Gravis skate shoes: Part one
New line of skate shoes from Gravis make the cut.
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Man, it seems like there's so many shoe brands out there at the moment, it's a wonder that any of them turn a profit, especially in these times of financial burden.
As a consumer, getting the most for your money has seemingly never been more important than now. There's a lot of skate product out there, but unfortunately, just because a well known logo backs it, it doesn't mean it's worth your hard earned cash.
One brand, that's relatively new to the market of skate is, Gravis and let me go on the record here by saying that I'm fully backing it. Initially, Gravis Skateboarding made waves when they recruited Finish ripper, Arto Saari. And in due time, they went ahead with their power moving, aquiring a select group of indisputable talent, as Gravis went on to nab Dylan Rieder, Javier Menzabal, Jake Johnson and Austrian, Steve Forstner. I had been curious about the line forever, wondering if the quality of shoe Gravis mirrored the quality of their team. It turns out, they do.
And as a fairly picky skater who goes through a lot of shoes, especially when the warm weather's abound, I'm confident that my humble opinion matters. Perhaps it even matters more than anything in the universe. Just kidding. Maybe I'm not. You decide.
#1 'Filter'
The first shoe I decided to put to the test was Gravis' simple, yet visibly appealing, Filter model. These days, it seams that every brand has a go-to low top that's lightweight and grippy. But unfortunately for these type of designs, the mechanics of the shoe is engineered for chillin', not full-on skateboarding. Looking cool is good an all, but there's nothing more horrific than catching a heel bruise or primo attack in one of these "low profile types". But in steps the Filter. It's like no other slimmed-down shoe I've worn before. First off, it's got a super stylish, low-top, wing-tip inspired design. It's light, and breaths nicely. Best of all, it has the added durability and shock absorption of a proper skate shoe with a thick, padded insole that Gravis calls the PU Cloud 9 Footbed. Vulcanized properly, the shoe features a nice high traction rubber outsole that's real grippy.
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Gravis skate shoes: Part one (text) by Jay Riggio is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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