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Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« on: July 01, 2007, 10:59:19 AM »
Everyone has a different opinion about Nike. I personally think they have some great shoes. On principle i can't buy them. The company makes tennis rackets, football jerseys, baseball bats and other "sporting" equipment. No matter how much Nike says that NikeSB doesn't have that much money or that NikeSB doesn't have a huge marketing budget it doesn't make it right for me to support the company. I just can't support a company that makes FOOTBALL jerseys.

Then again, I only skate in Vans. Vans is owned by the same company that owns Wrangler jeans...weird how that works huh? I'm basically calling myself a hypocrite, but i'd rather skate in some Rodeo inspired Vans than some Jock inspired Nikes. haha

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2007, 11:08:08 AM »
Why care?

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2007, 11:09:57 AM »
i just like to be an educated consumer.

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2007, 11:12:24 AM »
i will wear whatever's comfortable and looks good. regardless of what brand name is stamped on it. they're all made in china in sweatshops anyway, so it doesn't really matter whos kicks you buy, they're still contributing to the collective misery of millions of people
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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2007, 11:13:16 AM »
btw, hoorway for being white and being born into the first world! go me!
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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2007, 11:13:51 AM »
The hypocrisy in your argument indicates you like to hate whatever's trendy to hate.

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2007, 11:15:51 AM »
It's easy to hate on Nike as a company, but it's hard to deny that they make some really great shoes. The Zoom Tre's, as strange as they look, are possibly the best shoes I've ever skated in.

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2007, 11:20:26 AM »
it's not trendy to hate nikes, that trend died about 2 years ago. I'm just saying that i don't want to buy nikes.

I totally agree grim, nike makes some great shoes. Vans and Nikes are both made in sweatshops overseas, and they both make great shoes. I just can't make myself buy nikes. If they were given to me, i'd wear em. But i don't want Nike to have any of my money.

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2007, 11:22:12 AM »
ive never skated nikes, but looking back, i dont think ive heard a single person who skated them and didnt like them.

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2007, 11:27:21 AM »
ive never skated nikes, but looking back, i dont think ive heard a single person who skated them and didnt like them.

Same here. I just can't support a company that will leave when things get bad in skateboarding. When the money dries up will they stick by us like Vans or Sole Tech? I highly doubt it because the suits in the big buildings don't skate and have no heart for skateboarding. That's pretty much what i'm trying to say about Nike, they are soul-less to me.

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2007, 11:29:03 AM »
nike made great shoes before they entered the skateboard world, so why wouldn't you want another quality footwear choice at the skateshop? capitalism is a competition, and other companies can't complain if they lose. make good quality product, market it well, and you have nothing to fear from "big bad" nike.

i bet lakai are doing crazy numbers with all the ff hype going on. watch what happens after the vid drops. they'll sell shitloads.
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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2007, 11:31:56 AM »
Same here. I just can't support a company that will leave when things get bad in skateboarding. When the money dries up will they stick by us like Vans or Sole Tech?



hahaha, you might want to retract that statement in regards to vans. vans were very notably absent from skateboarding in the 90's, please believe. when airwalk died vans quietly ducked out of the skate world for a few years. when they made their return there were many a skeptical opinion heard amongst the skate publications of the day.

people have very short memories.
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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2007, 11:40:46 AM »
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they're all made in china in sweatshops anyway

not all companies have the blatently corrupt practices of nike.
“I just hate anything that can be defined as more spectacle than sport,” he said. “Just like any other athlete, it takes a certain skill to do our sport.”- shawn white

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2007, 11:40:51 AM »
. I just can't support a company that makes FOOTBALL jerseys.

Then again, I only skate in Vans. Vans is owned by the same company that owns Wrangler jeans...weird how that works huh? I'm basically calling myself a hypocrite, but i'd rather skate in some Rodeo inspired Vans than some Jock inspired Nikes. haha
Vans made soccer shoes ages ago and i can guarantee you that if they made money off of it they would still do it today

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2007, 11:43:48 AM »
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Same here. I just can't support a company that will leave when things get bad in skateboarding. When the money dries up will they stick by us like Vans or Sole Tech?
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hahaha, you might want to retract that statement in regards to vans. vans were very notably absent from skateboarding in the 90's, please believe. when airwalk died vans quietly ducked out of the skate world for a few years. when they made their return there were many a skeptical opinion heard amongst the skate publications of the day.

people have very short memories.

They stopped making skate shoes all together or did they just fall prey to the D3 era?

