Does anyone know if it's easy the rip the insole out of OG Vans? I want some Sk8 Highs but for some reason the pro versions of them look weird to me...
Classics all day! Microwave the shoe real quick, get your fingers underneath the back of the insole by the heal, and pull that up. Make sure to aviod the stitching that holds the sides of the shoe to the actual sole. This is the rubber back half of the insole which isn't usually glued down to the point of being un-removable.
The front half of the insole is blue foam, and usually pretty well attached. The back and front of the insole are attached on the top with a canvas layer or something. If you're very careful and lucky, sometimes the top layer holds the foam in one piece and you get the whole thing in one pull. If not (i.e. typically you will have to) get a butter knife or something and just scrape out all the blue foam, jab and scrape the sole a bunch and pour all the foam flakes into a trashcan or whatever.
The foam will fall like little blue flakes of tiny snow, promising only great sessions ahead