IPATH Containment Thread

[rawbertson.]

It is official. IPATH is coming back with 2 models, the Grasshopper and the Cricket. It's a shoe we have all seen before. So many of my favorite skaters from SF during the early 2000s wore this shoe, I had to see for myself and I was very hyped on it. The shoe looks very close to the original but I am probably not the best investigator - it was a long time ago. Curious what others think. I thought the Accel looked on point from the pictures at first but once I got it in person I could tell right away it wasn't the same.

I was a HUGE fan of the original Black Grasshopper. I got some of my favorite clips of all time wearing that shoe.

[144p]

The shoes look proper as far as slimming them down but not too much.
Excited to skate cats and crickets again.

[Madam, I'm Adam]

Grasshopper looks good. I've never worn I-Paths before, but I'd be interested in trying those out. Those and the Cats, eventually.

[Mongo Lloyd]

Man, I’ve been waiting for a proper comeback for what feels like an eternity. I skated the crickets, grasshoppers, travelers, the yogi’s and a few other in betweens. I concur @rawbertson that my best skating happened on I-path’s , and really nothing has replaced the brand for me.

In short, I’m amped and have been saying it in every I-Path thread.

[Luddite]

They should put on Myles Willard

[roba]

he wouldn't fit, they should put me on, i smoke weed

hyped for the grasshoppers, that's my favorite shoe i never had, those black leather ones looked so clean and cool in videos. hope they put out some two tone colorways, brown n white like puleo in static 2

[Allen.]

Never felt like I fit with the Rasta image but my old local in my hometown carried the fuck out of I-path, they were shoes that didn’t look like other shoes around at the time… then and now. I’m super hyped. Hoping the soles are a little better…

[Shrinedescender]

Stoked. It seems like they're doing it right so far so I'm down to support. And if Fred Gall's on board then so am I&I.

Never forget Ipath Summer Preview 2005

[rawbertson.]

Hoping the soles are a little better…

I do too. I am just getting used to skating cup soles again, these are probably going to feel on the chunkier side unless there have been some updates.

[Frank and Fred]

Loved the Grasshoppers also. I hope they mess around with some alternative materials again. I had a pair of hemp/ synthetic Grasshoppers that stand out in my memory as one of my all time fav shoes.

How about some Reeds? Fred is going to look good either way...

[Cthulhu!]

I need them.

[MusclesMarinara]

Getting every pair I can!

[theloniousmonk]

Loved the Grasshoppers also. I hope they mess around with some alternative materials again. I had a pair of hemp/ synthetic Grasshoppers that stand out in my memory as one of my all time fav shoes.

How about some Reeds? Fred is going to look good either way...

I had the best backside flips of my life with synthetic and hemp grasshoppers. I’ll be skating some soon, hoping for the vegetarian colors

[jfrankparnell]

My top 3 picks for the team:
Jake Johnson
Mike Arnold
Bobby Puleo

[pugmaster]

The Cats can't come out fast enough. The other models look legit so far.

[The real veganshawn]

Hopefully the vegan color coming soon.

[oyolar]

Loved the Grasshoppers also. I hope they mess around with some alternative materials again. I had a pair of hemp/ synthetic Grasshoppers that stand out in my memory as one of my all time fav shoes.

How about some Reeds? Fred is going to look good either way...

I had a pair of the Rasta Reeds and loved them. Skated them into oblivion.

I loved I-Path so can’t wait to see how this turns out. I never got a pair of the Traveler so would love to see those and some of their more unique styles come back. The Panthers look so nuts that I kinda love them. I had a pair of the Field pros with the sunburst lines on the side and it had a cool hemp paisley/textile pattern on the side. It think it was a pretty limited colorway because I can’t find photos of it anywhere. But I loved those so if they did stuff like that again, that would be awesome.

