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Regardless of the shoe it seems ridiculous not to shoe goo it at some point or another.
by the time i rip through the toe/ollie area my sole has lost most its grip & is mushy as hell so im probably not gonna feel like skating it past that point anyway. I just go for models with the longest natural lifespan & skate them until they've ran their course. I'll skate em til they rip through all the way to the sock (usually at about 1.5-2 months of near-everyday skating) but im not a fan of the whole "ride em til the wheels fall off" philosophy with shoes just because im often skating gaps or sketchy spots so the last thing i wanna look down at before im about to try something gnarly is some super haggard shoes on life support. Dont get me wrong, It has it's use and im not against it by any means i just dont get the point of regularly buying skate shoes that require coating them with rubber cement just so they can last more than a week.
That's the most disheartening feeling while pushing. I totally agree with you about staying away from shoes of lesser quality, but I have a skate schedule pretty similar to yours and even the Janoskis, Trapasso's or Gilbert's I've skated have been dead in 1-2 weeks depending on the shoe. What kind of shoes are you skating?
Been skating the Prod 7's since they came out. I did quickshoe reviews for both the NB Stratford & Project BA's but other than that, ive just been skating those. I did a full-length shoe review with pictures on here somewhere, ill try to find it. But Ive skated through about 5-6 pairs since they came out and since i grew to like them so much i just stocked up thru cheap sales online & currently have a rotation of 4 pairs (2 hi's, 2 low's) that should last til fall at least. I honestly dont have any complaints they pretty much perform as much as id want them to so i figure why switch it up if im already comfortable ya know? ima ride the wave until something new really catches my eye.
Before 7's came out tho I skated 3 straight pairs of the reynolds which last about the same although that seam on the edge of the toecap is kinda in the ollie area so it blows out just a little earlier, but thats a super durable shoe too, if a bit bulkier. Those NB's & BA's have about average durability at best in case you were wondering, with the BA's having a thinner upper