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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2020, 12:56:10 AM »
Interesting. Wasn’t expecting this at all. The site looks sick with the record players. He said it’s launching March 3rd
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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2020, 01:06:49 AM »
As for if it’s a skate shoe brand or not... product description just says:
The functionality and purpose of the shoe is determined by the end user and context. Re-interpretation is highly encouraged and at the core of our design philosophy.

They’re expensive but looks like they’re made in Portugal and likely not in sweat shops, similar to Polar’s gear

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2020, 01:15:07 AM »
Very interesting if it's not owned by Nike.

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2020, 01:16:09 AM »
I like the simple design but that price tag is abit high

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2020, 01:35:53 AM »
Very interesting if it's not owned by Nike.

It says "made in Portugal" so I don't think it will be owned by Nike.
The price is pretty high though.
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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2020, 01:56:26 AM »
Must be a tiny factory, if his whole company is in that little shoebox?
Is it true?  Or did you read it on the slap message board?

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2020, 02:15:09 AM »
Fuck, I love the idea of taking money from Nike to put up Polar, and then with the profits start an independent skate shoe company. It's too good to be true for sure.

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2020, 02:18:41 AM »
189$ might aswell buy 20 pair of knock off vans in a bazaar

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2020, 02:29:40 AM »
They look beautifully made. The size guide is messing with my head though, they've skipped sizes US 9.5 and 10. EU 43=US 9 but then EU 44 = US 10.5??? Might just be a weird error when filling in the details on Shopify I guess
on the commentary for the scene where jeremy klein rollerblades at that little skatepark he said the actual blader with dreads who was there came up to him and asked him if he listens to korn

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2020, 02:31:21 AM »
No shipping to Australia. That counts out approximately 1/3 of Slap. I wonder if shops that have an account with the Polar distro will be able to get these in?

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2020, 02:51:45 AM »
As for if it’s a skate shoe brand or not... product description just says:
The functionality and purpose of the shoe is determined by the end user and context. Re-interpretation is highly encouraged and at the core of our design philosophy.

lol re-interpretation of what? functionality and purpose? of this product description? percieved brand identity? which is what? or shoes in general?

''shoes to do-do-doo stuff in''

same with that 'manifesto' tab, starts out all weird and zany and naive but doesn't communicate anything other then a tire 'buy our stuff, not for us but for you' dogma

''expensive emerica's we're not calling skateshoes cause you wouldn't pay 200E for a skate-shoe''

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2020, 03:01:07 AM »
having said that, all the power to pontus, cool for doing his thing,
just these hollow phrases get on me nerves

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2020, 03:10:23 AM »
Suprised by this. These shoes are made and designed by a OG Stockholm skater named Sami. Seems Pontus bought himself in and they relaunched under new name.
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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2020, 03:16:52 AM »
They have been for sale for a while under the name 3-3-20.

https://3-3-20.com/

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2020, 03:25:01 AM »
Into a lot of what he does, but this just seems kind of unnecessary to me. I don't know. Some of the tees look cool too, but not for $63.
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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2020, 03:34:55 AM »
Will buy
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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2020, 03:38:10 AM »
Cool but too expensive. Or maybe I’m too poor?

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2020, 04:00:57 AM »
Must be a tiny factory, if his whole company is in that little shoebox?

http://youtu.be/7ffj8SHrbk0

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2020, 04:25:09 AM »
Ironically, the prices aren't too far off what we used to have to pay for pro model skate shoes in Europe back in the very late 90's, very early 00's.

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2020, 04:29:58 AM »


https://www.lastresortab.com/

Hopefully this doesn't become another Proper. Good as fuck products, a super interactive owner who listens to the fans but still basically fizzles out.

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« Reply #21 on: January 28, 2020, 04:38:05 AM »
The price is too steep to qualify as a shoe you're about to scuff the hell out of.

And yeah, the blurb is pretty terrible.

Pontus really does like the early 90's with the lace saver though.

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #22 on: January 28, 2020, 04:38:25 AM »
They look beautifully made. The size guide is messing with my head though, they've skipped sizes US 9.5 and 10. EU 43=US 9 but then EU 44 = US 10.5??? Might just be a weird error when filling in the details on Shopify I guess
I wear EU 43, which is US 10. (For etnies anyways). €189 is insanely too expensive for me.

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #23 on: January 28, 2020, 04:41:22 AM »
Hi Pontus!




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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2020, 05:32:25 AM »
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« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2020, 05:41:52 AM »

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2020, 05:42:12 AM »
Just get Reebok Revenge shoe for $40. Same basic design
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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #27 on: January 28, 2020, 06:07:23 AM »
Just get Reebok Revenge shoe for $40. Same basic design

Yeah, the design may be the same, but the working conditions will most likely be different...
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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #28 on: January 28, 2020, 06:13:24 AM »
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Hi Pontus!


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Holy shit!!!

I was about to move to sweden anyway

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Re: "Last Resort AB" Pontus Alv on making (skate?) shoes
« Reply #29 on: January 28, 2020, 06:37:49 AM »
Man’s charging $60 for white tee shirts. No sir!

it must be crazy when chico sells you something and the tables switch from "give me my money chico" to "giving my money to chico"