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Skateboarding => Appreciation! => Topic started by: ok boomer on November 03, 2021, 10:30:52 AM
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I think they're the greatest skate shoe of all time.
Lennie & Josh
(https://i.ibb.co/pQy5FZT/hc02.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BGNFMjJ)
Gall
(https://i.ibb.co/Js0hBZS/hc03.jpg) (https://ibb.co/NyQ4VRG)
Danny in the cut off full cabs
(https://i.ibb.co/r4BKcqc/hc04.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hDGxZrZ)
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Bibby wore um’…
(https://soloskatemag.com/upload/Storage/Bobby_Puleo_Upgrind_NYC_1999_OMEALLY_PRINTS.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/Wd9BEMn.jpg)
Bought my first pair of half cabs when this ad came out.
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(https://www.juxtapoz.com/images_old/stories/2012/April2012/April12/vanscab05.jpeg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l1A98GEHP3c/Wt985Ceu0iI/AAAAAAAAgC0/XSoNz_93GeQZTS-G-jOvKf-e69aEibXLACLcBGAs/s1600/maxsj6chrome.jpg)
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*inserts old matt reason/ jerry fischer/ fred gall* pic
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(https://www.juxtapoz.com/images_old/stories/2012/April2012/April12/vanscab05.jpeg)
Somehow never seen this one before but GOD DAMN.
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Chima rocked em well. And Trapasso
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(https://www.juxtapoz.com/images_old/stories/2012/April2012/April12/vanscab05.jpeg)
Somehow never seen this one before but GOD DAMN.
yeah, that is epic!!!
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(https://www.juxtapoz.com/images_old/stories/2012/April2012/April12/vanscab05.jpeg)
Somehow never seen this one before but GOD DAMN.
What's going on here, some extra tongue action?
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Another good Bobby one via Ryan Gee's instagram from last week
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVbr8mmg8W1/
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I remember some years back watching this part and being stoked that a newer pro like Nick Trapasso was rocking Half Cabs. I thought maybe they were going to disappear from the Vans catalogue. In my experience, the Half Cab Pros from around 2009-2010 were the best iteration of that shoe. They had the perfect shape and support.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OFpnR1rWh8
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Just now brahz. Kinda hiding under deez Levi 550s
(https://i.ibb.co/FgCSCQN/20211113-180828.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZW7n7Qt)
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Just now brahz. Kinda hiding under deez Levi 550s
(https://i.ibb.co/FgCSCQN/20211113-180828.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZW7n7Qt)
I love 550s. But most of mine are vintage orange tabs
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I couldn't even find any til I was on the Westcoast, by that time I had a shoe preference from going to skateparks, but they probably inspired most shoes. .my favorite shoe of the decade was Lakai
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Half Cabs?
Yes I have a problem.
No I don't think I need any help with my problem.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKdnSTFFeQD/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKc37LYFNp_/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_RDuBkpLwW/
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Fred
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSrKrJfPsI0
Mike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAmqWADy-WI
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I have so many shoes that I love but when I'm rocken Cabs I have no complants
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I have so many shoes that I love but when I'm rocken Cabs I have no complants
When I have half cabs on I feel guilty that I have so many other shoes.
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@Seventyfuhkinseven
orchard has some of those Reynolds 92 half cab skates for 53 bucks shipped with SLAPPALS code... it'd be 48 for you with free New England shipping
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@Seventyfuhkinseven
orchard has some of those Reynolds 92 half cab skates for 53 bucks shipped with SLAPPALS code... it'd be 48 for you with free New England shipping
Good looking out homey, great deal from a great shop.. but I really shouldn't ever buy another pair of shoes. I have a slight problem haha! appreciate it a ton though @IusedToSkateMore
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@Seventyfuhkinseven
orchard has some of those Reynolds 92 half cab skates for 53 bucks shipped with SLAPPALS code... it'd be 48 for you with free New England shipping
bro I was thinking similarly. I've got more shoes than I know what to do with but the half cabs are the only ones I actually wear
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I have so many shoes that I love but when I'm rocken Cabs I have no complants
Very true
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I remember some years back watching this part and being stoked that a newer pro like Nick Trapasso was rocking Half Cabs. I thought maybe 8) they were going to disappear from the Vans catalogue. In my experience, the Half Cab Pros from around 2009-2010 were the best iteration of that shoe. They had the perfect shape and support.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OFpnR1rWh8
CLASSIC PART!
Also - I loved that he rocked them with black laces
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Took me until a few months ago to realize Dylan’s mindfield part has quite a few clips of black half cabs with black laces.
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Took me until a few months ago to realize Dylan’s mindfield part has quite a few clips of black half cabs with black laces.
Had to go rewatch it (like I needed a reason) as I thought he was more often in Eras or Slip Ons, but sure enough, even at 1:50 where it is just him sitting down, they look like some that I had, white trim and white tongue tag, came with black laces...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJZjRzH2EVo
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Brimson, u r a Half Cab GANG ! all by yourself
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I have had a few pairs of cabs throughout my life and always have liked the way they looked but have never enjoyed skating them. they always felt too bulky
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I have had a few pairs of cabs throughout my life and always have liked the way they looked but have never enjoyed skating them. they always felt too bulky
I agree with you. I also have the feeling that the toes point upward in them, unlike other Vans (e.g. the Chimas).
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Took me until a few months ago to realize Dylan’s mindfield part has quite a few clips of black half cabs with black laces.
Had to go rewatch it (like I needed a reason) as I thought he was more often in Eras or Slip Ons, but sure enough, even at 1:50 where it is just him sitting down, they look like some that I had, white trim and white tongue tag, came with black laces...
