A Murmur Of The Heart

Nike SB Dunk High(Dream Team Red) Shoe Review/Wear Test By: Jason Lee 5 hours of wear. Wear is apparent, but shows no sign of a soon to come ollie/kickflip hole. The laces show some wear. Initial Impression After switching from a deck/boat shoe(Vans Authentic) to the Dunk, I immediately felt like I had more support and less board feel. Being a cupsole shoe, it was very stiff and took me about a week to break in the shoe. Being a hightop, I felt that my ollies changed because of the lack of ankle mobility; however, the added support prevented shark bites. The shoes also came with a spare set of laces. Sizing Fits true to size. Shape The shoe fits pretty well for people with wide feet. Its toe is shaped similarly to the Air Jordan 1. The shape stays the same for the most part thanks to it's multiple eyelets. Flick feels good and the leather remains grippy throughout the wearing process. 1 month of wear(40+ hours of wear). White leather underlays the initial red la...

Vans Authentic Pro  Shoe Review/Wear Test By: Jason Lee Decorative stitching around the sidewall, and no padding around the ankle region of the shoe. The lack of padding is likely one of the main reasons why there is a lack of support. Initial Impression The Authentic looks and feels comfortable; the Ultracush HD insole is a combination of the shoe's insole and midsole. The thick sole seems to limit board feel but strangely enough I experienced a fair amount of board feel skating and walking around. It seems to envelop the idea of being a hybrid of a vulcanized and capsule shoe, leaning more towards vulcanized. The shoe does not cup the heel well, even with all the eyelets laced up. Overall, it seems like a promising shoe for lower impact skating. 10 hours of wear. The laces are frayed but not broken. Sidewall of the shoe is torn, and the Duracap is exposed after what looks like two layers of canvas. The canvas seems to go all the way down past the heightened sidewall;...

Adidas Continental 80 Shoe Review/Wear Test By: Jason Lee 1 Hour of Wear(Note: This is my "switch foot" but this is more or less the condition of the shoe at the 1 hour mark) Initial Impression The shoes look nice, and the rubber heel cup resembles the City Cup, which I’m assuming took inspiration from said shoe(Continental 80). The Continental’s rubber bumper gives off the impression that it could help with flicking heelflips. The shoe itself is rather puffy in the ankles’ support region, which is nice, but does no real help because it sits below the ankle. The shoe looks promising but does look a tad strange with slimmer pants. Thanks to Eugene’s uprise in baggy clothing, and my crippling desire to conform, this is not really a problem. Sizing The shoe for me fit better a half size down. I would suggest going to a shop and trying them on wherever available. 10 Hours of Skating. Shoe is starting to become blown out near the toecap, and the o...

The Beauty of the Long Lens in Skateboarding Words by: Jason Lee The long lens in skateboarding has been the bastard child to the fisheye for quite some time now. However, as time progressed and there was a need to push the cinematography in terms of skateboarding, we could see the people like, William Strobeck, Benny Maglinao, Logan Lara, and Johnny Wilson, taking advantage of a previously looked over style. While the fisheye provides a unique and fast-paced feeling to it, the long lens allows the viewer to take in more minute details someone might not notice in a fisheye angle. The use of distortion in the fisheye has a profound effect on keeping us(the viewer) entranced in the action, forcing us to, in a sense, get a magnification on the skater and the object directly underneath, over, or beside them. The fisheyes downfall however falls in the part in which it can't quite allow us to fully take in the environment. Instead, we only see the parts the filmer allows us to see...