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Title: Best pro to never get/not yet have a pro shoe.
Post by: Coastal Fever on June 12, 2026, 10:34:12 PM
GT is a weird one because technically he does, but that’s debatable.  Miles...  Struggling to think of any other pros, past or present, who’ve been anywhere near their level, for anywhere near as long, that never got a pro model.  ???
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Post by: dapurge on June 12, 2026, 10:45:38 PM
A Carlos Young Ipath around the time In Search of Roots & Culture came out. Pro for Uprize around that time. A Mike York DVS
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Post by: dr.prestige on June 12, 2026, 11:50:52 PM
Skitch Hitchcock
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Post by: Jort250 on June 13, 2026, 12:04:48 AM
Did Malto, BDK or Worrest ever get shoes?
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Post by: Paul Cicero on June 13, 2026, 12:09:59 AM
Has Wade D ever had even a colour way?
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Post by: roba on June 13, 2026, 12:11:02 AM
Did Malto, BDK or Worrest ever get shoes?

malto had 2 or 3 etnies, worrest had 3 es, bdk only had a couple colorways
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Post by: matty_c on June 13, 2026, 12:17:39 AM
Good question!

I thought about this all the way home lol. Was gonna say something like it would be a man am from back in the day, but I think you’re probably right to say miles

Wades a good answer, too. I think he had a colourway. Do colourways count?

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Post by: fur lined sea on June 13, 2026, 03:36:53 AM
Es should’ve given Wade a shoe 10 years ago.


Matt Beach
Bobby Puleo
Danny Renaud
Jerry Fowler
Jahmal Williams
Brian Lotti
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Post by: Mallie on June 13, 2026, 05:37:50 AM
AO comes to mind. Shoul've had one on Vans bit dipped before it got released. He had some 917 collab (Nike?) Later in, but it wasn't his shoe per se.
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Post by: camel filters on June 13, 2026, 05:50:17 AM
AO comes to mind. Shoul've had one on Vans bit dipped before it got released. He had some 917 collab (Nike?) Later in, but it wasn't his shoe per se.
(https://lbskate.com/cdn/shop/files/image_e1862b43-0dfb-4a53-bce2-3187d5a77f89.jpg?v=1779396232&width=1125)
Someone can correct me but IIRC these vans versa was supposed to be an AO signature model but he wasn't happy with them so they repurposed them into a dressier team model.
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Post by: lowline on June 13, 2026, 06:03:16 AM
a lot of the british goats never got signature shoes which is a drag. nick jensen, danny brady etc. i guess isle had that nike shoe but that doesn't really count
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Post by: Copers on June 13, 2026, 06:33:17 AM
Did Malto, BDK or Worrest ever get shoes?

BDK - what about BTK?
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Post by: F Word on June 13, 2026, 06:57:57 AM
Yuto
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Post by: Chalupa on June 13, 2026, 07:58:51 AM
Mason Silva
Antonio Durao
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Post by: Atiba Applebum on June 13, 2026, 08:02:35 AM
Mason Silva and Miles Silvas - only SOTYs without a pro shoe?
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Post by: Dj Paul on June 13, 2026, 08:16:23 AM
Best pro: Carlos Ribeiro.


Worst pro that had a pro shoe: Sean Pablo.
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Post by: Chalupa on June 13, 2026, 08:21:20 AM
Mason Silva and Miles Silvas - only SOTYs without a pro shoe?
and Milton Martinez

Best pro: Carlos Ribeiro.


Worst pro that had a pro shoe: Sean Pablo.
Sean Pablo only got colorways.

I’ll add Ryan Lay to the list. I only remember an Etnies colorway and the #480 x Slow Impact, if that counts.
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Post by: DCLOVE on June 13, 2026, 08:31:59 AM
Tom K should have one on NB being their first and longest team rider.
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Post by: gnidraobetaks on June 13, 2026, 08:51:37 AM
Felipe Nunez
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Post by: Bristol_Palin on June 13, 2026, 08:56:47 AM
Did Javier Sarmiento ever have a shoe? That dude is probably the best skateboarder to ever live.

