I totally understand the Cariuma hate

[DaleSr]

other skate shoes make vegan shoes and I am sure Cariuma helped with the pressure to make them so, thanks for that, also, I think certain categories work best within their spaces only, boutique and mainstream are separate for a reason, they work best that way.   A more strategic roll out would have been more successful, and its never to late to adapt.  If it skates well and people get to try them, it will grow.  I would invest the money in making sure skaters get a pair at the parks to give them a try, its hard to build a new brand, the first one is free as the old saying says, maybe that will help.

Can't fix ugly skate shoes

[Eric Dolphy]

There are many things in the world that i don't understand. Hating Carumba is not one.

OP, who is your favourite Carumba pro? Fave Carumba video part? Fave Carumba skater in batb? Fave carumba shoe? Fave pop up ad?

[Nanda Zinger]

Their name... WACK!
Their shoes... WACK!
Their logo... WACK!
Their team... WACK!
The way they put a "C" in front of Atibas name for a shoe model... WACK!
ONE STARS ARE TIGHT AS FUCK.

[ColorWheelsGraphicsOut]

I think the shoes themselves look fine, but the logo is pretty heinous and the fact that they don't sell them in pairs is hilarious. Also fuck Scientology, RIP Shelly Miscavige.

[camel filters]

A local came to the spot with two different color cariumas on and was doing fakie smith fakie fs flip out. That's all I have to add to the convo.

[mj23]

I saw my first pair in the wild the other day, I asked the kid if they were any good. The kid told me that they skated okay, but when he bought them he thought they were on sale, ordered them online and they only sent him one shoe. He had to go back and order the left shoe separately. turns out the "sale" was that you only buy one shoe

Lmao holy shit

I guess I love cariuma now bc that is funny af

[rukes]

A local came to the spot with two different color cariumas on and was doing fakie smith fakie fs flip out. That's all I have to add to the convo.

I saw it on tiktok, was 🔥////

[Lucky_Basek]

Fully understand what OP is saying, and while they are not wrong, they are not right either.

Skating needs some gate keeping, and if you look at our history you'd understand this.

True indeed

[Dante Bichette]

Don't care for em, would still wear them over a pair of Stevie Williams any day though.

[theknifesong]

I saw my first pair in the wild the other day, I asked the kid if they were any good. The kid told me that they skated okay, but when he bought them he thought they were on sale, ordered them online and they only sent him one shoe. He had to go back and order the left shoe separately. turns out the "sale" was that you only buy one shoe

This is great business idea!

[versacekid420]

yeah dude i get what you’re saying. i saw some guy with a sharp jawline lip syncing seether and it had an insane view count and i think he should get paid too bro it’s dope

[layzieyez]

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I saw my first pair in the wild the other day, I asked the kid if they were any good. The kid told me that they skated okay, but when he bought them he thought they were on sale, ordered them online and they only sent him one shoe. He had to go back and order the left shoe separately. turns out the "sale" was that you only buy one shoe

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This is great business idea!

Laces sold separately.

[biaherl]

Sometimes I say stupid stuff to myself like "big dogs take big shits" then all of a sudden I'm sitting at a stop light with my windows rolled down singing at the top of my lungs ahla Frankie Valli falsetto

Biiiiig Dogs
Take big sheetsitsits (take big shits)
Big Dogs
Take big shits

[donkey]

who the fuck cares that reddit and tiktok are “it”? who the fuck cares about views on social media? the shoes are plain ugly and the company is ran by a dork. not much else to even say about it

[elbarto]

I can’t stand the logo.
Even worse than the Footprint logo and that was already terrible…

At least the FP logo is small enough to sharpie out and not look that weird. Not gonna lie I wanna try their shoes just for the tech alone

[KGB]

I will never understand the op’s love for cari uma

[swanronson]

They just plain look bad. I back the environment side of things but that logo just makes me cringe every time I see it. I will not jump into tik tok to watch a clip. I’ll go back to my stash of dvds and vhs’ and live in the past thanks.

[Lou Strux]

Saw this kid bag a mil on a tre he didnt even land (but came close as fuck) as evidence of tik tok being it rn.

I mean… have you seen any of BATB12 yet?
No joke, picking up the kid w/ a million views, who can’t land a tre, literally appears to be Cumirama’s strategy.
So… what exactly was your point again?
You finance all that tree planting yourself when you pay those overly inflated prices for their crappy, vulcanized sneaks.

[Pennybabie]

They are a business and they are just as profit driven as anybody else. These dudes are out here fucking paying skaters, allowing them to skate and put out footy and you actually have a gripe with that?  Yeah they sponsor influencers or whatever, but that is a necessary evil in the current climate of marketing.

I saw some kid on reddit say that skate videos are dead tik tok and insta are it, and the views speak for themselves. I don't watch 15s vids of skating cause I'm a full parts and rough cuts kinda guy, but the views are pretty nuts. Saw this kid bag a mil on a tre he didnt even land (but came close as fuck) as evidence of tik tok being it rn.

