eS thread

[rikki]

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I for one love the puff, I could understand how someone wouldn’t tho.

I really just want some room in the toe box, idc what rich people thought was cool in the fucking 1600s my pinky toe is screaming

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Yeah I like the puffy ones too, but that's what I had as a kid. I never had the slimmer ones. They're so ugly but very comfortable and skate great.

Were the puffy ones even in existence back in the day? The TRULY original slimmer ones are/were one of the best-looking skate shoes ever. If they brought them back, I'd most probably buy a pair. The newer puffy ones? Hell no.

[KDP]

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I for one love the puff, I could understand how someone wouldn’t tho.

I really just want some room in the toe box, idc what rich people thought was cool in the fucking 1600s my pinky toe is screaming

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Yeah I like the puffy ones too, but that's what I had as a kid. I never had the slimmer ones. They're so ugly but very comfortable and skate great.

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Were the puffy ones even in existence back in the day? The TRULY original slimmer ones are/were one of the best-looking skate shoes ever. If they brought them back, I'd most probably buy a pair. The newer puffy ones? Hell no.

The truly original ones you mention are the ones which got released yesterday.

https://esskateboarding.com/products/accel-white-5101000215-100?option1=BLACK&option2=7

[skateboarder4life]

No, the Accel OG was an updated puffier version of the Accel (1995) around 2005. At that point they dropped the Accel (1995) quietly and and for some insane reason, they named the updated puffy version the "Accel OG"

And the original hasn't been made for 20 years.
There are some weird halfway versions, though. That VX shoe has bits of both. Not sure what happened there. My guess is an attempt to slim it down to the 95 style quietly before making a 'proper' full 1995 version which this Accel Day release is.

That's weird because og means the classic or original so not sure why they would call the new updated version og

[rolling is good]

I'm surprised the Accel is still in production, the only pair I see in my city of half a milion are on my feet and I had to order them from the skateshop as it does not stock it.
Do you guys wear/see them in your parts of the world ?

They sure need to scrap one of the 2 iterations.
Maybe keep both for a few months to see which ones people like more.

[skateboarder4life]

I'm surprised the Accel is still in production, the only pair I see in my city of half a milion are on my feet and I had to order them from the skateshop as it does not stock it.
Do you guys wear/see them in your parts of the world ?

They sure need to scrap one of the 2 iterations.
Maybe keep both for a few months to see which ones people like more.

justin bieber wears them.

i've never seen anyone else wearing them either, but i have gotten compliments on mine

[propaganda]

It’s a picture of the original release on the first page of this thread. The ones released yesterday look nothing like it. Newer ones look better in my opinion. Just weird language I guess

No one wears accels. I only seen one other skater in them. None of the skate shops I been to have em. Obviously no crossover with rest of sneaker word. Ppl do think they cool and look comfortable but nobody knows what they are.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

You guys are forgetting that Japan exists, plenty of people wear accels here…

[rikki]

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I for one love the puff, I could understand how someone wouldn’t tho.

I really just want some room in the toe box, idc what rich people thought was cool in the fucking 1600s my pinky toe is screaming

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Yeah I like the puffy ones too, but that's what I had as a kid. I never had the slimmer ones. They're so ugly but very comfortable and skate great.

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Were the puffy ones even in existence back in the day? The TRULY original slimmer ones are/were one of the best-looking skate shoes ever. If they brought them back, I'd most probably buy a pair. The newer puffy ones? Hell no.

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The truly original ones you mention are the ones which got released yesterday.

https://esskateboarding.com/products/accel-white-5101000215-100?option1=BLACK&option2=7

Wow, I wasn't aware of this. Should've probably read more of the previous posts... thanks!

[KDP]

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No, the Accel OG was an updated puffier version of the Accel (1995) around 2005. At that point they dropped the Accel (1995) quietly and and for some insane reason, they named the updated puffy version the "Accel OG"

And the original hasn't been made for 20 years.
There are some weird halfway versions, though. That VX shoe has bits of both. Not sure what happened there. My guess is an attempt to slim it down to the 95 style quietly before making a 'proper' full 1995 version which this Accel Day release is.

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That's weird because og means the classic or original so not sure why they would call the new updated version og

Well, that's exactly the problem. I don't think anyone needs explaining as to what OG means. But whoever decided to call an update to a shoe "OG" has caused a lot of headfuck 20 years dow the line.

[rocklobster]

I got off the eS train over a year ago and went all in on NB, the Accel Slim Mid I had as chillers felt awful. But the "new and original" Accels - I'm ready to love and be hurt again. Holding off shoe purchases to make room for this one.

Such a bummer they tarnished the legacy of the Accel with the weird naming and roiding it up in the wrong places.

[2000]

step in the right direction but it's pretty damn late, shoulda happened like 8 years ago. If they drop the blue colorway I'll cop tho 

[UnoMas87]

Forget the Accels, when we bringing back the Square Ones or the Theory Mids???

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es im sorry. After rewatching 100 fun summers accel comparison video i think this Accel/Accel OG thing could work. Just stop experimenting on your customers and not saying shit, and stop listening to ppl who don’t/wont skate them consistently.