Matt Reason is probably my favorite skater (goes back and forth between him, Jake Rupp and Fred Gall) and he didn’t have a shoe but I consider the half cab his show.
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Post by: lowline on June 13, 2026, 08:59:40 AM
i bought some new balance 430's because of ryan lay recently (enjoying them!) so if he had his own shoe i would definitely cop that. absolutely deserved
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Post by: Mr. Pickles on June 13, 2026, 09:05:16 AM
i bought some new balance 430's because of ryan lay recently (enjoying them!) so if he had his own shoe i would definitely cop that. absolutely deserved

I’m not fully awake but I think he had one on etnies. Correct me if I’m wrong.
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Post by: oyolar on June 13, 2026, 09:32:28 AM
a lot of the british goats never got signature shoes which is a drag. nick jensen, danny brady etc. i guess isle had that nike shoe but that doesn't really count

After jensen left for Nike, Lakai had a shoe model (name escapes me) that they based all of the ads around Brady and I think even hinted he helped design it or something but refused to call it a pro model for some reason. Similar to what they did with Cody Chapman and Bannerot a few years ago.

It's insane that Wade didn't get a pro shoe the second he signed onto eS.
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Post by: BartHarleyJarvis on June 13, 2026, 09:53:23 AM
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Did Malto, BDK or Worrest ever get shoes?
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BDK - what about BTK?

You know, his name’s Dennis. He’s a human being.
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Post by: whale on June 13, 2026, 10:18:59 AM
Javier Sarmiento, JB Gillet?
JB kinda had one on Aeon(?) but the company folded before it came out(?)

Also Julian Stranger
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Post by: oyolar on June 13, 2026, 10:28:24 AM
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i bought some new balance 430's because of ryan lay recently (enjoying them!) so if he had his own shoe i would definitely cop that. absolutely deserved
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I’m not fully awake but I think he had one on etnies. Correct me if I’m wrong.

He had a signature vegan Jameson cupsole hi. I think it wasn't considered a pro model though, but maybe one of the first Jameson cupsol high-tops?
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Post by: Esquivel on June 13, 2026, 05:53:50 PM
I think Gustav only has a colorway.
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Post by: DONT_CARE on June 13, 2026, 09:44:23 PM
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Did Malto, BDK or Worrest ever get shoes?
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BDK - what about BTK?
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You know, his name’s Dennis. He’s a human being.

he is? i thought uhhhhhh nevermind
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Post by: BartHarleyJarvis on June 13, 2026, 09:57:58 PM
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Did Malto, BDK or Worrest ever get shoes?
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BDK - what about BTK?
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You know, his name’s Dennis. He’s a human being.
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he is? i thought uhhhhhh nevermind

Sorry, it’s a bill hader line from this interview that is forever seared in my memory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kv-XJ0n9gM&pp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kv-XJ0n9gM&pp)
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Post by: SatanicPanic on June 13, 2026, 10:15:28 PM
TFunk
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Post by: Chalupa on June 13, 2026, 10:17:08 PM
TFunk
He had a shoe on DC with a toe cap.
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Post by: SatanicPanic on June 13, 2026, 10:18:07 PM
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TFunk
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He had a shoe on DC with a toe cap.
I stand corrected
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Post by: Atiba Applebum on June 14, 2026, 06:53:11 AM
Maldonado is up there
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Post by: Szechuan on June 14, 2026, 10:15:28 AM
Todd Falcon. The Falcon Stomp is right there.
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Post by: Trilogy on June 14, 2026, 10:22:01 AM
MILES SILVAS
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Post by: Im-BLuE on June 14, 2026, 10:34:09 AM
Hjalte
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Post by: camel filters on June 14, 2026, 10:45:32 AM
Mason Silva and Miles Silvas - only SOTYs without a pro shoe?
Milton Martinez
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Post by: Insole on June 14, 2026, 12:10:10 PM
Kader
Kevin Baekkel
Tom Schaar

They all only had colorways

Also not saying she deserves one but i’m surprised Leticia Bufoni only got a zoom Verona slip on colorway despite her popularity
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Post by: MOE SYZLAK on June 14, 2026, 12:23:26 PM
Ben Gore and Kevin Coakley should have had pro shoes on State.
I think it would have helped State a little bit to at least have 1 pro model.

