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Which one would you guys recommend and why? Ive heard these shoes are pretty durable and last a couple of months compared to other typical skate shoes so im really interested in them.

Ive always liked how they look, esp the accels but all 3 look really cool. And second ive heard good things about these shoes about their durability, longevity, and overall feel when skating.

And yes i know the issue with Lakai with Luis Mora being fired and all the skaters being dropped and all that but I’d still want to support my local skate shops who bought them before the whole shit show that Marc Roca did and is now having to compete with Lakai themselves for the prices.

Besides that what would you guys recommend the most? (Durability, Longevity, and Overall feeling when skating)

Shoes are pretty expensive in my country (around 4-6k PHP) and the shoes I’m currently skating are thrifted nike sb’s, Im pretty sure they’re reps too because its so common in my country to be sold fakes and reps. It has no hole on the ollie patches yet but Im 100% sure its because I put glue gun on the high wear areas (I didn’t have shoe goo at the time so yea). But without the glue id probably reckon it would only last a month before it had a hole in it, it was cheap as hell (less than 1k PHP) so i wouldn’t really complain. Also im a beginner so i’ve only been doing ollie variations.

But I would want a shoe that will last me long, im talking more than 3-4 months maybe even 6 months if possible. Granted I know it’ll be more expensive but I want to be able to justify spending that much on a shoe that will just wear away anyways. I wouldn’t really have a problem with them being expensive if they just lasted long tbh.

Drop your recommendations down in the comments!

P.S ive searched some reddit threads and i keep seeing etnies maranas and half cabs so i might check those out

As some of you know I skate in my friend’s small little park and it has 2 ledges and 1 flat bar. The flat bar is just an inch taller than my board (8.0) and I can ollie that high comfortably but the problem is I cant even get on the rail when trying to ollie on it because I just cant seem to lock on and also the fear of falling forward flat on my face. The 2 ledges are taller than the flat bar, first one is around 3 inches taller than the flat bar, and the other one is around knee high.

And before you guys say practice on a curb, I would if I could, living in a third world country gives you shtty roads and the curbs that we do have are on the highway, and are the same height as the ledges on the park anyways (this is also the reason why I cant practice ollies on and off stuff)

Should I just keep trying the flat bar or just commit to the ledge? And what are your guys tips to be able to do it?

P.S this is the first rail/ledge trick ive ever tried doing

As some of you know I skate in my friend’s small little park and it has 2 ledges and 1 flat bar. The flat bar is just an inch taller than my board (8.0) and I can ollie that high comfortably but the problem is I cant even get on the rail when trying to ollie on it because I just cant seem to lock on and also the fear of falling forward flat on my face. The 2 ledges are taller than the flat bar, first one is around 3 inches taller than the flat bar, and the other one is around knee high.

And before you guys say practice on a curb, I would if I could, living in a third world country gives you shtty roads and the curbs that we do have are on the highway, and are the same height as the ledges on the park anyways (this is also the reason why I cant practice ollies on and off stuff)

Should I just keep trying the flat bar or just commit to the ledge? And what are your guys tips to be able to do it?

P.S this is the first rail/ledge trick ive ever tried doing

It the rainy season now and it gets pretty unpredictable at times, sometimes the weather app will say its pouring when its bright out and vice versa. Ive been looking into buying board bags for when it suddenly starts to rain mid sesh and need to go home. How waterproof are they? Obviously i wont wait out in the rain and let it just get wet but if i was carrying it and it starts to rain while going to the commuting station would my setup get fked up or no?

Incoming 1st year here, came from the SHS department of SLU rin kaya ik how strict they are, pero my peers always say na mas less strict lagi sa college eh. Stric ba sila about Jorts sa college? Mine are usually around the knee or below the knee. I wear them all the time kasi lagi and minsan naiinitan ako pag naka pants kaya im hoping na i can wear jorts haha

I started skating again about 3 weeks ago, and I could already ollie pretty decently even doing ollies over cones. I took a break for 2 days because my hip flexor started hurting so i did some yoga to relieve it, so far so good on that. But when i skated again yesterday it felt like i stepped on the board for the first time again. I couldnt ollie if i wanted to, i was genuinely trying and it felt like ive never done an ollie before. I tried doing it moving because usually i land my ollies better when im moving but then I was scared? for some reason I was afraid of doing an ollie while moving again, even if it was just slow steady roll.

I genuinely dont know what happened to me the past 2 days but it all feels like its my first time getting on the board and im so frustrated because I know im able to do more than not being able to get the board up let alone move. So far it seems to only be ollies, , pushing, and cruising still feels the same, but when i do ollies it feels like I have never done them before.

I saw a listing on my marketplace selling secondhand nike sb's, ive been wanting to try them out since ive been using old normal nike dunks lately and i like how they feel so i want to try SB versions. Are there any major differences with the pro and non pro versions? The first one is pro and the second one is an otomo katsuhiro collab and I like the way it looks more. Is there a very big difference if i skated the non pro instead of the pro one?

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