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i still don't understand what vulcanized means, but i won't tell anyone that
I don't either
It's the white band around the outside of the shoe
Chemically speaking, vulcanization is the process where natural rubber latex is heated with sulphur so that it has more usefull properties such as flexibility and durability. All commercial rubber is vulcanized, otherwise the rubber is useless because it is deforms too easily and gets brittle and chips when cold.
Therefore, every skate shoe uses vulcanized rubber. There is no skate shoe that is unvulcanized. I think It's just used as an advertising tool to describe thicker soles.
Edit: I'm no sneakerhead, so I could be dead wrong. I asked a shoe god oracle about this matter and I'll see how he responds.