Converse Coastal Carnage Coverage
Remember, this ramp is modular and portable. Looks fun as hell, especially when you skate as well as the guys in the video coverage from SoCal Skateparks. Check out those results too. There were some big names in there, but none of them made the top three. Kowalski power! The old Chuck Taylors’s used to be staple because they were cheap, but they were pretty useless in the long run. The best thing they had going was the price. They used to cost about $20 in the 80’s, which seemed about right. Somehow they cost $55 or more now! However… Converse Skateboarding has some shoes that look like they might be worth checking out – beefed up versions with styling reminiscent of the old CT’s, plus a cool looking mid-top too. What’s the point? Oh yeah, watch the video.
The one thing I do like about the Chuck Taylors is the brown rubber SOLE of the shoe. I don’t know about compounds, but it’s grippier (with just enough give), longer lasting (AND doesn’t slip out from under you when stepping on wet ground unlike many other “skate” shoes). If converse were to build a skate shoe around that sole, they’d have me for life.
Most of the Chuck Taylor’s soles now have a combination of rubber and some weird masonite material. I guess it’s cheaper, the reason why everything is made shittier now. Take a look the next time you’re in Target.
killer Hosoi footage!