They’re basically ugly, sub par versions of Nike’s basketball shoes. Too clunky for their own good if you ask me, but nowhere near as atrocious as the monstrosities Osiris is sh*tting out. I myself DO collect some sneakers just to wear out and look nice. But for that I get Jordans and actual Nikes, not these poser SB’s and Osiris which are just mimicking those designs.

From a purely technical standpoint, Nike SB’s just do not feel like “real” skate shoes to me. The problem is they are created to be a fashion icon 1st and a skateboarding shoe 2nd.

As far as quality and skate ability, they do not hold up nearly as well as many smaller brands such as FALLEN who make the best skate shoes on the market in my opinion. They use classic time tested designs (similar to vans) and make them more durable and comfortable. I found some Fallen Fortes on sale for $20 today and got 2 pair because I know they are a quality product, and a great investment.

I’d like to continue supporting these companies much as I can. Today brands like this are the ones keeping the industry alive by focusing on simple, clean and functional designs and not over the top, hip hop influenced style that puts fashion before functionality! Everything a REAL skateboarding shoe should be. I use Fallen as one example because they are my personal favorite, but there are many other quality brands out there too. Nike SB just doesn’t happen to be one of them in my honest opinion.

Any real skaters out there I urge you, Don’t Do It if you want to keep the industry’s roots and soul in tact. Rise With The Fallen!

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Back before Nike SB, skaters used Dunk’s because they found that the Dunk wasn’t just a basketball shoe. It offered everything that a skater needed in a shoe and that’s why they were used.

It should’ve stayed that way. All companies are made to make money. So Nike decided to branch out into the skating divison and BAM! In 2002 they made their own colorful shoes for skating. Now the other skating shoes I’ve heard skate really good. But the Dunk and the Blazer were originally basketball shoes. If Nike wanted to make a skateboarding division, why did they have to use a pair of shoes that were clearly not cut out for it? And come on? They’ve made at least 1,000 colors out of the same shoe. Emerica and their Hsu, which I used to have (gave them away since I don’t skate) are still, at most, on their 100th colorway. The Nike Dunk was meant for basketball. And for those who wanted that extra edge to look really good. I mean, the only difference between Nike SB and Nike is the fact that they have other colors and SB is embroidered on the tongue. But once they turned on skating that’s when the sins piled up. The only civic good they do with Nike SB is the fact that they don’t use sweatshops to manufacture them and that’s the only reason why I’d buy from them, but I don’t skate and I have shoes that prove it (which by the way are also not made in sweatshops), but I really think that Nike SB should put much more heart and soul into their shoes. Because from what I’m seeing even the most creative Nike SB’s still have no hearts inside them.

Nike forces shops to buy so much per month, and that is what puts skateshops out of business… I have seen it way too many times, they are not helping anybody but footlocker, Nike and footlocker have a scheme to put the most popular skate shoe companies out of business along with the core skateshops… So far their plan is working, so once you have to buy all your stuff from CCS or Sports Authority you can be proud to have been part of the downfall of skateboarding as we know it.