Nike releases - no Shane O'Neill

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I didn’t see it mentioned but the GT blazer has been in the line-up for a while now. Just did a lil google research and looks like it came out in 2015, 9 years and still going is pretty long for a Nike shoe.

I can see that shoe sticking around for a while longer too but it had a couple years break between 2017-18 to 2020.
The og Rowley pro is prob up there too if you add up all the time it's existed even tho it's had many breaks.

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At this point Busenitz has been in production for longer than Janoski, as I don't recall Adidas ever dropping his shoe for a season(s) like how Nike dropped Janoski for 3 or so years.

Happy to be corrected though!

Without digging too deeply, my money is on Busenitz released first because his shoe was in Skate 3 around that same time if I'm not mistaken

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Here is some information on this: https://www.weartested.com/best-of-2009/
https://hypebeast.com/2009/3/adidas-skateboarding-2009-springsummer-sneakers

Both came out within a short period of time in 2009. Busenitz  “Spring” and Janoski in May.

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Kinda crazy the next most long running pro shoe is mark appleyards globe mahalo

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Van Half-Cab beats that by several decades.

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Yes but that's not kinda crazy. People actually wear halfcabs.

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Half cabs have entered that Chuck Taylor, Jack Purcell, Stan Smith level that transcends being “just a pro model”.

I'd argue Busenitz and to a lesser degree the Stefan (because of the break recently mostly) have entered or are on the cusp of earning that title. Busenitz is often included in the Originals section of sports/shoe stores that sell Adidas.

The original conversation was just about Janoski and Busenitz models launching, but it's well known there are other models that beat these two in longevity

Personally, I don't recall a break on the GT Blazers around that time. I felt like I saw a good amount of them, still. Even though Nike had All Court CK, Blazer Low, Low XT, Blazer Mid, Mid XT sequentially available in that time window.

Did they bring the GT Blazer back from the supposed break with that ACG Mid colorway or did they have both available in the last 2 years until the new PRO version took over?

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At this point Busenitz has been in production for longer than Janoski, as I don't recall Adidas ever dropping his shoe for a season(s) like how Nike dropped Janoski for 3 or so years.

Happy to be corrected though!

Without digging too deeply, my money is on Busenitz released first because his shoe was in Skate 3 around that same time if I'm not mistaken

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Here is some information on this: https://www.weartested.com/best-of-2009/
https://hypebeast.com/2009/3/adidas-skateboarding-2009-springsummer-sneakers

Both came out within a short period of time in 2009. Busenitz  “Spring” and Janoski in May.

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Kinda crazy the next most long running pro shoe is mark appleyards globe mahalo

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Van Half-Cab beats that by several decades.

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Yes but that's not kinda crazy. People actually wear halfcabs.

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Half cabs have entered that Chuck Taylor, Jack Purcell, Stan Smith level that transcends being “just a pro model”.

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I'd argue Busenitz and to a lesser degree the Stefan (because of the break recently mostly) have entered or are on the cusp of earning that title. Busenitz is often included in the Originals section of sports/shoe stores that sell Adidas.

The original conversation was just about Janoski and Busenitz models launching, but it's well known there are other models that beat these two in longevity

Personally, I don't recall a break on the GT Blazers around that time. I felt like I saw a good amount of them, still. Even though Nike had All Court CK, Blazer Low, Low XT, Blazer Mid, Mid XT sequentially available in that time window.

Did they bring the GT Blazer back from the supposed break with that ACG Mid colorway or did they have both available in the last 2 years until the new PRO version took over?

Maybe some shops still had GTs and cks left over? I remember shops just replaced the gt and cks with regular blazer lows and blazer lows with the rubber court toecap and for a couple years not seeing the GTs anymore. I think when they returned there was a period where both existed at the same time. The only real way to tell the difference without seeing the tounge logo was the gt had a tapered sole and now the newest versions of the gt the sole looks like the older non gt blazer just to add a bit of confusion.
Haven't rewatched this vid but think these are them based off the thumbnail/time


Edit: skimmed thru a couple shops instas and there was a gt in 2019 and 2018an antihero one that came out alongside a ba dunk. Maybe certain shops always got them or they came out as special colabs the whole time with some shops not getting them but seems like apart from those nobody posted about getting GTs in for years. Of course they could also just not of posted about getting them in too lol. As always with Nike stuff I'm fully willing to be wrong.