I bought the first color way of the Tiago NB1010 that were white and supposed to be a homage to Guy’s axion shoe. I thought they were so sick and I was stoked to wear them with some light denim wranglers I bought a couple sizes too big. Thought they might give off Tiago vibes but in reality it gave off my wife’s uncle John vibes. Just quintessential dad vibes. Probably didn’t help I was wearing like a patagonia quarter zip and a Phillies baseball cap. They still skate good and are super comfy but I went right back to half cabs for the most part and used them for walks and taking my dog out. A few months ago I bought an all black pair and they look more normal but they are mostly used for going on walks. I still just skate in half cabs and they’re more of my go to but Tiagos are comfy and they do skate good the few times I’ve skated them, I just can’t really pull them off so I’m just going to skate half cabs for the rest of my life.
I cannot heart this enough.
1010s did feel so nice on the feet, legs, back. I should skate them, or dunks/something similar, by myself, and not worry about the look. But…
13mwz do feel really nice to skate. I have one pair, that’s a size up, and they are noticeably easier for me to skate on, compared to tts 501s. (My 501 ‘collection’ has some sentimental value and are starting to fall apart, so blowing them out on a whiffed kickflip attempt going 2 mph, wearing clown shoes, hurts).