Point being if you actually hate cariuma for getting involved in skating and bringing attention to more guys who have potential (not saying they're all good) you are, in my eyes, a selfish fuck who's holding on too hard to he past.

Light me up fuckers.

Everyone likes the idea of supporting small business until they see the prices then it's straight to walmart smh also that kid is wrong skate videos will always be relevant those numbers don't mean anything trust me.

edit: I don't have a opinion about these shoes never wore them don't know enough about them.

[rukes]

The bottom line is, in my opinion, they don't look comfortable at all, and that's the thing that counts most when it comes to shoes. Second is probably do they look cool? Well they also don't look that cool.

[TheDingus]

So these dudes opt into killing animals to plant trees? I can’t even imagine the carbon footprint the factory is leaving. Huh.

[Pennybabie]

So these dudes opt into killing animals to plant trees? I can’t even imagine the carbon footprint the factory is leaving. Huh.

I heard these were vegan shoes.

[mushroom slice]

Well… They are pretty ugly. but if you remember the first etnies with that sideways e not the Natas was also pretty ugly. Let’s not forget them Nike choads. Ugly as ugs or what ever those Ewok boots avacado toast buyers wear. And how chuck Taylor’s used to be called the PEeDubs cuz they was piss wipers and you was gonna get fucked with on the school bus if you had them on. Putting the air walks with the hole in the bottom on at the bus stop trying not to catch that beat down.  But beyond looks I wouldn’t wear  crairuma though cuz of Xenu being a false god and all that cult life.

[ish_wav]

So these dudes opt into killing animals to plant trees? I can’t even imagine the carbon footprint the factory is leaving. Huh.

They’re actually carbon neutral if I’m not mistaken.

[mushroom slice]

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So these dudes opt into killing animals to plant trees? I can’t even imagine the carbon footprint the factory is leaving. Huh.

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They’re actually carbon neutral if I’m not mistaken.

There is no such thing as carbon neutral. That’s called word magic.

[HeapsCool]

It’s interesting when a company explicitly states they’re trying to do something good, they are the ones taken to task over their claim whereas Nike’s CEO doesn’t pay tax and hasn’t set a goal around climate action.

Skateboarding is so USA centric. There is definitely racism around Brazilian skaters and this extends to companies also. The Olympics have shown that the USA is falling behind in a big way as more interesting and progressive scenes and companies emerge beyond the boring Californian bro culture that all you nerds wank over and mythologize.

[georgethecat]

It’s interesting when a company explicitly states they’re trying to do something good, they are the ones taken to task over their claim whereas Nike’s CEO doesn’t pay tax and hasn’t set a goal around climate action.

Skateboarding is so USA centric. There is definitely racism around Brazilian skaters and this extends to companies also. The Olympics have shown that the USA is falling behind in a big way as more interesting and progressive scenes and companies emerge beyond the boring Californian bro culture that all you nerds wank over and mythologize.

While I agree with most of what you're saying, the Olympics say nothing about legitimate skate scenes. There are a great many interesting and progressive scenes, but the Olympic results are not indicative of any of them.  Also, I don't mythologize much, but I definitely mythologize Guy skating an LA schoolyard 25 years ago.

[TheDingus]

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So these dudes opt into killing animals to plant trees? I can’t even imagine the carbon footprint the factory is leaving. Huh.

[close]

I heard these were vegan shoes.

Says suede or leather on the site.

[doublesteveburger]

well for one the logo looks like the Savier logo ate Filiberto’s last night

[HeapsCool]

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It’s interesting when a company explicitly states they’re trying to do something good, they are the ones taken to task over their claim whereas Nike’s CEO doesn’t pay tax and hasn’t set a goal around climate action.

Skateboarding is so USA centric. There is definitely racism around Brazilian skaters and this extends to companies also. The Olympics have shown that the USA is falling behind in a big way as more interesting and progressive scenes and companies emerge beyond the boring Californian bro culture that all you nerds wank over and mythologize.

[close]

While I agree with most of what you're saying, the Olympics say nothing about legitimate skate scenes. There are a great many interesting and progressive scenes, but the Olympic results are not indicative of any of them.  Also, I don't mythologize much, but I definitely mythologize Guy skating an LA schoolyard 25 years ago.

Yeah you're right about the Olympics. I guess what I meant that when American skaters aren't winning the gold medals in either womens or mens street events, it shows that skating has transgressed the borders of the USA and has become an international thing. For years it was Hawk, Lutzka, Sheckler, Nyjah. Yuto represents a shift. Cariuma, besides like Globe, is one of the first international skate shoe companies that further showcases this dissolution of American centric skating. Having said that, I probably won't buy a pair but they're not as ugly as ya'll making out.