For Fall 2015, Emerica presents Brandon Westgate’s latest pro model shoes, The Westgate CC and The Westgate Mid Vulc. Known for his incredible pop, rough, rugged and raw New York style skating, Element Skateboard’s newest pro rider has also been riding for Emerica for ages. While trends come and go, Brandon always showed his preferences…
Supra has had some mixed publicity lately, mostly because they, along with Kr3w, have recently been acquired by K-Swiss. While its not that uncommon amongst skate brands to have investors, it can be sensed that skaters are a bit wary. On the other hand, Supra has been pushing core-skateshops with their exclusive CrownCoalition program for…
Never change a system that’s running well. This train of thought may have been the exact source of inspiration for Etnies’ newest collection. The successful Marana line features everything a modern cupsole model should have: durability combined with cushioning and stability. This is something that sounds promising, but there’s one major flaw: it’s no vulc….
Last but not least, part III of the weartested Bright recap. Have a look at part II here and part I here. Supra With probably the longest shelves and a shoe for everybody, Supra’s booth generated a lot of traffic. besides the recent releases of 2012 in updated colorways, they introduced a vulcanised version of…
There is always room for improvement with most things, and skate shoes are no exception. Not too long after Kenny Anderson returned home to Converse – one of the best sponsor fits to date – his much anticipated pro model, the KA-One was released. The cupsole model, which shares the silhouette and toebox design with…
One of the upcoming reviews is about Kenny Andersons Converse model. It will be a combo review. Main focus is the KA-One, but the KA-One vulc will be featured as well.
Just one month on the market and already reviewed, the Habitat Garcia. Thanks to Jaime Fernandez at Habitat for the early samples. To get more background information and small updates, befriend weartested on facebook! High Quality PDF: REVIEW_HABITAT_GARCIA
Without further delays I’m now able to publish the review about the new Gravis Viking high vulc. I know that it took me longer than expected, but other projects with fixed deadlines had to be done before. Thanks to Greg at Gravis for the chance to test a pair! High quality PDF file: ODW Gravis Viking…
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…
Thanks for the all good feedback about the latest review! Here’s a bonus pic of the Adidas Campus vulc, they are not mine though, my brother skated all of these. Concerning future projects I’ll hopefully be able to reveal some information in about two weeks, be patient, it will be worth it …
Finally the Adidas Campus vulc review is finished. It took some time, but I’m satisfied with the result. The higher quality PDF file: adidas-campus-vulc-review
Here’s my pair of Adidas Campus vulc after 16 hours of skating: Because of multiple reasons the review will take more time than expected, please be patient.