I found some pictures on the internet.
More models and colors here, also a new cupsole I think? https://freestyleshop.com/collections/emerica
Unfortunately everything seems to be sold out.
They're not sold out. They seem to just have them on their site before they've been released.
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Tom Penny Accel OG incoming as well
God dammit, eS. The buyer at our shop already told me about those and we were both just dumbfounded that they would do that instead of reissuing one of his two original models. Such a missed opportunity.
The KSL is almost identical to the eS Contract.
Obviously I have nothing to do with Es but you gotta realize that giving Penny a colorway on an existing shoe only takes a few months where reissuing/redesigning a shoe takes 18 months.
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Mmmmmmm Emerica will be getting so much of my money in the next couple months, between those G6 KSLs and Julian cw, slip cups and the Toy collab.
I like the KSL G6, but as stupid as it is to be picking about such a small feature, the way the side panel/toe box narrows so much going up to the laces...wont ever look right. I get that there may be issues in not wanting to look like AJ Low, but still, from a larger side panel/toe box to a narrow area going toward the laces...it's hard for me to get passed that in how it makes the front of the shoe look altogether.
The main reason I'm waiting for the KSL is that it looks like the closest shoe compared to Reynolds G6 which I can’t buy anymore… I don’t really even like the green and white lines on the side, but nothing of that will matter as long as it feels something like my Reynolds.
The Spanky and Figgy has been too thin and slim for me. Skating vert, bowl and street the Reynolds was the shoe that could do it all and never hurt my foot in them. Also worked and walked in them a lot, so I really have high expectations on the KSL.
I see where you say they are reminiscent of the Reynolds G6. But do keep in mind, and EmericaTM mentioned it too, the KSL has the same sole as the Spanky G6, so if the Spanky was too thin, be careful of expectations of foot pain for his new shoe.
The KSL G6 upper is thicker than the upper on the Spanky G6.
i know I'm a broken record at this point but that shoe look so damn good and is an absolute instant buy! I read a few pages back that it's dropping in Oct if the ports aren't too backed up. @EmericaTM might be able to shed more light on release window soon?
The port is still pretty fucked up but still looking to release next month still.
The problem here is that soletech hasn't left. They're still here, but they're only halfway in. And the thing that's most disheartening is the fact that they don't see how bad most of what they do actually is... They claim to be 100% skateboarding, but when you look at what eS is doing, its almost entirely marketed for that community of fat dude posers on instagram from the 'golden era' who sucked at skating to begin with. Makes you question the judgement of what should be the #1 entity in skateboard footwear based on their history and commitment to the game.
If soletech doesn't want to invest in skateboarding by means of creating authentic skateboard footwear brands that push the boundaries of design and define the rules for what stylish skateboard footwear is, then honestly GTFO!
Maybe stop doing sh*t like this and use that money for new molds and to hire more designers..
I know someone already said it on here but you definitely went out of your way to find the wildest shoes we make. Did you intentionally not look at the 5 pro models designed by the pros themselves as well as a whole bunch of team shoes? Do you really think Sole Tech isn't investing into skateboarding? Where have you been the last 25 years? Emerica is 100% pure skateboarding. It always has been and always will be. Hope you realize that making a colorway that is sort of different or out there doesn't add up to the cost of a new mold let alone one or multiple shoe designers.
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Yeah I’m not fat, skate just fine, and still love eS and Emerica. You conveniently chose the few outlier ugly models/colorways to make your point when all the corpo sports brands have unlimited amounts of ridiculous looking shoes like pretty much every colour of the Dunk, for instance. You think fuzzy neon orange Dunks look cool?! You love giant logos on literally every model so you have no choice but to rock giant logos like a walking billboard? Some of us like classic silhouettes without giant logos or any connection to major sports.
I agree that I used the worst sh*t to prove my point. I should mention though that I do not, and never will support corporate skate footwear brands aside from vans, maybe. All I want is a dope looking cupsole shoe that offers features that protect my feet and add to durability, while also taking risks design wise.
Emerica is my favorite footwear brand of all time, but they don't make a single shoe I would buy. I strictly wear cupsole shoes for skating, and I know they make cupsoles with features (pour in g6), but why do their cupsoles have to look like vulc shoes? I want a slightly sporty looking cupsole shoe from emerica.. something with some good looking sculpted contours and maybe a foam midsole. (For anyone who mentions the westgate g6, that still wasn't it)
It really bums me out that emerica is like some psuedo motorcycle-skate brand nowadays. Like, just because I don't eat cigarette butts for breakfast, listen to motorhead, drink budweiser heavy, and look like I shower every now and then I can't support emerica? F*ck that, Emerica should be the neutral, core skateboard footwear brand for anyone who skates. The brand identity should be skateboarding, not motorcycles, shitty beer, and stoner rock.
No offense to anyone who is into that kind of thing btw, I just think emerica is too important to skateboarding as a whole to be so directional in their identity.
Glad that you can admit that you looked for the worst colorways you could find and that you're also a fan of skater owned brands. We've had a lot of cupsoles drop recently and have even more coming out. Even though you're already aware of the pour-in G6 midsole maybe you would be into the Gamma G6 as that shoe has a little bit more of a "sportier" look to it than the rest of our other models. It's funny to hear you say Emerica is some motorcycle brand and that our identity is shitty beer and stoner rock. The team is more diverse than you realize as I'm sure you're basing the entire identity off of a couple team riders versus us being a brand that is 100% neutral as you're wanting. From Spanky to Winkowski to Julian to Jpow, we have an entire team that aren't stoner rockin', motor cyclin' and beer drinking guys (75% of the team is sober by the way). Just a group of guys that fucking love to skate and are great at it.
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