2009 was a year of a few very iconic new skate shoe releases. Here are my personal top 3 in no particular order. Adidas Busenitz Pro The first pro model of Adidas Skateboarding was maybe one of the most successful shoes of 2009. The soccer inspired style with the characteristic long tongue set a new…
www.weartested.de is the new home of my skate shoe review site. I hope all of you like the new design and the adress! If you experience any difficulties with the new site, please leave me a comment.Updates on future projects will follow soon… Regards, Clemens
At the end of a very exciting year for me and my weartested-blog, I’d like to first of all thank all of the visitors and readers in 2009. I’m still excited every time I have a look at the stats and see how many people visit this site on a daily basis. Without you, many possibilities…
I just finished a review for the German Place Magazine about the Converse Chuck Taylor Skate. It will be published in the January issue as a part of the MADE FOR SKATE Shoe reviews that will be featured in the mag every 2 months from now on.
I just received a sample of one of the new Arto Saari pro models of Gravis Ivsk8 for 2010. The “Viking high vulc” features a new abrasion resistant material in the front that I wanted to test since I first heard of it. It is supposed to be more durable than leather while still having…
This is the Mike Mo after 6 hours of skating. Please notice the almost perfectly fine laces…not bad so far! And I can also reveal already that many will be stoked on the cupsole of these, at least I am.
The second episode of the Slap Shoe Blog went online today. Check it out by clicking on the picture!
I’m happy to announce that I got the possibility to test the first Mike Mo pro model that will release in Spring 2010. Thanks a lot to Kelly Bird at Lakai for the support and trust! The format of the review is not yet decided, but be sure that updates will be posted along the…
Some of you might have noticed that I added the link of Skateistan.org. Although one of my goals is to keep the site skate shoe review related at all times, I’m making an exception for this one because it’s such a good cause that I’d like to support. Please have a look at the slideshow…
Here’s the newest review I did . It took quite some time since I announced it because I stopped skating them to do the Busenitz Pro in between, but better late than never, right? I hope the huge interest in the new Gravis IVsk8 line is satisfield for now even though it is not about…
For all that requested the Nike SB Bruin to be reviewed next I have good news. The next episode of the Slap Shoe Blog will be about this new Nike model. If everything works out as planned, it will be online in just a few weeks. Thanks to Nike SB and Mark Whiteley from Slap…
I’ll have a close look at your suggestions for future reviews and figure out what’s possible, reasonable and wanted by the audience during the next week. I’m not going to close the comment function, so if you have any last minute ideas just keep posting.
