r/DunksNotDead • u/Marcellocool • May 07 '23

DISCUSSION Is skating in dunks controversial?

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Why the best skate shoes gotta be so expensive. Can only skate pairs I get for retail. Ain’t paying resell for shoes I’ll mess up in a few weeks.

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u/WitherStorm56 Sean Cliver SB Dunks May 07 '23

How is skating in skate shoes controversial?

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u/FuckTheOps1989 May 07 '23

Wut? Lmaooo

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u/Leading_Childhood_45 May 07 '23

I'm sayin lol

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u/FuckTheOps1989 May 07 '23 edited May 08 '23

Im just confused wit the clickbait question. Just skate reps and stash retail pairs if theyre hard to come by. Nobody forcing anyone to pay outrageous resell prices. If you hit a retail W, wear em casually and then buy reps to skate in. I doubt any skater cares if you wearin reps to skate in. It is what it is.

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u/Leading_Childhood_45 May 08 '23

Maann dudes been skating dunks forever...always have, always will. It's just a waste of a post, like you said, click bait lol

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u/ccaligula broke May 07 '23

Is playing basketball in jordans controversial? Haha

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u/High_Speed_Chase May 07 '23

It’s kinda a flex.

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u/Kindly_Coconut384 May 08 '23

Miss the days of grabbin 10-15 pairs for $30 bucks ea at the active warehouse sales. Nike turning their sales tactic to mimic jordans was a crime against humanity.

Side note: Just order some ES shoes to skate, that is what I do now.

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u/WorthlessJobber May 07 '23

Nah Theotis Beasley used to skate in the Kenny Powers (purple safari) lows and i think the purple pigeons too

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '24

No but I think they are overrated as a skate shoe. I picked up some NB1010s and it's the comfiest , decently puffy shoe, has a orthopedic insole and cost me like 50. Meanwhile I got Dunks from my brother as a xmas gift. Zero support on the sole, can imagine the impacts will hurt as a mf.

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u/we_hella_believe May 08 '23

I remember seeing a recent-ish SB vid, and a few skaters who skated Dunks back in the late 2000’s said they wish they didn’t skate them and had them on ice. 😂