I feel 1996 all over this. Jokes aside I love this shoe but the laces rip way too quick.
i just superglue them and they're good to go. my only gripe with these shoes is that the tongue is connected to the toebox, and after you break the stitching on the side near the first stripe (which takes no more than 3-4 sessions) they get pretty loose in the front and you can see kind of like a gap between the toebox and the side panel. it doesn't affect my skating but i don't like how that looks, other than that they're perfect.
4 wheels skates a ton of shelltoes in his part in this joint, many great fits in here, starts at 10:30 or so