new Vans models

[Crabby_Bastard]

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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.

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

You can definitely see the DNA from the current shoe but the new one is quite a bit different. A new Ultimate Waffle sole. The upper is a knit/sock like upper around the ankles. The heel is reinforced for stability. The toe panel is beefed up to prevent the day one ollie holes that tend to happen with the current version.

[Kombuch-A-Holic]

"An amalgamation of the Half Cab and Mike Carrol’s MC 96."

[thehogsniper]

"An amalgamation of the Half Cab and Mike Carrol’s MC 96."

Ok now this is epic.

[Daydream]

Liking em

[TastyBurrito]

Liking em

Same.

[skatesum609]

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Vans, please just do it.

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This would definitely revamp their sales

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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.

Yea this made the shoe unwearable for me. Feels like I would get blisters if I skated in them

[concerned_parent]

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

Vans vault IG is gone

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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.

dumbest move of 2023. granted lots of vaults ended up on clearance racks at shoe shops but it was light years better than any of the OTW crap.

[thehogsniper]

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

Vans vault IG is gone

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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.

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dumbest move of 2023. granted lots of vaults ended up on clearance racks at shoe shops but it was light years better than any of the OTW crap.

To be fair the reason vault shoes ended up on clearance was because they put out such god awful collabs and models. I remember that chukka with the coffin print saying the world was dead or something absurd like that. What good collabs they did have were always overpriced and not very comfortable.

[Atiba Applebum]

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Liking em

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Same.

Are these going to be impossible to get?

[TastyBurrito]

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Liking em

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Same.

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Are these going to be impossible to get?

Palace collab? Yes. Yes it will be impossible to get.

[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.

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

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You can definitely see the DNA from the current shoe but the new one is quite a bit different. A new Ultimate Waffle sole. The upper is a knit/sock like upper around the ankles. The heel is reinforced for stability. The toe panel is beefed up to prevent the day one ollie holes that tend to happen with the current version.

So it sounds more like bug fixes for an overpriced shoe that isn't durable and they will surely charge more for it.

[Atiba Applebum]

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Liking em

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Same.

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Are these going to be impossible to get?

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Palace collab? Yes. Yes it will be impossible to get.

Didn’t know if that had died down

[TastyBurrito]

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Liking em

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Same.

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Are these going to be impossible to get?

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Palace collab? Yes. Yes it will be impossible to get.

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Didn’t know if that had died down

Nah. Resellers will always buy everything up, even if it make $7 in profit.
 
Which is why I always hope resellers’ families are raped and set on fire.

[LebowskisRug]

If you factor in the time they spend having to buy and ship the shoes in terms of hourly wages they're likely losing money.

[oyolar]

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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.

Oh damn. I love the AVE pro so this gets me stoked.

[JoseCansnake0]

I skate vans slip ons and they are shit, but it's what feels the best, and I hate myself for accepting this reality.

I'm too old, I can't change now.

[Daydream]

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Liking em

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Same.

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Are these going to be impossible to get?

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Palace collab? Yes. Yes it will be impossible to get.

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Didn’t know if that had died down

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Nah. Resellers will always buy everything up, even if it make $7 in profit.
 
Which is why I always hope resellers’ families are raped and set on fire.

big fan of your posts and set ups.  but was raped really the right word here? Overly aggressive to wish death on others families.

[DarkPools]

If you factor in the time they spend having to buy and ship the shoes in terms of hourly wages they're likely losing money.

Depends on how many big ticket shoe flips they do. If they were smart, they'd ship all the purchased shoes from their web store thing in one session over a couple hours. Instead of doing one or two each day, like how you're loosely implying they do it.

I bet many group their sales/ships/purchases into as few sessions as possible. At least the experienced ones should if they're doing it as their primary income. If you do it that way, its highly unlikely likely they're losing money

[Atiba Applebum]

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Liking em

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Same.

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Are these going to be impossible to get?

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Palace collab? Yes. Yes it will be impossible to get.

