# Shoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Equipment and Reviews\ **Created:** [March 10, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167 "2019-03-10T10:49:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 190
**Author:** ![ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/ihatethegeneralpublic/32/4656_2.png) [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3912 "2021-01-25T23:45:55Z")
I loved the BA’s, shame they weren’t around too long. ---
**Author:** ![ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/ciaran/32/42_2.png) [@ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ciaran)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3913 "2021-01-26T00:15:54Z")
I got a pair in grey and black. Looked fine, felt rad. Seemed like all the dope colourways sold out instantly, which made the ugly ones seem like they were the only ones available. ---
**Author:** ![42069666](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/42069666/32/22050_2.png) [@42069666](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/42069666)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3915 "2021-01-26T09:19:08Z")
![image](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/c/c6dbe44b12bca1c1c0b6267408f84e0776f19cae.jpeg) Did anyone ever skate these? They haven’t aged well. Thought they were stinkin when they came out too. Wonder how much stuff like this costs Nike haha ---
**Author:** ![hugo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/hugo/32/789_2.png) [@hugo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/hugo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3916 "2021-01-26T09:22:58Z")
Is that the Omaz Salzar shoe? ---
**Author:** ![BDF](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BDF](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/BDF)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3917 "2021-01-26T09:23:59Z")
Yeah. Didnt it have a load of basketball tech in it? Flywire? ---
**Author:** ![hugo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/hugo/32/789_2.png) [@hugo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/hugo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3918 "2021-01-26T09:27:03Z")
That shoe went down the pan faster than his skate career. Seems like he’s dropped of the face of the earth after Alien Workshop went shit. ---
**Author:** ![ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/ihatethegeneralpublic/32/4656_2.png) [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3919 "2021-01-26T09:46:47Z")
Those were awful. I think he had an even shorter lived second model which was slightly better. ---
**Author:** ![Snurp](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@Snurp](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Snurp)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3920 "2021-01-26T09:48:39Z")
Didn’t he won SOTY as well? He had that one pretty gnarly part in Mindfield but he didn’t really do anything different as I recall. Just skated fast and did hillbombs and big 5050s. ---
**Author:** ![BDF](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BDF](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/BDF)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3921 "2021-01-26T09:50:05Z")
Didnt he have shit knees or something then just concentrate on Doomsayers? ---
**Author:** ![Snurp](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@Snurp](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Snurp)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3922 "2021-01-26T09:55:22Z")
Yeah always thought his knees were well shit ---
**Author:** ![buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/buildafire/32/34_2.png) [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3923 "2021-01-26T09:56:38Z")
I think when they binned 6.0 there was still a bit of a market for that disgusting shit, so some SBs kinda looked that way. ---
**Author:** ![jon9981](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jon9981/32/5452_2.png) [@jon9981](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jon9981)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3924 "2021-01-26T12:22:20Z")
It’s pretty wild that they gave him a pro shoe in the first place. Especially some kind of cupsole space half cab. I think I might have had an olive pair from a mate on Nike at the time. There are some weird models in the SB archive. ---
**Author:** ![buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/buildafire/32/34_2.png) [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3925 "2021-01-26T12:30:09Z")
> [@jon9981](#): > > It’s pretty wild that they gave him a pro shoe in the first place. That was their angle though. Shoes for less-likely pros. Some dude on Habitat got a shoe, which was weird. Not sure what happened with that. ---
**Author:** ![nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nedertron/32/28914_2.png) [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3926 "2021-01-26T12:33:37Z")
Hahaha. My purple courts turned up. Along with a copy of The Skateboard Companion and a new Tote Bag. Big up Decimal. ---
**Author:** ![jon9981](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jon9981/32/5452_2.png) [@jon9981](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jon9981)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3927 "2021-01-26T12:41:39Z")
True. I just remembered some video of P-Rod when he got his, saying that the only other people with their names on Nike shoes were these huge sporting giants. ---
**Author:** ![nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nedertron/32/28914_2.png) [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3928 "2021-01-26T12:42:03Z")
At that point it was true. Minimal pro shoes. ---
**Author:** ![ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/ihatethegeneralpublic/32/4656_2.png) [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3929 "2021-01-26T12:46:13Z")
This talk of Nike pro shoes reminds me of this tweet I saw the other day: [https://twitter.com/CreaseMag/status/1353338556194967552?s=20](https://twitter.com/CreaseMag/status/1353338556194967552?s=20) I didn’t realise Nike had attempted to enter that market. ---
**Author:** ![judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/judithpriest/32/37_2.png) [@judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/judithpriest)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3930 "2021-01-26T12:49:23Z")
I wonder if cricket fans were moaning at the time and said they were going to keep it real with I dunno, Slazenger? ---
**Author:** ![nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nedertron/32/28914_2.png) [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3931 "2021-01-26T12:50:33Z")
They will have been complaining. I know before my Grandad died (pro Cricketer in the 50’s) he wasn’t stoked on anew Balance stickers on bats etc. ---
**Author:** ![ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/ihatethegeneralpublic/32/4656_2.png) [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167/3932 "2021-01-26T12:55:32Z")
I’m not sure about way back then as it’s a little before my time but most fans I know of now just see it as an opportunity for the players to earn a bit more money (still probably only a fraction of what footballers earn say) in what can be quite a short and physically punishing career. [Previous page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167.md?page=189) [Next page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/shoes/167.md?page=191)