New lakais skate amazing.
The echo chamber keyboard boys here who don't skate wouldn't know that.
I skate probably skate 5 hours a week on average. Some weeks up to 8-10, some weeks as low as 2-3
I tried the trudger, I tried the Telfords, I tried the Newports, not one of them hold up to the counterparts from NB/Nike.
I would gladly give a smaller skater owned company all of my money. But after buying a bunch of pairs of lakais in the past 3-4 years I can honestly say they're just not worth it in comparison.
The price to performance ratio is just a straight up waste of money for me.
I can spend $110 on a pair of 480s that lasts me more than twice as long as a pair of Telfords.