virgin?
(http://skateboardingstartswithes.com/Images/timeline/years/2004/2004-ho-penny-2-brn-gum-l.jpg)
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: SodaJerk on June 14, 2018, 02:24:53 PM
Y'all are hating. I'm going to buy these next.
(http://monument.pl/pol_il_Buty-eS-SLB-97-Black-Black-Gum-9203.jpg)
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: AllShitty on June 14, 2018, 02:25:00 PM
Not a single shoe on the es website jumps out at me.  They all look mediocore at best in my opinion.  They really need to come up with something new, when have you ever seen a company succeed that never evolves?  If you don't change with the times you will fail.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: redcurb12 on June 14, 2018, 02:25:38 PM
These were my faves. I wonder if Kelly is a virgin?
(http://skateboardingstartswithes.com/Images/timeline/years/2004/2004-ho-penny-2-brn-gum-l.jpg)
yo those penny shoes were sick i totally forgot about them! i had em in black/black. thanks for that
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: Manolo on June 14, 2018, 02:26:42 PM
I can picture Kelly Hart enthusiastically tapping out those comments with sincerity.

This is actually pretty accurate.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: Paco Supreme on June 14, 2018, 02:33:15 PM
Did they let some summer intern get a hold of the social media account? Jesus Christ “ check us out of you get a chance” is the number one phrase of sponse kids and lifestyle brands annoying others on Instagram
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: snowman600 on June 14, 2018, 02:34:31 PM
drunk texts from your éx
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: birdplops on June 14, 2018, 02:49:03 PM
I was completel swept up in the release of the OG accels, but simply can't shake that they ditched their entire team only to reboot a short while later.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: natenola forever on June 14, 2018, 03:20:19 PM
If the remakes of either Sal have the old sizing, I'd buy those. I don't want slim lookalikes
I'm pretty sure they are, Sal had a post a few months back about if you liked the slim tongue OGs or the puffy tongue one, so I assume they're working on that.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: emchen on June 14, 2018, 03:27:45 PM
I hope Jenkem publishes something about wheel brands so we can get some prime IG comments from Wayward
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: Get the strap on June 14, 2018, 03:46:38 PM
Wrong OP, if you thoroughly read the Jenkem post eS isn't posting like a kook at all. It's all in context if you actually read it. Thanks for wasting my time double checking your work. You work for Nike?
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: bawtawd5 on June 14, 2018, 04:11:04 PM
These were my faves. I wonder if Kelly is a virgin?
(http://skateboardingstartswithes.com/Images/timeline/years/2004/2004-ho-penny-2-brn-gum-l.jpg)
Not wif that hair
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: feedmeseymour on June 14, 2018, 04:53:49 PM
Wrong OP, if you thoroughly read the Jenkem post eS isn't posting like a kook at all. It's all in context if you actually read it. Thanks for wasting my time double checking your work. You work for Nike?
No but Nike feel free to slide me a box for this.

A bigger waste of time would have been me posting the entire comments section.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: silhouette on June 14, 2018, 05:40:32 PM
Did they let some summer intern get a hold of the social media account? Jesus Christ “ check us out of you get a chance” is the number one phrase of sponse kids and lifestyle brands annoying others on Instagram

"your first task will be to drop a few subtle Instagram comments here and there on some of the most popular accounts, just for visibility's sake; the main idea being that people should keep regularly seeing our brand's name, and never forget about its presence. here's the password"
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: DCLOVE on June 14, 2018, 05:51:08 PM
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If the remakes of either Sal have the old sizing, I'd buy those. I don't want slim lookalikes
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I'm pretty sure they are, Sal had a post a few months back about if you liked the slim tongue OGs or the puffy tongue one, so I assume they're working on that.
Defenitely feels like theyre getting legit feedback from old pros like Sal and creager, which makes it more upsetting Jamie put the kibosh on his emerica shoe getting a new release. I wonder if they just don’t have a team cause they don’t want to screw people over if sales go south.!
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: pizzafliptofakie on June 14, 2018, 07:03:14 PM
eS was one of my favorite companies before their hiatus, and like a lot of others it left a really bad taste in my mouth that I haven't been able to let go of. I was really on the anti-corpo train as recently as a few months ago, but the couple brands that are still going for it just seem so out of touch when it comes to their marketing and image. It's making it  much harder to be hyped on what they're coming out with .
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: coreaf on June 14, 2018, 08:11:20 PM
skated a few pairs of sals recently and have been pleased with them. they need to rerelease the koston 3 and i’ll be back for life. they can just take his name off it call it the kostone or something.
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Post by: 93til.... on June 14, 2018, 09:25:14 PM
Got a pair of those SLB mids, loving them. Gonna run some of those SLB 2s after I think.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: nothingisspecial on June 14, 2018, 09:29:35 PM
I think yall reaching. To me it feels like a grass roots tongue in cheek way of marketing your brand.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: csb711 on June 14, 2018, 10:05:43 PM
Looks like an overly ambitious intern to me