[Free hat]

Been back and forth with my thoughts on the relaunch but seeing the unboxing is tipping the scale towards full on hype. I loved the cats and grasshoppers. Cats may be in my top 3 skate shoes but idk how much of that is nostalgia and how they’d feel for skating today. I just hope it’s not like the axion thing from a while back. If ipath actually becomes a real company again I could see myself not skating anything else if they feel as good as I remember. 

[Sleazy]

down for this. used to skate the shit out of the kenny reeds.

[Cranberry Relish]

So sick. Will buy, confirmed.

[Tiltmode Army Reservist]

My top 3 picks for the team:
Jake Johnson
Mike Arnold
Bobby Puleo

Fred Gall FRED FUCKIN GALL and Ben Raybourn are already on, per Kenny Reed's Interview with The Chrome Ball Incident: https://chromeballincident.blogspot.com/2024/05/chrome-ball-interview-173-kenny-reed.html

[Allen.]

If they are doing the shoes the way that they did in 2011-12… we’ll be stoked. They slimmed it down and made the soles flexier/grippier/thinner as well.

[Atiba Applebum]

Matt field posted a close up of the Cats too.   

[marcusbutler]

Low tops look alright.

[Rick Trapasso]

 I'm stoked on this reboot.

Curious how the younger generation feels.

[Shrinedescender]

I'm stoked on this reboot.

Curious how the younger generation feels.

They don't even know what iPath is/was. Besides them initially tagging Zumiez and Complex on the Instagram, iPath doesn't seem to be catering to the youth much by marketing through Kenny Reed and Matt Field. Maybe that'll change at a later point but I think it would be cool if it's predominately og heads rocking the reissues and we can kinda give a nod to each other on the sesh like we know what's up. Though I can't imagine that's a viable business strategy so maybe there will be exclusive colorway drops through Complex and emo music iPath edits in the future idk.

[CarcassToss]

The younger generation supposedly buys DC reissues according to a people in another thread where I hypothesized that they couldn't give a shit less.

I don't see how they can necessarily fuck them up. The soles were like a thinner Jordan 1, which at the time was amazing because of how bulky everything was. It seems people are liking (more functional) bulk again so as long as it's not Emerica level quality we'll be good. I remember countless pairs of black Grasshoppers lasting much longer than anything else I skated at the time to the point that my Mom would go out and get new pairs for me and made me pay for any other shoe myself.

[Ok]

The younger generation supposedly buys DC reissues according to a people in another thread where I hypothesized that they couldn't give a shit less.

I don't see how they can necessarily fuck them up. The soles were like a thinner Jordan 1, which at the time was amazing because of how bulky everything was. It seems people are liking (more functional) bulk again so as long as it's not Emerica level quality we'll be good. I remember countless pairs of black Grasshoppers lasting much longer than anything else I skated at the time to the point that my Mom would go out and get new pairs for me and made me pay for any other shoe myself.

the grasshopper had some ebb and flow in quality. i remember the very early blue suedes being amazing, early black leathers too.
had some later run black ‘leathers’ that were so plastic.
i loved my grey mystics too much…..

hyped for grasshoppers and cats

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

How they make some little tweaks/ upgrades tho…

[Jim and Dan]

Black leather Grasshoppers were good as gold, these reissues look pretty spot on.

I remember I crooked grinded this down rail 1st try in a pair of black leather Grasshoppers that were maybe 1-2 sizes too big after hours at the Waterville Valley skateboard camp in front of all of the big dawgs. I remember being really proud of that and that particular moment is seared into my brain for a variety of reasons, mostly the surprise and shock of being scared to commit but somehow riding away 1st try, the fact that I probably hadn't done a crooked grind in probably over a year, but also how fucking stoked on was on those black leather Grasshoppers. 

Never skated the Crickets, but had countless other pairs of iPaths during their heyday (1985s, Reed Mids, Cats, Sizzlas).

I'm trying not to have any expectations but it looks like it is going in a good direction, especially after the Kenny Reed CBI piece.