Are you mad that Ben also skates better than you?

He seems pretty well respected by people he's come across in the industry from Feedback Ted to basically every company he's consulted with. I think he owns his nerd-dom and is pretty damn consistent.

Considering most skaters his age blather on about how loose the trucks are on the egg they don't actually pop off the ground it's impressive he's actually relearned all his shit from his youth and is extremely consistent. He's got madness, but he still progresses despite it and isn't a complete kook about it. And let's be real he wouldn't have had any success if people didn't like the content or found him grating.

Tom Asta is great, but he's also a pro that never really made it to the A status level kinda like Walker Ryan (except Walker has recently put out incredibly good parts) or Kelly Hart. If I wanna watch a pro skate I don't care about their local park.

I did until this past year when the price doubled and you no longer get a t-shirt.  I was down to maybe just flipping through one time.  I hardly read the articles.   Maybe a "people I've met" or something.

I subscribe but don’t always renew it right away. They still give a free T shirt with new subs and renewals. We were kinda spoiled for a long time with it being $18 for a yearly sub and a t shirt, it’s $29 now. Still not a terrible deal. Wish I made more money so I could subscribe to Closer. I really enjoy print and photos.

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I’ll likely grab those sbs once I can try them on. I like high profile toe caps for flicking, so that the suede or leather contacts grip tape instead of a flat toe where it’s all sole touching when flicking.
Plus these have that plate in the sole, and am I right in thinking it’s the same kind of plate that is in those running shoes that helped someone beat a running record and got banned? I think it will be cool to see how these are and I like that white and pink for summer

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I'll preface this by saying I had never heard of this before today, so I could be mistaken on parts, but from what I can gather it seems like a lot of running shoes have had this feature for a while. I won't bore with the details but it's just kinda nike's marketing strategy (same thing with the Jordan 1) to claim their products are so good they got banned, in reality they just disregarded the rules to begin with. this new SB model has a nylon plate (cheaper than the typical carbon plate) which might be the first use of this in a skate shoe, but it really remains to be seen if this makes any difference whatsoever. the idea is that this stiffens up the shoe to prevent ankle injuries and promote stability. very similar to a boot shank, but it seems to typically be full-length in running shoes.

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Personal experience: my arches really started hurting after skating Vulcs, in my late 30’s. So I switched back to cup sole and it went away.

Having that stable sole really seems to help with stabilization front to back of foot, which in my case, helped with arch pain.

So, a vulc with a stiffening plate might be really nice.

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Same here on the switch to cups. My arch/heel/hip pain all went away when I went to cups all the time. Wearing vulcs to skate and as chillers was killing me. Interested to find out more about the Olympic nike drop.

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I recently put two and two together and realized the reason why I never had foot or back pain from wearing vulcs was because I’m very skinny and the thin soles of my shoes don’t have much to hold/support. I have Vans that I exclusively walk in that have taken countless footsteps and the waffle tread looks borderline new.

I feel weight is not mentioned much if at all when it comes to the cup vs. vulc debate.

Yeah, maybe you’re onto something but I don’t personally know any other skaters knocking on 50 that are wearing stick insoles in vans if they’re still running vulcs at all. And all of them are average weight if not on the thinner side. But I also skate with dudes who run, play soccer, and lift regularly so I feel like the heavy use at a fairly advanced age could factor into it.

Pretty sure that was a throwaway joke

Hulkripps?
What woodshop?

Never even heard of it before, but I had a look and seems like there is no info out there, at least not on the site, although it does have measurements which is nice.


https://hulkripps.com/

https://www.instagram.com/hulkripps/


From their second Instagram post:


What woodshop are these made at?
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