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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #150 on: December 09, 2011, 03:12:33 PM »
cons cvo is the worst
Have to agree 100%.  Was psyched on them in the beginning because it was a vans era alternative.  Got super soggy really quick and didn't have that grip at all.  Was one of the first shoes i just stopped skating and just threw away.  I usually will skate a bad shoe out of pride, but not those. 

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #151 on: December 09, 2011, 03:20:46 PM »


Oh the things we do when we're young.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #152 on: December 09, 2011, 03:43:51 PM »
Did Bam even wear his own shoes?

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #153 on: December 09, 2011, 04:12:31 PM »
Did Bam even wear his own shoes?

Yeah and suprisingly his first pro model shoe was awesome.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #154 on: December 09, 2011, 05:56:31 PM »
lakai manchester selects.  No grip and a really odd shape to the shoe.  They were pretty comfortable until you tried to skate them.

Vans Chukka Low.  Comfortable and grippy and everything but the lace eyelet panel tears off in about 3 days

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #155 on: December 12, 2011, 01:34:33 PM »
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cons cvo is the worst
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Have to agree 100%.?  Was psyched on them in the beginning because it was a vans era alternative.?  Got super soggy really quick and didn't have that grip at all.?  Was one of the first shoes i just stopped skating and just threw away.?  I usually will skate a bad shoe out of pride, but not those.? 
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Same. I gave my pair to a friend. Mine gave me terrible foot pain. Fuck those shoes.
exactly! back to era pros, best shoes ever.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #156 on: December 22, 2011, 07:37:42 AM »


I just got through skating these, in a week. The suede sucked and the sole wore through in three or four days. I want to support skater owned companies, but it would help if they lasted more than a few sessions...  :(

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #157 on: December 22, 2011, 09:44:08 AM »
^^^^^
Get Lakai cupsoles, they're much better. Lakai vulcs are trash.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #158 on: December 22, 2011, 10:05:39 AM »
The Hsu 2 fusions for me. No board feel, as much as i skated in them they were always stiff, and the sole detached after a week and a half. Fugg Emerica ill stick to my vans.
i experienced the same shit with the leos

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #159 on: December 22, 2011, 10:32:12 AM »
^^^^^
Get Lakai cupsoles, they're much better. Lakai vulcs are trash.
their and dvs's herringbone vulc is probably the least durable outsole ever. new models will come with a thicker herringbone pattern wich hopefully lasts longer

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #160 on: December 22, 2011, 10:37:43 AM »
worst shoes ever gotta be a pair of adios i had from tk maxx not that long ago, i think they were a mid kenny anderson model, they blew apart in apart a week and had the Quicksilver ROXY logo on one of the innner fabric panels
that and the ronald mcdonald colourway of the carroll mid selects, the whole @vulc@ bit of the sole just peeled off after my foot started hanging out the side, that was probablyh after no more than 20 hours of skating, they sucked.
I'm going to argue that Placebo owes their entire career to a Canadian dude's skate video part. Appleyard should be getting royalties for this shit.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #161 on: December 23, 2011, 12:10:24 PM »
^^^^^
Get Lakai cupsoles, they're much better. Lakai vulcs are trash.
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Don't I know it, Lucas's second shoe was one one of the best I ever skated!

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #162 on: December 23, 2011, 09:00:34 PM »
DVS Munitions, lasted about 8 days, well not lasted, because by then the whole damn front of my  foot was uncovered
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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #163 on: December 24, 2011, 02:15:08 PM »
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The Hsu 2 fusions for me. No board feel, as much as i skated in them they were always stiff, and the sole detached after a week and a half. Fugg Emerica ill stick to my vans.
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i experienced the same shit with the leos

Yeah man Emericas suck now. The Ellingtons and Reynolds 2s were amazing back in the day.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #164 on: December 24, 2011, 02:15:41 PM »


Oh the things we do when we're young.

these were my biggest mistake.


