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why dont more skate shoe companies these days use lace loops?
I hat having my laces ripped after 2 or 3 sessions, and that can be prevented by using loops.
In the late 90s was standard, nowdays there are no skate shoes that offer that.
I dont want the late 90s moon shoes, I just want the lace loops.
I think about this all the time. It's such a simple feature.
Man I almost started a whole thread on this shit the other day. Lace protection seems like an afterthought for most of these shoe designs out there nowadays, which is baffling to me.
The slimmed down DC Lynx S that came out a few years ago had lace loops that worked perfectly, only problem was the ONE lace hole at the top that wasn’t a loop and since the cut of the shoe was so low, the lace ripped up there after a lot of heelflips
The NB# 533V2 have a solid alternative lace system, but aesthetically the shoe doesn’t look as good. Not a big deal, but looks do matter sometimes
The Vans UltraRange Pro has actually had some of the best lace protection simply by way of placement. The lace holes are more on top of the shoe and are just out of the way on Ollies & fliptricks. I skated that shoe for a while and never ripped any laces, and I only barely shredded them a little bit at the top with heelflips.
I think the second Koston Nike shoe had the laces placed out of the way too if I remember correctly. With all the innovation going on with skate shoes, you’d like doing stuff lace loops or better placement would be much more common