I believe I read something from Mark Oblow that all the footage in Barcelona (and probably the Mexico footage by the look of the wallie at 02:30 in half cabs) was all vans with the labels cut off because Gravis didn't have their skate shoes made yet. Ironic because I think he left Vans for Gravis haha. By the end of the part however you see his pro high top and slip on Gravis models being skated.
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Both sick shots and colorways!
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Whenever Ive had foot/ankle problem and need to take time off skating I always end up skating half cabs to get back into it, I guess they are my main "Post Injury" shoe
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Updated version yay or nay?
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Updated version yay or nay?
yay. wicked comfy for my janky feet. better quality build too imo
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How high do you lace your half cabs
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How high do you lace your half cabs
high as they go, just feels like extra heel security in my case
wearing them causally ill go to second-highest
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How high do you lace your half cabs
Fifth eyelet from the bottom.
Middle metal eyelet.
:P
And for no reason at all except these shots are fucking awesome.
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How high do you lace your half cabs
Skating in them = done up tight to the top.
Wearing them as slip ons most of the rest of the time, still all laces in same holes, only loosened off with the ends just hanging down a bit but not dragging, but I did have some older pairs I took out the top or second top and did them up just to wear as slip ons and never have to touch the laces again.
Most of the rad dudes I knew only ever did them up to the middle eyelet and cut off the extra laces or just put in laces from Eras (100 cm) instead of the 140 - 160 cm laces that normally came with the various Half Cabs.
They really do feel so good as slip ons for me, way more comfortable than any normal slip on shoe I have ever tried.
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I haven't had a chance to skate in my latest ones.. I tend to obsess over lacing to the top or leaving one hole open. Old Skools I would always leave the top hole open, but thats a totally different shoe obviously
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One of the only skate shoes ever made that has looked good in every single era it was skated, even in retrospect.
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One of the only skate shoes ever made that has looked good in every single era it was skated, even in retrospect.
very true statement, even in late 2000s/early 2010s they added a style point to the atrocious fits, even though there were some wack colorways.
there’s some mid 2000s footage of nick trapasso and he made them look sick as fuck
http://youtu.be/AfgRCVIbt1w
for example the fs flip at 0:42
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The Pistol from Bristol.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sobend_csOc/Uhd18-mYwjI/AAAAAAAAEts/YP9Fx1AposE/s1600/dannywainwright01.jpg)
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Pedro Delfino is a fun current ambassador for half cabs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-8VZByuWeY&t=12s
also a big Austin Kanfoush in halfcabs fan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDu49dQIgvE
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One of the only skate shoes ever made that has looked good in every single era it was skated, even in retrospect.
Yeah totally, as well as one of the only shoes to go through consistently for the last 30 years at all too, isn't it?
I guess there have always been the Sk8 Hi, Old Skool, etc as well.
Definitely a long lasting good style shoe for everything for me for a long, long time.
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http://youtu.be/lmEoAYuvITk
Mike Daher
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half cabs, the only shoe that matters ;D
I prefer to lace mine up to the metal eyelet and tie em up tight with a double knot.
@Mbrimson88 dude, they do make mighty fine slip ons. especially with the pop cush insoles ;)
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half cabs, the only shoe that matters ;D
I prefer to lace mine up to the metal eyelet and tie em up tight with a double knot.
@Mbrimson88 dude, they do make mighty fine slip ons. especially with the pop cush insoles ;)
Ha yeah!
You know it!!!!
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One of the only skate shoes ever made that has looked good in every single era it was skated, even in retrospect.
Agree - If I look back I am sorry that there where
times I don’t Skate a halfcab.
But sometimes it was really difficult to get them.
Even today - most vans shops don’t have them.
My local shop orders every colorway every season for me.
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the new ones cause blisters on my ankles :-(
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the new ones cause blisters on my ankles :-(
The new Vans shoes in general are a really tough break in, if i skate them before breaking them in I always get a couple blisters.
Despite that, in my experience (once broken in) they have been much more durable, comfy, and had better impact protection/insoles than the old Vans.
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the new ones cause blisters on my ankles :-(
The new Vans shoes in general are a really tough break in, if i skate them before breaking them in I always get a couple blisters.
Despite that, in my experience (once broken in) they have been much more durable, comfy, and had better impact protection/insoles than the old Vans.
I still gotta test the new ones
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http://www.instagram.com/reel/CaLH5ceA7wO/?utm_medium=copy_link
I can’t wear them anymore because my sad old achey breaky flat feet etc. - but I still think they’re one of the best looking skate shoes of all time. Anyways, I’m certainly getting waves of nostalgic joy watching Fred Gall get clips in HalfCabs.
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Did I imagine it, or did I really see a cupsole halfcab prototype somewhere on slap not that long ago. That would be so dope if not a dream.
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the new ones cause blisters on my ankles :-(
The new Vans shoes in general are a really tough break in, if i skate them before breaking them in I always get a couple blisters.
Despite that, in my experience (once broken in) they have been much more durable, comfy, and had better impact protection/insoles than the old Vans.
I still gotta test the new ones
what I really like about the insoles in the new ones, I think it's pop cush, is that they've kind of mold to your feet. there's no arch support or anything, but rather they shift/sink with depending on where you place foot pressure while standing. Not quite the same as crocs but not so different. I love it.
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Did I imagine it, or did I really see a cupsole halfcab prototype somewhere on slap not that long ago. That would be so dope if not a dream.
Yes a few pages back now, but it was in the Shoe thread.
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=47259.44520
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaTNp5Gl9c0/
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https://www.villagepsychic.net/blog/18-east-half-cab
I wonder if the insole is the same as the 33 DX Anaheim Factory version.
(https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c75691e4b083e90ebff495/5bf26b3b-58b2-4958-8618-6142990ae3c3/IMG_9879.JPG?format=500w)