Author Topic: Post your first 'real' skate shoe (Read 25388 times)

MOE SYZLAK · « **Reply #60 on:** July 14, 2016, 10:41:59 AM »

DC stevies my mom paid $92 bucks for them at pac sun she was not stoked when she realized skate boards tear shoes up.

Makaveli · « **Reply #61 on:** July 14, 2016, 11:23:50 AM »

Andrefosho · « **Reply #62 on:** July 14, 2016, 11:34:38 AM »

My feet were still growing, so I had to retire these quite soon.

Really liked the shoe, had no idea who Josh Kalis was.

HeadInLionsMouth · « **Reply #63 on:** July 14, 2016, 11:57:52 AM »

Quote from: OldManSkate on July 12, 2016, 03:58:54 PM

Had these joints in '95 or '96

Same here! Mine were blue though. After a few more Airwalks, it was these:

brown/hemp Learys

The Lap Dancer · « **Reply #64 on:** July 14, 2016, 12:27:43 PM »

My first ever skate shoe was British Knights, but the first 'real' skate shoe was Globe Focus SWYD.
I even bought another Focus with different design afterwards as my next shoe, the tongue was so nicely padded that I never hurt my feet while skating or get hit with my board. I wouldn't mind having a pair nowadays. I remember other kids at school thought I had the sickest shoes because it had naked boobs on them.

duffmanshredder · « **Reply #65 on:** July 14, 2016, 01:29:59 PM »

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Jesus Christ...

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Dude. Appreciate your honesty.
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had the exact same thought

Eh, no reason to lie about it. 13 year olds are idiots.

Mongoloid · « **Reply #66 on:** July 14, 2016, 01:54:03 PM »

Felix Arguelles pro model

Bensquirts · « **Reply #67 on:** July 14, 2016, 01:57:20 PM »

These were my first real skate shoe, from a skate shop/head shop in myrtle beach, sc. Off the sale rack in the early 2000's...

McCly · « **Reply #68 on:** July 14, 2016, 06:17:44 PM »

Navy/red Rowley XLK and blacked out DC Manteca.

Frosty178 · « **Reply #69 on:** July 15, 2016, 04:01:41 PM »

Followed up by...

Sk.A.T.A.N · « **Reply #70 on:** July 15, 2016, 04:45:27 PM »

Quote from: Mongoloid on July 14, 2016, 01:54:03 PM

Felix Arguelles pro model

Damn, I fucking hate felix but those look interesting! Never heard about them. Cons made some crazy shoes back in the day!

bumpnrun · « **Reply #71 on:** July 15, 2016, 04:50:56 PM »

Quote from: HATE! on July 12, 2016, 01:35:18 PM

Almost certainly picked due to having swords on them:

My first legit skate shoes were close to those but peace signs. Grade 8 so that would be 87/88. I'm shocked I was able to find an image of them.

fulfillthedream · « **Reply #72 on:** July 16, 2016, 06:39:01 AM »

i had some vans i got from mervyns then got these;

felt so cool

Al Borland · « **Reply #73 on:** July 16, 2016, 07:36:53 AM »

Can't remember wether I had the Rowley's or the Heretic's first but one of the two of these.

Second Division · « **Reply #74 on:** July 16, 2016, 07:41:05 AM »

Vans Rowley XL2 - Had to have green cause my best friends older brother was skating green shoes at the time. Probably 2002?

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Makaveli · « **Reply #75 on:** July 16, 2016, 07:44:51 AM »

Quote from: HeadInLionsMouth on July 14, 2016, 11:57:52 AM

Quote from: OldManSkate on July 12, 2016, 03:58:54 PM
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Had these joints in '95 or '96

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Same here! Mine were blue though. After a few more Airwalks, it was these:

brown/hemp Learys

You skated Airwalks for 10 years? Cuz those Ipaths are from like '06 at the earliest.

Righteous Victim · « **Reply #76 on:** July 16, 2016, 07:48:37 AM »

I have a left Heretic 2 under my bed. Found them in a closet four years ago when I started skating again.

Shoes seemed to last forever when I was a kid, maybe cuz my flick was weaker.

