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I've noticed some concerns about the way the 808is designed.
My shoe collar is blown out already from my grip. The leather should go a few milli higher making the interior less exposed.
The toe box doesn't need that extra leather over the big toe.
If you're wearing a hole through that part of the shoe when kickfliping probably should get your ankles looked at.
It's point is probably to give illusion of indestructible toe box. Or cosmetic. The extra leather does not help my poor big toe.
The reality is it's a waste of material that could have been used as a potential collar fix.
The Ollie area is working out perfect for me rn. But eventually I'm going to be god damning the lil swoosh and points in the Ollie guard.
It's not decorative. Shoe companies want you to think that. The thing is no one wants to give you a shoe that last 6+ months.
It's bad for business. They want you to burn that Ollie areas up as fast as possible.
If this shoe had that little gap in Ollie guard filled they wouldn't sell as many.
The black rubber part of the sole is already starting to fall out.
That's my main concern. I've had this happen with other weirdo shoes. I will be contacting NB if it continues.
I'll fuckin show up at the offices and get my voice heard of I gotta.
ML come out with your hand up and bring the 2 pairs you now owe me.
Adding to this in what high wear/impact sport do shoes last 6 months? In running, rock climbing, and lots of ball sports you're lucky to get that much out of a pair. Most normal shoe soles won't last that long. There's a reason why- materials that would last that long wouldn't be as performant. The 808 is probably the most durable shoe on the market and the 1010 is likely a close second right now. They have pushed durability as far as they can go while maintaining incredibly functional shoes.
I'm fully hooked. Things that haven't worked in 20 years are starting to become possible again.
The closest thing I've had to this is my AF2 with a gamechager insole.
Even then the toe shape wasn't quite there.
I would say this shoe has everything except the small complaints I made before.
If I can I'm going to only buy these af2s and the occasional fast break or dunk. CTS pros are also my jam again too can't forget that.
I think I'm over vans slips. I love them. I can skate good in them but I cannot land primo in them anymore. I don't wanna stop flipping my bloard ever in my life. And I was holding myself back for fear of getting hurt and giving up.
In these shoes I got more than flat gaps. I could definitely jump on a rail. I could definitely do more than and 8 stair gap if I had some game changers in.
Im so impressed with how protected my feet are I've been thinking of trying to do primo sliders maybe.
This is a major change in mentality. I always thought primo sliders were for low style high tech people only. I would like to m80 into a primo slide. I bet that no one's done that
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