Shoes

swampbug · Mar 2007

I want to get new shoes.. For walking, good posture, support, and running if I accidentally steal my grandma's purse.

Does anyone have any shoe suggestions?

low odor · Mar 2007

Moonboots are always in style

Wells · Mar 2007

low, I've two pairs of those, though unfortunately not in those fabulous colors. You will never, ever, get cold toes in them. Ever. You could be knee deep in dead whales while battling frozen walruses that shoot ice rays out of their asses and cause snow squalls to form in your pants and your toes would still be all "I'm toasty warm."

Luxury · Mar 2007

Where I live, nobody wears shoes. This here is Flip-Flop country. And I'm a stranger in a strange land. But I would go so far as to say that 100% of dudes have no right to be wearing flip-flops.

But when you do buy shoes, I highly - HIGHLY recommend zappos.com.

BTW - excellent example Sectaurs.

Geezus · Mar 2007

Accept no substitute. http://www.birkenstockusa.com/

But if you're into sneaker-esck shoes...Vans ftw.

AstroZombie · Mar 2007

I just got a pair of Adidas Campus II. Stylish and comfortable

Thegodzero · Mar 2007

for me its all about the merrells
http://www.merrellboot.com/Shop/Shop.aspx?ParentNavID=FT-TM

or Keen
http://www.keenfootwear.com/category_page.cfm?siloID=6

or Salomon
http://www.salomonoutdoor.com/us/product_line.aspx?gen=1&seg=51&currItem=3

but thats just me, i like my shoes to last a few years. If you treat these shoes well they will feel as good as the day you bought them 5 years later. I'm not nice to my shoes at all and i have been wearing the same pair for the past 3 years and the same model before that for 3 years as well. Only reason i needed a new pair was i ripped the side open on a nail, that would have been my skin but the shoe took it.

Gmanx · Mar 2007

I've heard that the Simpson brand is very comfortable and hard wearing..But I've never had any..

EarthQuake · Mar 2007

BATCH

PfhorRunner · Mar 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYnn51C3X_w

Thegodzero · Mar 2007

i was wondering when someone was going to post that...

IronHawk · Mar 2007

How many miles a week are you planning on running? If you plan on doing 20 or more I'd say get a separate pair for running. Walking in your running shoes will change how the footbed compresses.

swampbug · Mar 2007

HAHAHHA that vid is awesome. Its right out of the "kids in the hall" universe!

I'll keep that in mind IronHawk.. I dont really run for sport. So less than 20.

thanks dudes.

EarthQuake · Mar 2007

dont forget this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcidD2HFK8M

Emil Mujanovic · Mar 2007

Well I'm a fashion whore so I wear retro Nike sneakers. That and I'm crucial!

-caseyjones

Justin Meisse · Mar 2007

I'm a Skechers man
I've got these, except in brown
and a pair of these

IronHawk · Mar 2007

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Well I'm a fashion whore so I wear retro Nike sneakers. That and I'm crucial!

-caseyjones

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White with the red stripe? classic.

I usually wear flip flops or my 510 tennies. A climbing approch shoe with hard stealth rubber. Perfect for some urban buildering or lounging.

Five Ten shoes

Em. · Mar 2007

Gotta go with "skate" shoes for comfortable walking, they're all pillowy and soft, and they last forever. Vans, etnies, etc. Pay 70 bucks and you'll have em forever. I agree with having different shoes for running/going to the gym, and every day wear.

Joshua Stubbles · Mar 2007

I always buy generic Mossimo shoes from Target :P
Like $20, can't go wrong there.

ebagg · Mar 2007

I really gotta get another pair of Vans, I would get the $30, they would last a good few years getting roughed up, and on the inside they were nice and soft.

BTW, those "gellin" ads are very true! I got gel pads for my doc martens and for my jogging shoes, the gel pads make them insanely more comfortable!

Mark Dygert · Mar 2007

Hehe almost everyone here says "and they'll last forever!". Any shoes last forever when you sit at a computer and hardly walk anywhere. Honestly you could put tissue boxes on my feet while I'm at work I wouldn't notice. Once you stop playing in the street and using your shoes as the 3rd break for your bike (i.e. grow up) all of a sudden even the crappiest shoes last forever...

1) Doc Martin laceless loafers, but I pimp them out with arch support inserts. WHY do they make shoes like everyone is flat footed!? We do the whole take your shoes off when you come our house so they have to be easy on easy off.

2)Adidas running shoes for the gym and going for long walks/runs with the wife... when she isn't 8mo preg. These are 'gellin' like Elliot suggests and they couldn't be more comfortable. They have decent arch support too.

TomDunne · Mar 2007

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1) Doc Martin laceless loafers, but I pimp them out with arch support inserts. WHY do they make shoes like everyone is flat footed!?

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Shit, you should see what it's like when you actually ARE flat-footed. Almost none of the athletic and running shoes out there are shoes I can wear, just because they all have high molded arch supports built in. You can add an insert to your shoes, but I can't make my shoes any wider.

My current running shoes are stupidly expensive Brooks motion-control shoes; not because I run a lot, because anything from Nike, Reebok, Adidas, New Balance and nearly everyone else kills my feet.

low odor · Mar 2007

I feel your pain Verm I have barney Rubble feet too...I hate shoes..I have some nice worx boots and my Vans are pretty comfy...but whenever I have to stand in one spot for along time it cripples me

Justin Meisse · Mar 2007

ugh, same here, having no arch makes my foot a size 13 so it's a bitch finding any good shoes.

EarthQuake · Mar 2007

one words: VELCRO.

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