I totally understand the Cariuma hate

[MFS]

Not a fan of Cariuma at all but offering one shoe is smart. There are at least a million people missing a leg in North america and im sure their sick of buying two shoes.

[mj23]

Not a fan of Cariuma at all but offering one shoe is smart. There are at least a million people missing a leg in North america and im sure their sick of buying two shoes.

All jokes aside there are probably also a lot of people with two different size feet who would appreciate the chance to get better fitting shoes by buying one at a time.

I still won’t be likely to try em, but hey, different strokes for different folks

[brucewillis]

I haven't read all the comments, but wondering if Cariuma is selling in Brazil and at what price and it if it's quality or garbage.

Brazil has an interesting shoe market with many smaller brands and counterfit nikes/addias

Never saw one in the wild.

[MFS]

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I haven't read all the comments, but wondering if Cariuma is selling in Brazil and at what price and it if it's quality or garbage.

Brazil has an interesting shoe market with many smaller brands and counterfit nikes/addias

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Never saw one in the wild.

Whats that Brazilian shoe company that sponsors Dwayne fagundes? they seem to be the popular brand amogst skaters down there.

[Mike Oxwelling]

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I haven't read all the comments, but wondering if Cariuma is selling in Brazil and at what price and it if it's quality or garbage.

Brazil has an interesting shoe market with many smaller brands and counterfit nikes/addias

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Never saw one in the wild.

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Whats that Brazilian shoe company that sponsors Dwayne fagundes? they seem to be the popular brand amogst skaters down there.

Ous maybe?   I came here to say Ous > Carumba

[indigenous_nudity]

I will never purchase the Cariuma shoe

[ok boomer]

[TheFandangler]

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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.

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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.

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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.

While I don’t disagree that skateboarding is becoming more global every year, non-American competitors have been doing very well in contests for a long time. Vov, Pappas brothers, Rick McCrank, Bastien, Luan, the Brazilians that used to come north just to fuck shit up at Tampa/Slam city, Felipe, Chad Bartie, TX, DeAndrade. Not to mention that Kelvin has been doing very well for quite a few years now.

[Pipe Dreamer]

 https://images.app.goo.gl/RHC3bEdEkiizmgRGA
S H A L O M

[pro club blanks]

Its primarily because they have the worst marketing strategy of all time

If you want to sell to skateboarders you gotta do that shit as lowkey as humanly possible, dont advertise and throw someone like jerry hsu or gino the bag and just let the interest grow organically on its own, if its even halfway presentable dudes will do their own research

Think "non-skate shoes good for skateboarding"

[Lou Strux]

Its primarily because they have the worst marketing strategy of all time

If you want to sell to skateboarders you gotta do that shit as lowkey as humanly possible, dont advertise and throw someone like jerry hsu or gino the bag and just let the interest grow organically on its own, if its even halfway presentable dudes will do their own research

Think "non-skate shoes good for skateboarding"

I love that thread!

[skatemagmonopolytophat]

movies is not reality.

[Vds]

I will never understand the Cariuma love

[DISTANT RUMOURS]

I will never understand the Cariuma love

Fuck … I’m singing “cariuma love” to the california love beat because of you!

Scientology indoctrination :-(

[Fasttimes]

Just budget the amount for one pair of those things, then buy a pair of $30 Pumas at the local mom and pop shoe store. You’ll have enough left over for a deck.

Agreed. Karumas ain't cool. They'll take a huge market share and be gone in 2 years because they market product like real industries out there.

[sk8boarding is puzzle art]

bite at the bait I through, now you part of the fish farm I grow,
you think you a big shot I know, like hillbillies at the beach, you never seen the way I flow.
I'll take a peak in the crystal of your eye before you ever get why,
I choose to save while you hide and let die.
remember the last time we made the suits cry?
vert and street don't mesh, now its a whole mess,
advice you got from OGs is don't test.
this no catwalk, shut your backtalk,
fronting hard on me,
 thinking this photoshop till your back drop.     

 only artist of your subgenre can truly look out for your interest, not people that come from being able to afford a halfpipe build at a young age, representing the ritcy area vs a street skater that represents a neglected hood, or an isolated humble farm, nothing but a grimey rugged urban area to skate at.     Has anyone noticed that street skateboarders specifically are a targeted group? 

