wakeskate shoes

wakebadass · Pop Shuvit Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 130 City: McHenry

what are the cheepeest wakeskate shoes i can get, where has the best price on them, in a size 12, if anyone knoes please tell me cuz i hate riding in my skate shoes(Aso heavy and hard to swim in)

xboard32x · Posted: May 03, 2004 5:57 pm Post subject:

buywake.com will prob be your best bet. I like the byerlys. They might be the cheapest out there.

Grouch · Kickflip Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 3146 City: The OC

Any old skate shoes will work fine.

wakebadass · Pop Shuvit Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 130 City: McHenry

yea, i know, i use a old pair of my tony hawk shoes, but they got loaded wit water and its really hard to swim then, so i wanna find a cheep paint of wakeskate shoes if i can

nick · Posted: May 03, 2004 6:27 pm Post subject:

byerlys

Slyder · Posted: May 03, 2004 9:53 pm Post subject:

Agreed, Reefs are the best.

erikn · Posted: May 03, 2004 9:54 pm Post subject:

gotta love the byerlys

wakesk8r9610 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 1267

i no i sound like a little poser off grubb or somehting but i lke the dc alias and ive ridden the byerlys but i dunno i like the dcs better.

wakesk8ordie · Posted: May 04, 2004 11:09 am Post subject:

I think it works well to take old skate shoes and give them the strip down to convert them into wakeskate shoes. I took an old pair of Kostons and cut out the panels on the side and drilled holes in the bottom and now those suckers drain out as soon as I am up and riding. I am not really about spending cash on new shoes when I could just use some old ones that are already paid for.

jerrysk8 · Posted: May 04, 2004 8:23 pm Post subject:

i have a pair of og koston 1's. i would never cut them up. but shoes i ever skateboarded in. oh yeah byerly's are the bomb. so much easier to swim in. my friend rides cheap as kmart dunlop volley slip ons and prefers them over the byerly's.

wakebadass · Pop Shuvit Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 130 City: McHenry

i think your friend is crazy, lol but what ever works for him is ok i geuss

wakesk8r9610 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 1267

wakesk8ordie, thats what i did with my aliases i drilled holes in the soles and the outside of the shoe and tok some of the foam out of the tongue.

thirdcoast · Pop Shuvit Joined: 03 May 2004 Posts: 145 City: @uSTIn

i wear adidas turf soccer shoes, they don't put a lot of surface area on the board but they hold hardly any water at all, i've wakeskated in them for over two years and they still are holding up. rubber is almost shot though.

minus_gravity · Pop Shuvit Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 205 City: Dalton

I noticed someone said buywake.com was the cheapest for byerlys...unless they are running a sale I got mine from boardersparadise.com with shipping for the same price as they are listed on buywake w/o shipping

The Pavement 3.6 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 572 City: Eustis

KS-1s are $60.00.

wakeman790 · Ollie Joined: 03 May 2004 Posts: 67 City: Indy

the jetpilot shoes are the cheapest. i saw them in the wakeboard mag 2004 gear guide.

RUSSIAN · Posted: May 06, 2004 6:08 pm Post subject:

vans old school's. Best skate sole ever. they drain fine, stay light and have the best feel of the board. oh yeah, they're cheap Very Happy

Joey White · Pop Shuvit Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 172 City: Phoenix

i ride a pair of es' rovers. they drain really well and are a lot more comfortable than the byerly's and they dont fall apart like a lot of the different skate shoes do in water.

Kian · Ollie Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 60 City: Singapore

DVS Dresdens (mesh) ... awesome shoes...! Think they're under $70...It's light and the sole is soft enough to get a good feel of the board, and drains very well... Only downside is its quite prone to griptape wear... but still holds up well.....

I've also got a pair of Byerlys which are good, but they can feel a little stiff.... especially after having them dried out. I'm on my second pair now.. the first pair died cos the sole peeled off... reckon if they'd stiched the sole, it'll last helluva lot longer...

Dunno if i've given any good advice there, but my gf's using a regular pair of converse that we picked up for just under 50bucks... the synthetic leather material's kinda ideal for the wet... and they don't soak up too much water.. told her we should drill some holes in it to help it drain better... but she couldnt bear to.. with shoe all new and pink and girly and stuff....haha.....

Anyhow.. just some thought into what you could look out for in a shoe... hope it helps...

heywood · Pop Shuvit Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 144 City: hollywood

i got some koston 2's at goodwill for 3 bucks. they are ugly as hell but they are actually perfect the material and everything for riding