Filip · « **Reply #77 on:** July 16, 2016, 09:45:46 AM »

This exact colorway, I have the best memories of these shoes. I probably had more ducktape than shoe on my feet at one point of life of these.

Andrefosho · « **Reply #78 on:** July 16, 2016, 09:52:45 AM »

I'm curious what influenced your choice of the shoe? Design, brand, skater?

DC was the only skate shoe brand I knew, so I went to shop which sold DC's only. I had a choice between Dyrdek or Kalis shoe, wasn't feeling the Dyrdek so I went with Kalis, and I'm glad I did. I still have the pair stashed in my parents house.

Green Bastard · « **Reply #79 on:** July 16, 2016, 07:29:40 PM »

I think this was the very first skate shoe i ever bough

then i bought this right after

Rick Howards Root Beer · « **Reply #80 on:** July 17, 2016, 12:53:50 AM »

eS x Habitat, 2005ish

Bubblegum Tate · « **Reply #81 on:** July 17, 2016, 01:11:32 AM »

Quote from: Righteous Victim on July 16, 2016, 07:48:37 AM

I have a left Heretic 2 under my bed. Found them in a closet four years ago when I started skating again.

Shoes seemed to last forever when I was a kid, maybe cuz my flick was weaker.

I remember buying and skating 2 pairs of the black/gum ones. They did last for a while, could be that ahead-of-the-game rubber toe piece.

Sanka Coffie · « **Reply #82 on:** July 17, 2016, 02:16:16 AM »

Can't find a photo but I had these in olive/grey

HeadInLionsMouth · « **Reply #83 on:** July 17, 2016, 03:12:20 AM »

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Had these joints in '95 or '96

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Same here! Mine were blue though. After a few more Airwalks, it was these:

brown/hemp Learys
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You skated Airwalks for 10 years? Cuz those Ipaths are from like '06 at the earliest.

Whoa, my timeline is all fucked up. I was 19 in 2006 and there's no way that gap makes sense. I thought those were from like 2003, but even that is late. I skated a lot of stan smiths and some converse basketball shoes for a long time, but definitely not past 2001. I had a pair of Lakai Worthys (that was a design, right?) which could have been '01. Maybe those were the next skate-specific shoe I had. I had at least 2 pairs of Lakai Kingstons, which I guess were '02 then? I'm feeling old because I can't remember years. Help me out here, people

BBQStreisand · « **Reply #84 on:** July 17, 2016, 03:14:30 AM »

Loved those so much the first two weeks I had them. Then I broke my leg in them.

DirtyCheddarKids · « **Reply #85 on:** July 17, 2016, 03:44:18 AM »

Pretty sure the first ones were Vans Wallys that I got for cheap at an outlet store, because I got them like five years after they first came out. Loved them.

sluggers · « **Reply #86 on:** July 17, 2016, 04:36:35 AM »

I rode around in some Converse, Jordan's, Vans, and Airwalks, but these were my fave early skate shoe:

oyolar · « **Reply #87 on:** July 17, 2016, 09:56:40 AM »

Quote from: MOE SYZLAK on July 14, 2016, 10:41:59 AM

DC stevies my mom paid $92 bucks for them at pac sun she was not stoked when she realized skate boards tear shoes up.

At least they were fucking tanks back then. I could not imagine having my mom pay some of the prices I've paid for the super minimalist shoes I skated for a few years that lasted ~15-20 hours. Even $65-70 would be too much to admit to them.

These were mine:

I skated some Sears Vans before then but these were the first shoes I bought form a shop with the intention of skating them. It was the end of seventh grade so 2002 I believe?

McJagger · « **Reply #88 on:** July 17, 2016, 11:06:37 AM »

Would've been right around 2000. I've always been impressed how long Phelps still had them.

fulfillthedream · « **Reply #89 on:** July 17, 2016, 06:24:03 PM »

Quote from: McJagger on July 17, 2016, 11:06:37 AM

Would've been right around 2000. I've always been impressed how long Phelps still had them.

I saw him at the townpark in Oakland in 2011 and asked him about the shoes cause he had em on. He told me Emerica made him a few pairs when they were rereleased as the OG model not MJ. He even had a custom Phelper tongue emblem.