[cosmicgypsies]

bite at the bait I through, now you part of the fish farm I grow,
you think you a big shot I know, like hillbillies at the beach, you never seen the way I flow.
I'll take a peak in the crystal of your eye before you ever get why,
I choose to save while you hide and let die.
remember the last time we made the suits cry?
vert and street don't mesh, now its a whole mess,
advice you got from OGs is don't test.
this no catwalk, shut your backtalk,
fronting hard on me,
 thinking this photoshop till your back drop.     

yeah, I still got it. and all labels can F off. I don't sell any of my crafts. Yes to quality, no to idols.

i bet you partake in youtube comment section rap battles on instrumental videos

[sk8boarding is puzzle art]

not into giving content away to google. I bet you partake in making noise with an untuned banjo while chewing possum roadkill for breakfast.

[Urtripping]

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As a fellow adult I now understand the Skinner was actually cool and correct. At this rate I feel like I'm progressing one step further into Chalmers being the most relatable character.

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Crabapple is the most relatable

Yes (especially as a teacher)

[CorneliusCardew]

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.

They are just trying to buy their way into skating. They are trying to"disrupt" our culture and profit from it.

You talk about money going to skaters if skaters own the shoe company a hell of a lot more money would go to skaters.

Your argument is based on the assumption that if a lot of people are doing something wrong then it's right. For example a lot of companies are exploiting skateboarding and ripping us off therefore when this company does it it's okay. That's like saying I saw the story of a crime on the news therefore I have the right to just go out and commit crime.

[HugeBodBoyle]

I will never not understand the Cariuma hate.

[rawbertson.]

yo, i have never seen them in the wild though. i have only seen insta kooks with them. no one is even buying this trash those were all handed out for free! they will fold soontimes

[Pennybabie]

Its primarily because they have the worst marketing strategy of all time

If you want to sell to skateboarders you gotta do that shit as lowkey as humanly possible, dont advertise and throw someone like jerry hsu or gino the bag and just let the interest grow organically on its own, if its even halfway presentable dudes will do their own research

Think "non-skate shoes good for skateboarding"

How often does this actually work?

[pro club blanks]

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Its primarily because they have the worst marketing strategy of all time

If you want to sell to skateboarders you gotta do that shit as lowkey as humanly possible, dont advertise and throw someone like jerry hsu or gino the bag and just let the interest grow organically on its own, if its even halfway presentable dudes will do their own research

Think "non-skate shoes good for skateboarding"

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How often does this actually work?

Nike SB

[Pennybabie]

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Its primarily because they have the worst marketing strategy of all time

If you want to sell to skateboarders you gotta do that shit as lowkey as humanly possible, dont advertise and throw someone like jerry hsu or gino the bag and just let the interest grow organically on its own, if its even halfway presentable dudes will do their own research

Think "non-skate shoes good for skateboarding"

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How often does this actually work?

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Nike SB

Rofl? 

[Apealien]

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.

They should've branded it a different name.

[Circaskater420]

They managed to fit the epitome of everything that is cringy about skateboarding into a shoe. 

[Apealien]

They managed to fit the epitome of everything that is cringy about skateboarding into a shoe.

Please extrapolate sir.

[JimGeko]

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They managed to fit the epitome of everything that is cringy about skateboarding into a shoe.

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Please extrapolate sir.

basic vulc skate shoe mall clone shoe. terrible logo. horrible marketing strategy.

[BALARGUE]

Jagger Eaton
skategoat
mamaskate
Kelvin Hoefler
Mike V
And BATB12
Should be enough to understand