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New Ryan Sheckler pro model

Walmart basketball shoes I’d rock fifteen years ago
Maybe that’s the thing I find oddly appealing about these. I don’t know that I’m into them, but I don’t know that I’m not…
https://footwearnews.com/2022/business/athletic-outdoor/etnies-owner-interview-35-year-anniversary-1203225875/There are several anticipated collections from Etnies in 2022. What do you expect to stand out?
PS: “From the start, Etnies was in a rebel sport, skateboarding was a rebel sport. It was about inventing and creating. Our Rebel Sports collection uses colors and design from back in the days —
we had a lot of red, black and white — and we’re bringing geometric patterns into it to make it super cool and exciting. Also, Ryan Sheckler, he’s been riding for us since I think 7 years old, we’re launching new shoes for him called the Estrella. It is a shoe that our designer, with Ryan and I worked on. They have a very nice aesthetic, we’re bringing something different to the market. And, of course, we’re using all of the usual Etnies technologies, things like the Flo2 tongue so the shoe doesn’t get too hot and the best foam for skateboarding. This evolution of foam, we worked on it for 10 years before bringing it to the market. We also have these shoes called the Marana, which is one of the shoes we made with Ryan Sheckler 10 years ago. We keep pushing the shoe to make them the most durable for skate, and we’re using Fiberlite technology, which makes them extremely durable. It is in our DNA to push the limits with any product.
We now have a vegan offering in our collection, and being eco-friendly is very important to us. We’re reducing our footprint and one of our big initiatives 10 years ago was to plant forests. We’ve planted over 2 million trees over the last 10 years and starting with Costa Rica and then to Brazil and Africa.”Take that cariuma