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2007, 11:44:14 AM »
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they're all made in china in sweatshops anyway
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not all companies have the blatently corrupt practices of nike.

the name of the game is money my friend, and there are few innocent companies. whether it's poor environmental practices, or human rights violations, everyone is cutting whatever corners they can in the relentless pursuit of the almighty dollar.
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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2007, 11:45:55 AM »
They stopped making skate shoes all together or did they just fall prey to the D3 era?

they ducked out of the skate world for a few years. all of a sudden skating was getting popular on the back of tony hawk and espn and then all of a sudden vans was all in the mags again, and buying it's way back into skateboarding with their mega mall skateparks
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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2007, 11:59:04 AM »
no one ever complains about the vans stores chians in malls, but complain about nike sb

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2007, 12:00:09 PM »
no one ever complains about the vans stores chians in malls, but complain about nike sb

exactly.


i wear vans, i wear nike.
i don't fucking care.

you can have the moral highground.
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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #20 on: July 01, 2007, 12:01:45 PM »
no one ever complains about the vans stores chians in malls, but complain about nike sb

i dont see the similarities. A skatepark is actually about getting people to skate... of course they make money from it... but people are skating. 

Nike doesn't get people to skate, they make shoes.

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2007, 12:05:28 PM »
i dont see the similarities. A skatepark is actually about getting people to skate... of course they make money from it... but people are skating. 

Nike doesn't get people to skate, they make shoes.

are there even any vans parks left? how do their mall stores get people skating? isn't nike sponsoring the crap outta comps lately? didn't they just build a new setup for tampa (probably the most loved skatepark in the country)?

you should really stop using vans as an example of how things should be done.
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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2007, 12:06:30 PM »
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no one ever complains about the vans stores chians in malls, but complain about nike sb
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i dont see the similarities. A skatepark is actually about getting people to skate... of course they make money from it... but people are skating. 

Nike doesn't get people to skate, they make shoes.
i'm saying that people bag on nike for being a huge corporate company, but turn their heads when they see a pair of es accels at pac sun

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2007, 12:08:30 PM »
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no one ever complains about the vans stores chians in malls, but complain about nike sb
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i dont see the similarities. A skatepark is actually about getting people to skate... of course they make money from it... but people are skating. 

Nike doesn't get people to skate, they make shoes.
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i'm saying that people bag on nike for being a huge corporate company, but turn their heads when they see a pair of es accels at pac sun

or etnies at nordstrom?

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #24 on: July 01, 2007, 12:10:07 PM »
waaa waaa poor widdle companies like sole tech have to sell out to be competitive with big bad corporate nike

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #25 on: July 01, 2007, 12:11:47 PM »
Fuck that, I want some McGill's from WalMart... I'm all up in deez shits!

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #26 on: July 01, 2007, 12:15:17 PM »
Fuck that, I want some McGill's from WalMart... I'm all up in deez shits!

I live down the street from mcgills skateshop... i could take your shoes in to get them signed if you want. haha.

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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #27 on: July 01, 2007, 12:21:13 PM »
ive skated many pairs of nike sbs and they are the best skate shoes period. ive had dunk lows, sb classsics, and at the moment skating my first pair of p-rod 2s and they are by far the best pair ive had outta all of them. might try team editions next. heard good things about them. regarding grim liking the tres they probs are amazing but i just couldnt wear them. they look so ugly. plus i know a kid down the skatepark i live next to and he has been asked soo many times why he is wearing basketball shoes lol.
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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2007, 12:39:37 PM »
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no one ever complains about the vans stores chians in malls, but complain about nike sb
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i dont see the similarities. A skatepark is actually about getting people to skate... of course they make money from it... but people are skating. 

Nike doesn't get people to skate, they make shoes.

Au contraire, my friend. Nike SB has gotten a huge amount of attention outside of the skate world, and their shoes are probably at this point being worn more at this point by nonskaters than by skaters themselves. That said, their widespread popularity (and the fact that they're skate shoes) have gotten a ton of people interested in skateboarding. The shoes are fashionable, so the activity associated with them is too.
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Re: Tired Topic - Nike Shoes - suck or rule?
« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2007, 12:41:53 PM »
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no one ever complains about the vans stores chians in malls, but complain about nike sb
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i dont see the similarities. A skatepark is actually about getting people to skate... of course they make money from it... but people are skating. 

Nike doesn't get people to skate, they make shoes.
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Au contraire, my friend. Nike SB has gotten a huge amount of attention outside of the skate world, and their shoes are probably at this point being worn more at this point by nonskaters than by skaters themselves. That said, their widespread popularity (and the fact that they're skate shoes) have gotten a ton of people interested in skateboarding. The shoes are fashionable, so the activity associated with them is too.

couldnt agree more! they have soo many colours that people who dont skate cant help but take notice of them. birdo just give up!
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