new Vans models

[Murge]

Man the more I look at it. It looks like a 92 half cab cup. But not having to pay cab royalties

[BoxStuffer]

It looks a little better in this colourway. I might be able to talk myself into the Zahba mid whenever we get a mostly white or black colourway. It's not a cupsole Half Cab, but I feel like it's the closest thing they're going to give us.

Skatedeluxe also has some colourways I hadn't seen of the regular Zahba. The ones with the gum soles are both pretty inoffensive.

Agreed. 

[roba]

Man the more I look at it. It looks like a 92 half cab cup. But not having to pay cab royalties

remove the stripe and that dumb checkerboard tag and they start looking real good

[BL0B]

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Man the more I look at it. It looks like a 92 half cab cup. But not having to pay cab royalties

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remove the stripe and that dumb checkerboard tag and they start looking real good

the checkerboard reminds me of purina dog chow.

[Daydream]

Yeah those lows aren’t bad at all. I like em in the right colorway. Had the crockett 2 lows and they kind of have a similar feel

[TastyBurrito]

Yeah those lows aren’t bad at all. I like em in the right colorway. Had the crockett 2 lows and they kind of have a similar feel

My two favorite colors so far are the Vans Family color (white/grey) and the Zion color.

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These look interesting.
Anybody know what they are??

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I lied.
Not the new Rowan. 

I don't know what it is.

I think this is the new Rowan.

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I'd fuck with a rowan wanna-be-dunk (if waffle/cup)

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I don’t get why every cupsole shoe is compared to a dunk? Like these look nothing like a dunk? These look like some old hassan or cardiels from the early 00’s

looks more like it could be influenced by an af1

[Carter]

It looks a little better in this colourway. I might be able to talk myself into the Zahba mid whenever we get a mostly white or black colourway. It's not a cupsole Half Cab, but I feel like it's the closest thing they're going to give us.


Skatedeluxe also has some colourways I hadn't seen of the regular Zahba. The ones with the gum soles are both pretty inoffensive.

Am I the only one that thinks that shouldn't be called a zahba mid? extra panels a full toe cap it not the same shoe with extra height. makes no sense im sorry but cool idea

[Daydream]

Doesn’t make sense. Agree. The eyelet panel is totally different as well. Heel panel way different.. ok the midsole and outsole is the same but uppers are totally different…

[DarkPools]

Doesn’t make sense. Agree. The eyelet panel is totally different as well. Heel panel way different.. ok the midsole and outsole is the same but uppers are totally different…

Idk, they look like pretty similar to me. It's the same situation as the Tyshawn Mid and the Tyshawn Low, but reversed for the Zahba. Should the Tyshawn Low not be called Tyshawns because they added a toe panel and cut the collar/rear panels differently? Or does that example count as being far closer to the original than this case with the Zahba? Or how about the Louie Mid? Another example there. The Marana Mid is one of the few mids that is literally the Marana, just taller. That, Dunks, plus 112 Mid Pro and Full Cab from Vans.

Personally, I enjoy when companies make a "low" "mid" or "high" version of an existing model and tweak it slightly with the new height version. Vans still could have left it with no toe cap and it would be closer to a true Mid version, though

[Daydream]

Tyshawn and LL have shared elements. The uppers of these vans is completely different. Even detailing like the perforated toe on the low they didn’t carry over. Literally nothing shared.

Overall toecap silhouette I could see, but even that is a different size, overlapping panels versus one.. vans swoosh hits in a diff spot.

[DarkPools]

Tyshawn and LL have shared elements. The uppers of these vans is completely different. Even detailing like the perforated toe on the low they didn’t carry over. Literally nothing shared.

Overall toecap silhouette I could see, but even that is a different size, overlapping panels versus one.. vans swoosh hits in a diff spot.

Respectfully, I disagree, since the LL and LL Mid is a similar scenario to the Zahba and Zahba mid. When I first saw the leaked photos of the Zahba Mid it looked like a Zahba Mid with a toe cap to me and not like an entirely different shoe. I understand not everyone may see it that way, but the similarities are greater than differences


There are numerous similarities from my view: the sole (new and specific to Zahba only currently), lacing panel, shape of the panel adjacent to the stripe towards the "ollie" area (they both make that curvy wave, the stripe itself, the tongue looks identical, the heel quarter panel looks similar but slightly larger since it's for mid height. They didn't carry over toe perforations since they added a toe panel instead. That's the only real visible difference to the average person, imo

[Luddite]

Those grey zahba mids look atrocious compared to the photo of the green ones that was floating around earlier

[BALARGUE]

Those grey zahba mids look atrocious compared to the photo of the green ones that was floating around earlier

The green ones are a Beatrice colorway coming soon

[Sammich]

So weird to have the Low Zahba and then what looks like a Rowan cupsole that he’s been skating. Def like the Rowan style more, Zahba skates good though imo

[Tom Pearl]

im feeling the knu schools, i might grab a pair. does anybody know if it has inner tongue straps?

[Cesspool86]

im feeling the knu schools, i might grab a pair. does anybody know if it has inner tongue straps?

I really want a pair on a regular skate classic or whatever it's called sole

[Atiba Applebum]

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Those grey zahba mids look atrocious compared to the photo of the green ones that was floating around earlier

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The green ones are a Beatrice colorway coming soon

She’s got more colorways than tricks in her repertoire

[DarkPools]

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Those grey zahba mids look atrocious compared to the photo of the green ones that was floating around earlier

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The green ones are a Beatrice colorway coming soon

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She’s got more colorways than tricks in her repertoire

This made me laugh harder than it should have hahah

Props for her on securing that with Vans, tho

[jdholmes]

Vans, please just do it.

[moonordie]

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Those grey zahba mids look atrocious compared to the photo of the green ones that was floating around earlier

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The green ones are a Beatrice colorway coming soon

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She’s got more colorways than tricks in her repertoire

Damnnnn LMAO

[dumptruck12]

Vans, please just do it.

This would definitely revamp their sales

[Daydream]

it looks like vans vault line is gone/discontinued. Looks like OTW coming back.

Vans vault IG is gone

[Madam, I'm Adam]

it looks like vans vault line is gone/discontinued. Looks like OTW coming back.

Vans vault IG is gone

From what I understand, and I don't understand much in this regard, the Vault line is the only one where the original (i.e. not "Skate") half cab was still being released in different colourways..? So if the Vault line is gone, hopefully that doesn't mean the original half cab is going out of production, or being phased out even further.

[Painted Baby]

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Vans, please just do it.

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This would definitely revamp their sales

Whatever material they put on the inside of the 96s kinda ruined the shoe for me. I was expecting canvas like a Half Cab in the heel collar area and instead there's something similar to the nubuck on the actual shoe. It's like they're designed to heel slip.

[Plan9Customs]

Anyone know if they’re making the skate mid skool 37s still or again? Kinda wanting a pair.

[Curbyourenthusiasm]

New AVE shoe?

[Crabby_Bastard]

New AVE shoe?

Yes but not sure if it is the final production model or not. The team riders wear tested that shoe this past Winter. It is a big improvement over the current AVE shoe IMO.

[Curbyourenthusiasm]

It looks pretty cool. Looking forward to checking it out. Fingers crossed for more footage too. It never gets old

[LebowskisRug]

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New AVE shoe?

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Yes but not sure if it is the final production model or not. The team riders wear tested that shoe this past Winter. It is a big improvement over the current AVE shoe IMO.

Can you explain what's different cuz it looks like the same shoe?