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The Patriot II took everything you loved about a classic, and improved on the design. View More Shoes. More about this clearance item Clearance items may be customer returns, discontinued inventory, not include original packaging or not be in its originally manufactured condition including being shop worn or have minor blemishes, stains, or small holes.

Buy1 Get1 Free. Genuine action leather, heavy-duty suede and canvas upper. Asymmetric stabilizer for medial upper support. Popular skate shoes like the Nike SB Dunk, Adidas Samba, and the Converse Chuck Taylor all filled these basic requirements well before they were marketed as "skate shoes. Skate Shoe design has always been in response to the type of skateboarding that was popular at the time. But, the biggest shift in skateboarding came when skateboarding took to the streets.

Since then, skateboarders have opted for the balance of boardfeel and durability. Simple shoe designs made with durable suede like the Vans Kyle Walker Pro, Nike Zoom Stefan Janoski, and the Adidas Busenitz are excellent examples of shoes that are both durable and have great boardfeel. So what is boardfeel? Or, better, how do I know if a shoe has good boardfeel without skating it first? Boardfeel has everything to do with the construction of a shoe.

New skate shoes are made using either a cupsole construction or a vulcanized construction. Vulcanized skate shoes use heat, glue, and foxing tape to attach the bottom of the shoe the outsole to the upper. Cupsole skate shoes use glue and often times stitching to attach the outsole to the upper. Historically, vulcanized skate shoes, out of the box, have better boardfeel, while cupsole skate shoes have better support and last longer than vulc shoes.

Get out and skate a pair of each and see which style you prefer.