funny because I'm pretty sure it's a balance between Don Brown (head guy in charge at 'eS) and Kelly Hart (team manager) that runs their instagram, and these all seem like Don Brown comments
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: KoRnholio8 on June 15, 2018, 01:49:34 AM
our national distributor has a shop dedicated to clearance items and I bike close to it to work everyday so I can check it out on a whim. They do carry nike, but their shoes don't make it to clearance that much so I have a wide choice of core skate brands and I have not been forced to buy a nike shoe yet.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: tobal on June 15, 2018, 02:28:21 AM
So Creager will put out that rail part ?
 Will they make pro shoe ?
  ...
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: TwisT on June 15, 2018, 05:58:14 AM
I was completel swept up in the release of the OG accels, but simply can't shake that they ditched their entire team only to reboot a short while later.

in their defense, they didn't just ditch their team and sale out to department stores. They completely shut down and restructured. They did relaunch with a crew that included Carlos Ribeiro, Rodrigo tx, and some other kids who were poached. Kelly, Wade and Asta are great, but they need some higher profile folks
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: feedmeseymour on June 15, 2018, 06:13:25 AM
(http://chomponkicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/@shartsimpsonPJAccel.png)

i had these bad sallys back in the day.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: DCLOVE on June 15, 2018, 02:42:35 PM
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I was completel swept up in the release of the OG accels, but simply can't shake that they ditched their entire team only to reboot a short while later.
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in their defense, they didn't just ditch their team and sale out to department stores. They completely shut down and restructured. They did relaunch with a crew that included Carlos Ribeiro, Rodrigo tx, and some other kids who were poached. Kelly, Wade and Asta are great, but they need some higher profile folks

What are you talking about rodrigo got on adidas way before the es relaunch. Losing Diego so quick was a definite loss though and you can tell Kelly’s still a tad salty.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: iwishilivedinfinla on June 15, 2018, 02:43:34 PM
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Looks like an overly ambitious intern to me
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funny because I'm pretty sure it's a balance between Don Brown (head guy in charge at 'eS) and Kelly Hart (team manager) that runs their instagram, and these all seem like Don Brown comments

those comments are 100% Don Brown.  not Kelly.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: Jud Nestorkins on June 17, 2018, 01:46:24 AM
I bet it kills Kelly inside every time he sees Crob in that Adidas hat lol.
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Post by: Nth syd bear on June 17, 2018, 02:00:45 AM
I bet it kills Kelly inside every time he sees Crob in that Adidas hat lol.

I highly doubt that..
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: trolli on June 17, 2018, 12:12:57 PM
Y'all are hating. I'm going to buy these next.
(http://monument.pl/pol_il_Buty-eS-SLB-97-Black-Black-Gum-9203.jpg)

That sal is sick. The new és is great.

Could we please return to hate on Nike. They suck 4real.
Title: Re: eS looking desperate on instagram
Post by: Little Debbie on June 19, 2018, 06:13:57 PM
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Looks like an overly ambitious intern to me
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funny because I'm pretty sure it's a balance between Don Brown (head guy in charge at 'eS) and Kelly Hart (team manager) that runs their instagram, and these all seem like Don Brown comments
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those comments are 100% Don Brown.  not Kelly.
ok well Don Brown needs to find something else to do with his time. does seem a little over-eager on his part, less might be more in this case.