at least they're trying things. give them time to get the shape right (assuming thats just a trial shape because I have to agree, it's not that pretty, they need to spend more time fixing that shoe up). As for the BA gibberish, they're not trying to put out a ton of bland shoes, they're trying to put out a bunch of DIFFERENT kinds of shoes that fit DIFFERENT functions. You're looking at it from a stand point of, hey, he's really good and needs a shoe, and Nike is looking at it as, we're trying to put out different shoes that aren't generic vans rip offs, we don't want to be lakai. His shoe will come when it can stand alone and as it's own shoe. To be honest tho, there are a lot of dudes on there that should have a shoe, paid more dues, did their time, lance mountain is a great example. They're really trying to make a few quality technical skate shoes, quality, not quantity when it comes outside of dunk/hypebeast territory. They're actually giving a shit and trying to take big nike tech and putting it back into the SB division. That's hella more than adidas is doing, and LIGHT YEARS ahead of CONS. I don't see a valid reason to hate nike. they're trying to prove their worth as a shoe brand and they think they can make a better shoe and are actually trying, which is more than I can say than a lot of "skater owned" companies that are milking it like gravis, and even ones that are exist to ride the money wave like dekline.