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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #165 on: December 24, 2011, 08:32:03 PM »
ipath "cats" were the worst shoe, even a little embarrassed to say i had some way back then. ive been skating era pros for a few years now everything else feels shitty in comparison. Canvas blows~

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #166 on: December 29, 2011, 07:43:03 PM »

I got two of these for free from my homie that's getting flowed by Circa, I was stoked as anybody would, but I literally had both shoes for two weeks and each week, they both got wrecked from the bottom to the point my socks would always be insanely dirty from the bottom. The suede wasn't as strong as I expected it to be, but whatever. I wanna give Circa's another chance, anyone know which Circa (or Combat for that matter) shoes are pretty durable?

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #167 on: December 29, 2011, 08:08:23 PM »

I got two of these for free from my homie that's getting flowed by Circa, I was stoked as anybody would, but I literally had both shoes for two weeks and each week, they both got wrecked from the bottom to the point my socks would always be insanely dirty from the bottom. The suede wasn't as strong as I expected it to be, but whatever. I wanna give Circa's another chance, anyone know which Circa (or Combat for that matter) shoes are pretty durable?

I guess I'm not the only one that hated those. Mine blew out in about 4 days. On the other hand, I loved the circa combat Tre Highs as well as the Peter Ramondetta IV. They both lasted at least a month and skated amazingly. Get em'.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #168 on: March 17, 2023, 05:29:30 AM »
Dekline was the worst for sure.88 also.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #169 on: March 17, 2023, 06:56:55 AM »
Stevie's first shoe with DC was the absolute worst. WAAAAAY too bulky, grip was trash and stiff as a brick. I threw them up on a roof on the second session. Jamal Smith basically said all you needed to know about this shoe on the Stevie wear test for Village Psychic

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #170 on: March 17, 2023, 07:15:38 AM »
Non sb dunks in the early 00s. Sole was so slippery you could land perfectly bolts and still have both feet completely slip out and end up on your ass. Even walking around doing groceries you would walk on the spot pushing the cart.
Upper was also the absolute shittest suede and leather. never happened with any shoe before or since (and I've skated random shoes from Kmart) but sometimes you'd try a flip and the upper didn't grip at all so you'd just do like a no footer (I did learn one foot Ollie's because of this tho) and the leather versions would also leave a little puff of coloured smoke when you flicked.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #171 on: March 17, 2023, 08:04:05 AM »
Circa CM802... fantastic to look at in their time, but oh man, if you landed primo on that recessed bit in the middle of the sole, you knew about it.

I assume they cut the material down there to make the sole more flexible, but at the expense of any real padding between the edge of the board and sole of your foot.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #172 on: March 17, 2023, 08:07:47 AM »

AV3

too tight in the front and the sole separated in a short period of time

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #173 on: March 17, 2023, 08:15:18 AM »

AV3

too tight in the front and the sole separated in a short period of time

These things were stiffer than a college crowd.



Throwing in my 2 cents but CONS CTS went from being my absolute favorite shoe to skate to never wanting a pair again. Not sure what happened in between the sole switch and 2019 but it was noticeable enough for me.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #174 on: March 17, 2023, 09:15:06 AM »
ES Sal mid remake…toe cap ripped right down the middle after less than a dozen KF on flat warming up.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #175 on: March 17, 2023, 09:25:47 AM »
White leather Lakai MJ3 mids. They chafed the hell out of my Achilles and the tops of my heels.
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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #176 on: March 17, 2023, 09:41:15 AM »
some Converse skateshoes a loooong time ago. looked nice, but plasticy sole with no grip at all. just horrible to skate in.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #177 on: March 17, 2023, 09:44:23 AM »
Es scheme. Absolute moon boots

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #178 on: March 17, 2023, 10:06:44 AM »
Original Penny 2's. Globe vulcs. Vans classics.

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Re: Worst shoes you ever skated?
« Reply #179 on: March 17, 2023, 03:39:00 PM »
90s Vans Old Schools were by far the worst. Shredded through the upper and socks into my skin from skating them. No support or padding - painful to just miss tricks on flat.

Next worst after that would be 90s Lo Cabs or those horrible Hook-Ups shoes. Both were painful to skate in. Even the Adidas Phantoms I had that weren't even designed for skating were better than those shoes.