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Skate shoes (Dunlop volleys anyone?)

So i know there are a few skate shoe threads, but i haven't seen one bumped for a long time so this can't hurt too badly.

 

And i do have a specific question :)

 

So my shoes are kinda dead, i went to clark rubber and got some stuff to stick on the bottom, but its flat and non grippy and it peeled off and my shoes are dead anyway.

 

So new shoes it is. 

I remember dunlop volleys feelin pretty comfy, and apparently they are really grippy, so i was wondering if anyone had tried them for skating?

 

They're only like $20 at BIG W so it would be a pretty cheap skating shoe because if i remmeber correctly the sole is rather thick aswell.

 

so anyway, just wondering if anyone has used them for longboarding and what they're thoughts were :)

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Paxton on February 27, 2011 at 21:54
they have a huge rubber nose tho. i tried it and it always dug into my toes.
Permalink Reply by Alex Gillis on February 27, 2011 at 21:57
Volleys are cheap and grippy, but you will destroy them. Quickly. Also, no protection whatsoever.
Permalink Reply by Isaac on February 27, 2011 at 22:11

Its ages since I've been with crew using them...

But I think it goes bit like this:

1. Initially heaps grippy, far far to grippy,

so much that if you have decent speed and chuck your foot down you'll go with it

2. Similarly to a wheel, you can break them in with careful wear

At this stage they stop you comfortably, yet heat up like nothing eles - ensuring deck grip problems

3. Ignore part2, your bound to go move part that stage pretty damn quickly

Now your onto either thinning or huge holes, depending on how even your foot-brake is

This is the stage where you vow to change-up your footwear as you try to carefully continue using them

4.Death of sole

 

You can pick up no-name brand skate shoes from big w or what ever for around the same cost as volleys which would work a lot better.

Or pick up something from ebay (/china) and skip the middle-man.

 

Permalink Reply by stephen.mhsrider on February 27, 2011 at 22:23
i rock the volleys when i know i won't be footbraking
Permalink Reply by Atticus antony Possingham on February 27, 2011 at 22:31
hmm i get ebay nikes they are like $60/70 but last me a long time. the grip they have is heaps good and dosen't wear out very quickly. and they look sick so its a win win
Permalink Reply by leighgriffiths on February 27, 2011 at 23:23
no ankle support whatsoever. basically if you have to run out a fast stack in dunlop volley's, there is a good chance you won't be skating for a while.

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by sean meaney on February 27, 2011 at 23:39

pro's and cons for vollies

 

Pro's

Cheap

Flexy even after you add 8mm of breaksole to them

easy to track down

 

Cons

Cheap quality

Wear really really really quickly

No support at all for any part of your foot

horrid in a crash

rip to shreds when you slide on them in a crash

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Tim Day on February 27, 2011 at 23:43

Just get high topped skate shoes with decent padding, decklines are rad.

 

They protect you if you fall, durable, if you footbrake like I do with your foot locked next to the board they save your ankle. As for the sole? I wouldn't buy a shoe for the sole quality for footbraking. Just get some car tire. Buy a shoe for protection....trust me you want to save your ankles. 

Permalink Reply by Atticus antony Possingham on February 28, 2011 at 7:13
Yeah agreed an with the decklines they are a great shoe 

Tim Day said:

Just get high topped skate shoes with decent padding, decklines are rad.

 

They protect you if you fall, durable, if you footbrake like I do with your foot locked next to the board they save your ankle. As for the sole? I wouldn't buy a shoe for the sole quality for footbraking. Just get some car tire. Buy a shoe for protection....trust me you want to save your ankles. 


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by The Dave on February 28, 2011 at 7:44

Runouts are the worst in volleys. Soles are far too thin. I have chronic heel pain now from kicking out the board too hard on a heelside standie and smacking my heel into the road. If I'd been wearing decent skate shoes I would have come off far better. Runouts are agonising now because of it.

Avoid them. Get something with a thicker sole.

leighgriffiths said:

no ankle support whatsoever. basically if you have to run out a fast stack in dunlop volley's, there is a good chance you won't be skating for a while.

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Nick Lonergan on February 28, 2011 at 18:25
ebay some high top vans or decklines . they are just all round best

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by blackwood on February 28, 2011 at 18:45
Very handy if you skate to a job as a roofer. However if your feeling the money how about the classic KT26. features include handy velcro straps instead of pesky laces and a design that is a timeless classic.

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