For lots of people, its all about Vans, Etnies, Fallen, or whatever, but for me the ultimate skate shoe is the good ol’ Converse Chuck Taylor. Everything else feels like a clunky boot, and there is nothing like a pair of slightly worn chucks for feeling the board under your feet. Since I ride with a regular stance, and footbraking is my go-to method for slowing down, I naturally wear out the right shoe 10x faster, and I ended up collecting left shoes (seen above) as a fun reminder of how much I have been riding lately (and I just couldn’t bring myself to get rid of that custom red/yellow monogrammed one, maybe that’s how this started?). One time I wrote an email to Converse, asking them if they could sell me 10 right shoes … I don’t think they were very amused, LOL.
Gearhead Longboards 