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Didn’t know if that had died down

Maybe the only change Id make is to stitch the tag stuff on or not have it be contrast colored.    It feels a little disproportionately big on a low

[oyolar]

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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.

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Oh damn. I love the AVE pro so this gets me stoked.

Looking back at this, are you sure it’s new? I zoomed in and it looks like the AVE Pro that is out now. Is the new version just a slight revamp?

[Daydream]

Very different. the pair he is wearing has heel pull tabs. AVE pro do not.

[Crabby_Bastard]

Very different. the pair he is wearing has heel pull tabs. AVE pro do not.

That pull tab helps a lot when putting the shoe on as the collar is similar to a Prime Knit Adidas shoe.

[oyolar]

Interesting...

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Very different. the pair he is wearing has heel pull tabs. AVE pro do not.

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That pull tab helps a lot when putting the shoe on as the collar is similar to a Prime Knit Adidas shoe.

yes! And imo more blatantly the numeric 288s type collar.

[Out_of_Step]

Any word of a new Chima model? In one of his IG stories last week it looked like he was wearing a Sk8-Low, the toe looked similar, but the stripe went further towards the back and there appeared to be a notch on the heel like the Chima 2, so basically it looked like a Sk8-Lo/Chima 2 mashed together.

[DCLOVE]

Any word of a new Chima model? In one of his IG stories last week it looked like he was wearing a Sk8-Low, the toe looked similar, but the stripe went further towards the back and there appeared to be a notch on the heel like the Chima 2, so basically it looked like a Sk8-Lo/Chima 2 mashed together.

Did you get a screenshot? Pretty sure Chima is done with pro models like Berle . They pulled his model without a new one and he doesn’t even get colorways.

[Painted Baby]

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Any word of a new Chima model? In one of his IG stories last week it looked like he was wearing a Sk8-Low, the toe looked similar, but the stripe went further towards the back and there appeared to be a notch on the heel like the Chima 2, so basically it looked like a Sk8-Lo/Chima 2 mashed together.

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Did you get a screenshot? Pretty sure Chima is done with pro models like Berle . They pulled his model without a new one and he doesn’t even get colorways.

I feel like the Chima 2 was a sleeper hit with the same set that liked the Janoski. Maybe most of the shoes sold didn't get skated much or at all but I saw them on a lot of feet when they more current. I could see Vans giving him another shoe just based off of sales and name recognition alone but I think it's kind of a new movement over there so maybe not.

[Out_of_Step]

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Any word of a new Chima model? In one of his IG stories last week it looked like he was wearing a Sk8-Low, the toe looked similar, but the stripe went further towards the back and there appeared to be a notch on the heel like the Chima 2, so basically it looked like a Sk8-Lo/Chima 2 mashed together.

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Did you get a screenshot? Pretty sure Chima is done with pro models like Berle . They pulled his model without a new one and he doesn’t even get colorways.

Not sure if I would even know how to do screenshot on a story. Ya, at this point I would be surprised if he got another model since he hasn't had a new color released in a while. There usually seems to be some overlap between the current model and the new one when it gets released. Though, I feel like AVE went a few years without his own because the AVE Pro came out. 
Maybe what I saw was just a Sk8-Low or and Old Skool.

[Banned from the room]

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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.

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

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You can definitely see the DNA from the current shoe but the new one is quite a bit different. A new Ultimate Waffle sole. The upper is a knit/sock like upper around the ankles. The heel is reinforced for stability. The toe panel is beefed up to prevent the day one ollie holes that tend to happen with the current version.

I hope so. Because putting glue and goop on the brand new shoe sucks.
Then
The Mesh crumbed where the glue was too thin and I had to rebuild that stupid thing with tape on the inside and double down on goop all the way to the laces.

I'm fucking bummed. I just wanted the sick ass clear soles. The shoe fuckin skates too.

I'm a fucking street ass mother fuckin dude. I need the shoe to last at least a month.

Is the nyjah made of the same stuff?

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Yeah I can see it. They fixed it.