The end of Cons

[144p]

I worry for the older guys. Mike Anderson, Aaron Herrington, Brad Cromer, Sammy Baca etc. I hope they can get a new contract.

[Yakusoku2]

Whoa memory unlocked. I think I had a pair of Chany Pro 1 around 2000-2002 but they were all black. Probably a different model but similar to the Chany. Totally forgot about them and they were my very first skate shoes since I started in 1999.

[Useless_wooden_lurker]

Thanks for the shoe tips, pals. I've tried the Gilbert Highs, but they're super wide and I don't get that same snuggly feeling I got with CTAS Highs.

But I got some Authentic Highs, Blazer Mids, and LRABs (weird insoles!) on deck and soon it shall be time for a battle royale.

[Dwayne Hoover]

I worry for the older guys. Mike Anderson, Aaron Herrington, Brad Cromer, Sammy Baca etc. I hope they can get a new contract.

fan of everyone listed but i think some of these guys need to be realistic about their place in skateboarding in 2026 and beyond, if they aren't already

[manuduncan]

Thanks for the shoe tips, pals. I've tried the Gilbert Highs, but they're super wide and I don't get that same snuggly feeling I got with CTAS Highs.

But I got some Authentic Highs, Blazer Mids, and LRABs (weird insoles!) on deck and soon it shall be time for a battle royale.

of the shoes you have on deck i'd say blazer mids have the best combination of everything the other shoes offer and the most comfortable. the only downside of them is they're kind of a pain in the ass to take on and off imo

[JamesFardy]

Maybe we were the cons all along

[VCR]

All they had to do was release some Pro Leather highs

[swongolianbbq]

All they had to do was release some Pro Leather highs

For real.

[camel filters]

Feels like the team will be

BDK

Mike Anderson

Louie

Alexis

Milton Martinez

then a bunch of folks getting bumped down to flow.

Youngest guy being BDK at 30 is fried. Also if we are going older team, JJ needs to be on the list. His aura goes beyond output at this point. If Cons wants to have a future, Zion Effs, BOD, and people between the ages of those guys.

[gnidraobetaks]

You know it was sus when every third kid on the east coast could get on flow about 5 years ago.

[rawbertson.]

actually this likely affects 2 of my favorite skaters
dilzzzzzzzz + gonogold
Chris Athans, Shaneweck up there for me as well
theres some other people i like on there for sure. i really like the way the all black ones look
they do have some really different type of skaters on there team it was pretty rad. idk if the shoes were really for me but i liked they type of skaters they had that were wearin em thats for sure.

[Texas_Tone]

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All they had to do was release some Pro Leather highs

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For real.

I like the suede lows as well

[PalaceButtPlug]

only a matter of time before they pull the plug on nike's skate program and we all go back to skating basketball shoes - then it will REALLY be like the 90s

[IanBZHD]

only a matter of time before they pull the plug on nike's skate program and we all go back to skating basketball shoes - then it will REALLY be like the 90s

I think it would take a lot for Nike, Cons, Adidas to fully pull out of skateboarding at this point, I could see them dropping most of the team and only keeping 3 main people and a large flow team.
They will probably weight the cost of staying in skating vs the amount of culture points they get from skateboarding.

There is a sick part of me that would enjoy all skateboarding shoes being gone and everybody hunting Ross for the best 'normal' shoes to skate in. It would give us a nice rehash of the 90s.

[assvogel]

Cons has been cool (as far as multinational megacorporations go) imo from riders to videos, but you just can't buy them from skateshops in here, so it's hard to support.

People are sponsored by Cons and they send their riders boxes to the local, but they won't sell stock, which is pretty fucking weird. IIRC it's because they (as in Nike) didn't want the shoes to compete with the SB Dunks when the hype started...

[ralf_]

y'all skated reeboks recently?

[Hqjdncm]

Just put out the jack purcell again

[Texas_Tone]

y'all skated reeboks recently?

Yes, the club C despite being soft leather still skates decent, with some superglue,  wish they would remake the workout with the club c sole

[AnthonyHawkins]

Nike contracts normally expire at the end of May each year (at least in Europe), so I think the same might apply to CONS. If that’s the case, we should start seeing a lot of "OF" threads soon.

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Nike contracts normally expire at the end of May each year (at least in Europe), so I think the same might apply to CONS. If that’s the case, we should start seeing a lot of "OF" threads soon.

"OF" season in May, SOTY season in November - got it.

[ralf_]

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y'all skated reeboks recently?

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Yes, the club C despite being soft leather still skates decent, with some superglue,  wish they would remake the workout with the club c sole

thats what i'm skating. good boardfeel i think

[Jim and Dan]

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y'all skated reeboks recently?

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Yes, the club C despite being soft leather still skates decent, with some superglue,  wish they would remake the workout with the club c sole

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thats what i'm skating. good boardfeel i think

Any of the Club C class fucks...

I'd skate the BB4000/4500s as well...

The constant blowouts and sales on the Converse website never bode well, you can get some jawns for like 20 beans...

[Canuck]

This was predicted when when all the big sportwear corporations came in 20 plus years ago. It just took longer than everyone thought for them to eventually pull out.

[backside_frontside]

This was predicted when when all the big sportwear corporations came in 20 plus years ago. It just took longer than everyone thought for them to eventually pull out.

Quasimodo predicted all of this.

[rawbertson.]

Watching Skateboarding is just not that interesting to people who don't do it. It is really hard to understand if you do do it... They might as well be watching cricket.

It is getting more and more difficult for small companies to sustain themselves, but its possible if it is scaled to the right size and they understand the user base correctly. Gotta go back to a minimalist approach.

I look at stuff like Fingerboards and Fight Sticks for Street Fighter, and the climate of those products has changed so much in the last 10 years. Theres a ton of mass produced versions of both of those things that are actually really good quality compared to then, and the price point is way down. Those manufacturers understand how to make things cheap and "Good enough" and i feel like we are gonna see a shift in skateboards to stuff like that. There will be some "pro identity" lost i think.

[shannamal]

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Feels like the team will be

BDK

Mike Anderson

Louie

Alexis

Milton Martinez

then a bunch of folks getting bumped down to flow.

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Youngest guy being BDK at 30 is fried. Also if we are going older team, JJ needs to be on the list. His aura goes beyond output at this point. If Cons wants to have a future, Zion Effs, BOD, and people between the ages of those guys.

that's fully a fair point. i dunno, maybe they just don't have a future

[Canuck]

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This was predicted when when all the big sportwear corporations came in 20 plus years ago. It just took longer than everyone thought for them to eventually pull out.

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Quasimodo predicted all of this.

Nostradamus and Notre Dame... two different things completely.

[Atiba Applebum]

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This was predicted when when all the big sportwear corporations came in 20 plus years ago. It just took longer than everyone thought for them to eventually pull out.

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Quasimodo predicted all of this.

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Nostradamus and Notre Dame... two different things completely.

You’re telling me all the time he spent with the gypsies he didn’t learn any fortune telling?

[GoneWithTheSchwinn]

Just put out the jack purcell again

This.

[funeral_tuxedo]

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Feels like the team will be

BDK

Mike Anderson

Louie

Alexis

Milton Martinez

then a bunch of folks getting bumped down to flow.

[close]

Youngest guy being BDK at 30 is fried. Also if we are going older team, JJ needs to be on the list. His aura goes beyond output at this point. If Cons wants to have a future, Zion Effs, BOD, and people between the ages of those guys.

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that's fully a fair point. i dunno, maybe they just don't have a future

Romel Torres shows a lot of promise: