hey guys so i’ve been skating these air force 1’s for about 5-6 months now and they have been holding up pretty good durability wise but i feel like they have too much grip or not enough grip i can’t tell but something feels off with them so if anybody has any advice on what some good skate shoes are that aren’t too bulky and have a similar fit to these bad boys i would love to hear it!!
So I’ve been skating for over 18 years and skated Thunders my whole life basically. Lately I’ve been into this spiral of wanting to get trucks with inverted kingpins on it because I’ve completely lost my smith grinds and I always hang up on ledges and quarter pipes. I’ve been street skating for the most part but in the last 5 years I’ve been leaning a lot more into transition skating (mini ramps mostly) and I wonder if slappy would make my transition skating better or not but I’m scared of buying them because I don’t like trucks that turn way too fast or way too easily and I just love how stable thunders are. Has anyone made the transition from thunders to slappy ultra lows? What’s your input about this? Should I just stick to thunders or should I try something new?
For reference, my setup is 8.5, 149 trucks, 54mm conical full, skated the thunder team edition for most of the years, then tried changing to Indy for a a year (absolutely hated them, turn way too much and more unstable, also heavy as fuck) and since then I’ve been riding thunder hollow lights with 94D bushings and that has been my sweet spot either for street or transition. I don’t ride loose trucks!
Thanks in advance 🛹👹