The old all whites [Accel OG new gen 2005 - 2025?] were the phattest. I remember looking down and thinking look they look kinda dumb sometimes. The all black joints and the all browns ones were almost perfect in every way.

Seems tough to make accels look good with multiple colors, just the way the panel set up or something. But I def could use something new like a blue, red, green, orange? Prolly would have to do white midsole. Third color on laces maybe?

[c-dock]

Forget the Accels, when we bringing back the Square Ones or the Theory Mids???

I DM'd Kelly Hart about this a couple years ago when Half Cabs started getting super popular again, and Kelly said there were no plans on bringing it back smh. Would love to see it, I still have a couple old pairs to wear as chillers

[dumptruck12]

ES has had so many great models over the years, but refuse to bring any of them back since 2015, the square ones and square twos were really great in my opinion, also the years with Danny Garcia and Silas, and later on with Manderson, and worrest, there were so many good shoes around then, please just bring some back

[moonordie]

Stop bringing back shit and make interesting new shit or eat shit.

[rikki]

Bringing back the (truly) original Accel is one sane thing they have managed to do for the past many, many years. It was (and hopefully still is) one of the best skate shoes ever, and even though I'm stacked up and happy with NB# these days, will probably get a pair at some point, if for nothing else, to rekindle my memories of the late 90's and my consistent kickflips.

That said, I have zero interest in their other products.

[roba]

i bought a pair of the new accels in white leather, i should get them today. i got this weird feeling from skating dunks this entire year and i wanted to skate some actual skate shoes and not sports brands. i'll post some pics when i get them, hopefully they really are slimmer than the ogs because i had those like 10 years ago and i remember being super disappointed that they are not the same shoes koston wore in mouse lol

[propaganda]

would be great if they brought something new but nothing wrong with milkin your golden goose

i swear if i was a sneakerhead i would think the creagers and muskas were so tuff. Even the kostons

[moonordie]

would be great if they brought something new but nothing wrong with milkin your golden goose

i swear if i was a sneakerhead i would think the creagers and muskas were so tuff. Even the kostons

Nothing wrong for the company itself sure, but by doing that you get stick creatively + current talent don't get money from having their own shoes.

[roba]

tj rogers just got a pro shoe but go off

[propaganda]

true, i guess i didnt think of it like that

i was thinking like nike milked their goose [a basketball shoe from the 80s, as well as other gooses along the way] to be able to afford get people other shoes. Whose shoes are really hot foreal? No one else's shoes seem that creative. Maybe NB tech is better???

How many people have current shoes on Adidas? Nike? Vans? NB?. Like three/four a piece? Im sure they are selling at least 3/4 times as many shoes as eS. I think they would give out shoes if they could, they did when they could. Emerica too

Idk if thats a good argument tho. idk wtf is going on as eS internally. Nidecker got bread right? im sure they could make some investments, maybe take so loses to innovate. Actually i dont know. I dont know shit. I just know i like skating Accels [semi-phat]. A real video would be cool too. Losing Aimu really fucked them.

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Losing Aimu everybody really fucked them.

[malevy]

tj rogers just got a pro shoe but go off

has this been confirmed/spotted in the wild?

[Texas_Tone]

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tj rogers just got a pro shoe but go off

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has this been confirmed/spotted in the wild?

In the new shoe release thread on the last page is a pic of the second colorway of his pro model? The first being leaked a couple months ago, I have no horse in this fight but you gotta start using your context clues buddy, everyone is gonna laugh at you

[roba]

i painted the logos in with a permanent marker and the one on the tongue got all nasty after 10 minutes of skating

so this pair turned out to be a sample, which is probably why they were cheaper than everywhere else and only available in a 9. they don’t have the lace loop on the tongue and a different insole than the final version, but the shape seems to be a match. they seem to be well made and are comfortable, decent amount of puff but nothing crazy, as it should be i guess. i skated in them for like 45 minutes and they worked really well, i did a decent kickflip in them first try right out the house lol

oh and the size tag on the tongue says ”accel 95”, i don’t know why they didn’t run with it for the release but whatever

[propaganda]

anyone got experiences with sizing up? Accel OGs. Would a half size up give more toe box room or just make the shoe longer.

[propaganda]

Es fans, our own pretentious roundtable talk shoe tech video just dropped. Also you can get 20% off all sole tech shoes with code "spencer20"

[sadnocomply]

Doesn’t Ben degros have a code? I think supporting him is the no brainer if I was to pick…

[stets]

No independent shops anywdere in my state have been carrying eS, so on a recent trip down to California I picked up a pair of the remastered Accel at LB Skate. I've been skating them since, black/gum/white laces is such an all-time good look for skate shoes. Really happy with them, just the right amount of puff for someone used to skating Dunks or anything. I'll echo what Degros said, I think the toe shape is a tasteful happy medium. Such a better toedown look than those "OG" puff monstrosities.

I skated the Accel Slims in 2015 and loved them, but having gone back towards slightly more built up shoes, I'm very happy to be skating these new more true 1995 ones.

Also the box is sick. It reminds me of the boxes from the golden era of like Menikmati and slightly before that.