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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #30 on: December 16, 2021, 02:39:50 PM »



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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #31 on: January 21, 2022, 08:57:36 AM »
Both sick shots and colorways!

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #32 on: January 31, 2022, 11:04:43 AM »
Whenever Ive had foot/ankle problem and need to take time off skating I always end up skating half cabs to get back into it, I guess they are my main "Post Injury" shoe

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #33 on: February 07, 2022, 09:08:00 PM »
Updated version yay or nay?

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #34 on: February 07, 2022, 09:10:13 PM »
Updated version yay or nay?

yay. wicked comfy for my janky feet. better quality build too imo
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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #35 on: February 08, 2022, 11:21:13 AM »
How high do you lace your half cabs

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #36 on: February 08, 2022, 12:30:07 PM »
How high do you lace your half cabs

high as they go, just feels like extra heel security in my case

wearing them causally ill go to second-highest

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #37 on: February 08, 2022, 03:02:46 PM »
How high do you lace your half cabs

Fifth eyelet from the bottom. 
Middle metal eyelet.


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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #38 on: February 08, 2022, 03:09:04 PM »
How high do you lace your half cabs

Skating in them = done up tight to the top.

Wearing them as slip ons most of the rest of the time, still all laces in same holes, only loosened off with the ends just hanging down a bit but not dragging, but I did have some older pairs I took out the top or second top and did them up just to wear as slip ons and never have to touch the laces again.


Most of the rad dudes I knew only ever did them up to the middle eyelet and cut off the extra laces or just put in laces from Eras (100 cm) instead of the 140 - 160 cm laces that normally came with the various Half Cabs.


They really do feel so good as slip ons for me, way more comfortable than any normal slip on shoe I have ever tried.

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #39 on: February 09, 2022, 06:48:20 AM »
I haven't had a chance to skate in my latest ones.. I tend to obsess over lacing to the top or leaving one hole open. Old Skools I would always leave the top hole open, but thats a totally different shoe obviously

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #40 on: February 09, 2022, 07:36:27 AM »
One of the only skate shoes ever made that has looked good in every single era it was skated, even in retrospect.

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #41 on: February 09, 2022, 02:12:53 PM »
One of the only skate shoes ever made that has looked good in every single era it was skated, even in retrospect.

very true statement, even in late 2000s/early 2010s they added a style point to the atrocious fits, even though there were some wack colorways.

there’s some mid 2000s footage of nick trapasso and he made them look sick as fuck

http://youtu.be/AfgRCVIbt1w

for example the fs flip at 0:42
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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #42 on: February 09, 2022, 03:27:14 PM »
The Pistol from Bristol.

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #43 on: February 09, 2022, 09:31:51 PM »
Pedro Delfino is a fun current ambassador for half cabs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-8VZByuWeY&t=12s

also a big Austin Kanfoush in halfcabs fan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDu49dQIgvE
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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #44 on: February 11, 2022, 05:48:09 PM »
One of the only skate shoes ever made that has looked good in every single era it was skated, even in retrospect.


Yeah totally, as well as one of the only shoes to go through consistently for the last 30 years at all too, isn't it?

I guess there have always been the Sk8 Hi, Old Skool, etc as well.


Definitely a long lasting good style shoe for everything for me for a long, long time.

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #45 on: February 15, 2022, 09:32:43 AM »

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #46 on: February 15, 2022, 04:36:25 PM »
half cabs, the only shoe that matters  ;D

I prefer to lace mine up to the metal eyelet and tie em up tight with a double knot.

@Mbrimson88 dude, they do make mighty fine slip ons. especially with the pop cush insoles  ;)
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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #47 on: February 15, 2022, 05:23:55 PM »
half cabs, the only shoe that matters  ;D

I prefer to lace mine up to the metal eyelet and tie em up tight with a double knot.

@Mbrimson88 dude, they do make mighty fine slip ons. especially with the pop cush insoles  ;)


Ha yeah!

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #48 on: March 05, 2022, 08:04:40 PM »
One of the only skate shoes ever made that has looked good in every single era it was skated, even in retrospect.

Agree - If I look back I am sorry that there where
times I don’t Skate a halfcab.

But sometimes it was really difficult to get them.
Even today - most vans shops don’t have them.
My local shop orders every colorway every season for me.

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #49 on: March 06, 2022, 12:28:23 PM »
the new ones cause blisters on my ankles :-(

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #50 on: March 07, 2022, 10:49:32 AM »
the new ones cause blisters on my ankles :-(

The new Vans shoes in general are a really tough break in, if i skate them before breaking them in I always get a couple blisters.

Despite that, in my experience (once broken in) they have been much more durable, comfy, and had better impact protection/insoles than the old Vans.

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #51 on: March 07, 2022, 01:25:31 PM »
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the new ones cause blisters on my ankles :-(
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The new Vans shoes in general are a really tough break in, if i skate them before breaking them in I always get a couple blisters.

Despite that, in my experience (once broken in) they have been much more durable, comfy, and had better impact protection/insoles than the old Vans.

I still gotta test the new ones

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #52 on: March 07, 2022, 01:53:33 PM »
http://www.instagram.com/reel/CaLH5ceA7wO/?utm_medium=copy_link


I can’t wear them anymore because my sad old achey breaky flat feet etc. - but I still think they’re one of the best looking skate shoes of all time. Anyways, I’m certainly getting waves of nostalgic joy watching Fred Gall get clips in HalfCabs.

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #53 on: March 15, 2022, 07:29:13 AM »
Did I imagine it, or did I really see a cupsole halfcab prototype somewhere on slap not that long ago. That would be so dope if not a dream.

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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #54 on: March 15, 2022, 12:29:38 PM »
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the new ones cause blisters on my ankles :-(
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The new Vans shoes in general are a really tough break in, if i skate them before breaking them in I always get a couple blisters.

Despite that, in my experience (once broken in) they have been much more durable, comfy, and had better impact protection/insoles than the old Vans.
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I still gotta test the new ones

what I really like about the insoles in the new ones, I think it's pop cush, is that they've kind of mold to your feet. there's no arch support or anything, but rather they shift/sink with depending on where you place foot pressure while standing. Not quite the same as crocs but not so different. I love it.
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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #55 on: March 15, 2022, 05:59:45 PM »
Did I imagine it, or did I really see a cupsole halfcab prototype somewhere on slap not that long ago. That would be so dope if not a dream.

Yes a few pages back now, but it was in the Shoe thread.

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=47259.44520


https://www.instagram.com/p/CaTNp5Gl9c0/
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Re: Vans Half Cabs
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Re: Vans Half Cabs
« Reply #57 on: October 09, 2023, 02:56:54 PM »
https://www.villagepsychic.net/blog/18-east-half-cab

I wonder if the insole is the same as the 33 DX Anaheim Factory version.



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