What was your favourite shoe last year?

[Made In China]

NB should start sponsoring Slap as a collective lol

[easymoneysniper]

last year I skated half cabs, tyshawn mids, and cons fastbreaks.

I'd have to say the fastbreaks are my favorite with support, comfort, and how they skate. also are pretty damn durable and have lasted me awhile.


really love halfcabs and my tyshawns too, even though the flick has died down pretty badly with wear, still some great feeling kicks.

have another pair of halfcabs and some new fastbreaks to skate this year when my current rotation comes to its end.

might have to try out the 440 highs cuz i cant skate lows and everyone raves about the 440 highs. will be a 2025 purchase tho, gotta chill with the shoe buying w my broke ass!

[moonordie]

NB should start sponsoring Slap as a collective lol

Or make a 440 slap cw as I've been asking forever and will keep doing it.

[rocklobster]

NB should start sponsoring Slap as a collective lol

The 440 when they were at closeout eBay prices was the unofficial shoe of Slap. Every image on "Post the shoes you're wearing. " was the 440 in the same colorway

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Someone refresh my memory of the NB 440s, someone was working for an online retailer that was listing on eBay. And his boss insisted he price them at $25 which was below MSRP or something?

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Numeric 440 for $23 shipped. Not the best colorway but still lots of sizes left.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/324121946503

Edit: There's also a 20% off coupon over $25 that these are eligible for, so you can basically get like a free pair of socks from Reebok or some lovely silk panties to keep cool in the summer heat.

https://www.ebay.com/e/fashion/fashion-sfc-7-27?_sop=2&rt=nc

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From what I remember, I think @rothdigga confirmed that someone within NB messed up and offloaded a bunch of those 440s on their closeout eBay account when they weren't supposed to. Pretty sure they were supposed to be full price? The company decided to honor all the sales though, which is super dope of them.

[Urtripping]

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If you're a thin shoe person and don't mind using super glue or shoe goo on canvas, chuck 70s are the way to go. They look good with everything and are significantly more durable than the "skate" ctas (if you are diligent about patching the canvas). I just brush on some gorilla glue on ollie hole areas before they even happen and the shoes don't blow out.

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How is the grip though?

Super good, soles are durable! I've never gone through an outsole like I typically do in Vans.

I can see them not working for everyone, especiallythose with wide feet. They definitely are long and narrow.

[frontsideNECKTIE]

Title should have been

"What were your favorite foot jawns last year?"

[toe_knee]

Been on a Reebok club c mid kick lately, don’t see me going back to anything core for a moment

[Turtle Boy]

Honestly, I think New Balance is doing the best job, honorable mention to Etnies (the Josl1n is a GREAT shoe).
I still skate some blazer mids form time to time but I feel the upper material quality is not on par with what it used to be 10 years ago.
I want to like adidas but it's difficult to find something great fitting/looking appart from the Puigs and the superstars.

[DarkPools]

Every year its the Joslin and Marana etnies. I always skate these in between trying other shoes as homebase.

2023 had me enjoying Es Quattro (skated 1) and KSL (skated 2) the most. Also skated Blazer Mids again and remembered how much I enjoyed those in the past

In 2024, I'm aiming to skate these and find my favorites:

440 HI
Silo SC
MC Rap Hi
OG-1
Figgy G6