All of the All Coast styles need a little refinement on their descriptions. These are non-skate shoes that live in the court lifestyle division of NB, but are designed out of our offices here in LB. The slip-ons are just regular, well made, slips but aren't built to be durable for skating. Of course, Jake Hayes and a few dudes skate in them anyways, cause they're comfy as hell.
But the 659 would be that traditional "comfy runner" silhouette that people expected we would make at some point. Others are new silhouettes or flat-soled takedowns of traditional NB's like 574's.
Hope that all makes sense. These are branded NEW BALANCE and not NUMERIC.