Pro model shoes

[hot take]

I doubt Nike is willing to give out pro models after the BA and Omar dumpster fires.

[BurntPorridge]

Was just thinking about which pros out right now don't have a pro shoe. Top pick is Ishod. Maybe I'm just biased because Ishod is the greatest right now but Idk why the fuck Shane O'Neill got a nike shoe before him.

Don't get me wrong, Ishod does deserve a shoe and is definitely a great skater, but what exactly is he doing differently/better than other pros to make him the greatest?

[wuust]

he is actually skating?

[Watson]

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Tom Asta

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Ew.

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You ever seen this dude skate or...?

Yeah. Ew.

[lampshade]

I doubt Nike is willing to give out pro models after the BA and Omar dumpster fires.

I still have a pair of the Project BAs new in box.  Not a bad looking shoe and seems like it would skate pretty well.  I am suprised it didn't sell better. 

[ogvados]

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Take away Chima’s pro model and give it to literally anyone else on Vans

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Kyle Walker too

Kyle Walker 2 is ugliest skate shoe

[rosemaryBB]

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Tom Asta

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Ew.

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You ever seen this dude skate or...?

[close]

Yeah. Ew.

Crazy. He's far from the kinda skater who's parts I watch a lot because shit's not really my style - he's undeniably an insane talent though. Is there some whack shit he did that I never heard of or something?

[rosemaryBB]

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Was just thinking about which pros out right now don't have a pro shoe. Top pick is Ishod. Maybe I'm just biased because Ishod is the greatest right now but Idk why the fuck Shane O'Neill got a nike shoe before him.

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Don't get me wrong, Ishod does deserve a shoe and is definitely a great skater, but what exactly is he doing differently/better than other pros to make him the greatest?

He's been a top dude for longer than some of the other bigger pros right now, is insanely consistent, stylish, way more memorable trick selection, puts out solid clips on insta more than a lot of other pros, and just from a marketing standpoint is really popular and well liked in the skate community which means a lot of actual skaters would probably being buying his model.

Not to mention he seems a lot more reliable to produce a new classic than the likes of BA or Omar... or Shane for that matter.

[Felo Romero]

Bring back the Salazar

This

[DA BIG BODY BENZ]

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Tom Asta

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Ew.

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You ever seen this dude skate or...?

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Yeah. Ew.

lol youre trippin

[CanadianBacon]

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Take away Chima’s pro model and give it to literally anyone else on Vans

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Kyle Walker too

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Kyle Walker 2 is ugliest skate shoe

It looks like if L.L Bean made a skate shoe

[DannyDee]

Bobby Dekeyzer needs a shoe, and KRod. Some new iterations of the chucks would be so good!

Didn't they give Bobby some sort of shared pro-shoe with Sage. He obviously deserves his own shoe though.

Austyn should get his own pro-shoe. He had his own for Huf, but doesn't have one now. Same with Cromer.

[HombreezysShittyPasta]

Andy andersons pro tardicaca shoe could have a little helmet on top of the laces

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I doubt Nike is willing to give out pro models after the BA and Omar dumpster fires.

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I still have a pair of the Project BAs new in box.  Not a bad looking shoe and seems like it would skate pretty well.  I am suprised it didn't sell better.

That’s pretty awesome! I feel like they’re pretty rare? My buddy had a pair and the sole separated from the shoe pretty fast.

[lk130]

That was their ONLY flaw, built

[Bugsytootsie]

I know he’s had a colorway but a legit Daewon adidas pro model would be sick. Would definitely sell too

[Croquet temper]

For a little while, every pro shoe that came out was the same exact vulcanized shoe and I started wondering what the point was. But here I am skating in Rowans thinking "brilliant!".