What shoes?

ssette41 · Ollie Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 50

I just started wakeskating. I skated in 02 on a LF grip but havent done it since. SHould i spend the money to get wakeskate shoes (dvs or reef) or just get some cheap globes from pac sun. Is the drainage thing really a big deal. Thanks for the help. I just got a cassette to start off with, but im thinking i will have an integrity hopefully by mid summer. Anyone wanna sell a toystol or team used? I rode a byerly 142 with highbacks tell some jerk jacked it out of our boat at lake powell.

andy ross · Posted: May 11, 2005 6:54 pm Post subject:

get any dvs shoes

wakemitch · Posted: May 11, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject:

ssette41, to me drainage is a big deal. skate shoes can get very heavy in water because of all the foam. you can get some cheaper skate shoes and just drill holes in the soles, it works very well. cuts off a few pounds.

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

ssette41, look in the classified, someone is selling a integ team fo $100.

integrity640 · Kickflip Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2866 City: Ocala

or get some cheap walmart tennis shoes and drill holes in them if ur worried about money (ive got byerlys and lovem by the way)

ssette41 · Ollie Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 50

thanks for all the help. i have some chet thomas IV in my closet that could use a few good holes. If that doesn't work out i'll spring for the dvs'.

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

I started out with a homemade board and a pair of old nikes, I'm rockin a pair of blue and white byerlys now, I wear them like everyday, they're sick.

integrity640 · Kickflip Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2866 City: Ocala

ZoSo, i wearem everday 2, they reak of pimpjuice Cool

ssette41 · Ollie Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 50

well it looks like im gonna have to get some byerlys. I dont get payed till next week so i will hopefully have them in a week or 2. i'll let you know how they turn out. Money wans't really a concern i just didn't know if they are better than regular shoes. I ride behind a honda aquatrax (b-day present) anybody else get pulled by a jetski.

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

ssette41, Yeah man, a lot of people do. Some of the events at the Pro Tour and a lot of competitions are all behind jetskiis.

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

byerlys tear like crazy,but so do dresdens. i am not getting another pair of byerlys though, just some light dvs skate shoes.

ssette41 · Ollie Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 50

yeah i dunno, i'll get some DVS cuz i hate waiting for shipping (or anything for that matter) and just bust out the drill.. if i dont like it i'll fork the dough for the byerlys. thanks again for the help guys

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

bust out the drill dude. my favorite shoes ever were some old saviers.

andy ross · Posted: May 11, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject:

ssette41, dont get byerlys

Raven · Posted: May 11, 2005 8:14 pm Post subject:

Personally, the feel of the DVS is way softer than the Reefs.
Reefs seams were tearing into my feet after a few sessions.
Think about it. Dvs makes skate shoes, reef makes sandles.

I just got my royal mesh dresdens and they are sicker than last years. The tongue is a lot softer, I put them on was like whoa. These are the shizzle.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: May 11, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject:

i started with just old skate shoes, and was fine for a long time, but i jsut got byerlys and they do feel alot better and lighter... its just preferaence

addy · Faceplant Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 19

i started with some cheapy slip on shoes called beach combers hahaha but now i ware vans slip ons, but im gunna get a pair of dvs's soon

jdp204 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 122 City: springhill

i think im gonna go buy some cheep ipaths from ross. (13 dollars) and just drill them out, and replace the cotton in the tongue with somthing water resistant. ill let everyone know how it urns out.
edit, the shoes looks these. Grasshopper - Black and Charcol http://ipath.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1GRA2T-BKCH&Category_Code=F

uk wakeskate te05 · Posted: May 12, 2005 11:56 am Post subject:

jdp204, im rockin some grasshoppers too man, drilled out of course...they are pretty sweet, hold up nice with internal elastic and the outer velcro

mine look like these
http://store1.yimg.com/I/surfandsport_1840_1868128

Rick Kane · Posted: May 12, 2005 12:26 pm Post subject:

I don't know what any of you guys are talking about. Kampus has the sickest shoes out there. Drills,Byerly's,DVS, and Patmark puddle jumpers?? None of those shoes have a real draining system in them. KS1's are sick and cheap.. I got mine for $59.99. Cheaper than bothe Byerly's and the DVS(mesh skate shoe, that tears the first time you ollie on normal grip)I had all of them. Byerly's haven't changed for the three or four years that they have been out. The DVS aren't even the same cut as a true skate shoe. I've seen these preppy fasion dorks, that don't even know what a wakeskate is rocking them. I asked him if he rode and he asked me if I wanted to make out. So, I wouldn't get them, people might think your gay.