Manderson def should have a pro shoe on Cons, but that window is probably closed, same with Cromer.








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Post by: The real veganshawn on June 14, 2026, 01:03:23 PM
Did Javier Sarmiento ever have a shoe? That dude is probably the best skateboarder to ever live.

Matt Reason is probably my favorite skater (goes back and forth between him, Jake Rupp and Fred Gall) and he didn’t have a shoe but I consider the half cab his show.

I think Matt was supposed to get a Sheep shoe
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Post by: sharkjumper on June 14, 2026, 01:03:55 PM



Matt Beach


Matt Beach had an adidas pro shoe during their early 2000s run. Big, chunky, ugly thing.
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Post by: Atiba Applebum on June 14, 2026, 01:37:15 PM
Kader
Kevin Baekkel
Tom Schaar

They all only had colorways

Also not saying she deserves one but i’m surprised Leticia Bufoni only got a zoom Verona slip on colorway despite her popularity


Kader has one due imminently
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Post by: IWANNABEABIGDOG on June 14, 2026, 02:34:14 PM
Deedz

Ryan lay, he had color way/ sheep shoe vegan models on etnies but I don’t believe his own pro shoe

Mason Silva

Milton Martinez
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Post by: AsianVegan on June 14, 2026, 02:44:42 PM
Shane had that awful Janoski hi tape, but nobodies counting that...
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Post by: Atiba Applebum on June 14, 2026, 03:11:19 PM
Shane had that awful Janoski hi tape, but nobodies counting that...

No, but we’d probably count his pro model
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Post by: Christmas Complete on June 14, 2026, 03:33:55 PM
Doug "Pineapple" Saladino
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Post by: The Mexican Nancy Chin on June 14, 2026, 05:59:42 PM
Are Curren Caples, Nyjah, Louie Lopez and Chris Millic the only people to get actual new pro shoes in the past 3 years? I can't think of nor find anyone else
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Post by: Benicio El Toro on June 14, 2026, 06:16:12 PM
Deedz is my vote
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Post by: mattchew on June 14, 2026, 06:18:40 PM
Are Curren Caples, Nyjah, Louie Lopez and Chris Millic the only people to get actual new pro shoes in the past 3 years? I can't think of nor find anyone else

Dane Brady got the LRAB mid.
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Post by: IWANNABEABIGDOG on June 14, 2026, 06:20:14 PM
Are Curren Caples, Nyjah, Louie Lopez and Chris Millic the only people to get actual new pro shoes in the past 3 years? I can't think of nor find anyone else

Franky V, Reynolds, Nora, Tiago, Dilo, ishod’s second shoe, off the top of my head
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Post by: Chalupa on June 14, 2026, 08:52:57 PM
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Are Curren Caples, Nyjah, Louie Lopez and Chris Millic the only people to get actual new pro shoes in the past 3 years? I can't think of nor find anyone else
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Dane Brady got the LRAB mid.
That was a colorway in bronze green / black.
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Post by: steele on June 14, 2026, 11:11:30 PM
Jovontae Turner.
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Post by: Groondor the Orc on June 14, 2026, 11:50:03 PM
Matt Hensley never got a pro shoe on Airwalk after innovating on the cut down low tops…that’s the biggest miss in skateboarding history.

Post career ‘pro’ shoe on Macbeth just rubs salt in the wound.