drunk texts from your ex [shoe company]
Nice.
Definitely not the way to handle this article. I'd say Jenkem did a service to core brands by giving some good insight into the minds of young skaters. You may be enraged by their thought process on shoes (I am), but they are your demographic like it or not so better start catering to them with flimsy cheap slip-on sweatshop garbage sold through Amazon.
I started wearing eS again when they rereleased the OG Accels. I loved that shoe and love it again now. I have several pairs stashed in the likely they stop abruptly being produced. I do realize that most skaters these days aren't into beefy padded shoes without giant logos like I am.
I seriously don't know how everybody skates in Vans Slip-Ons and Chucks.