Etnies Aurelian Giraud Shoe Review
Got these when they were first released. The grey version looked good to me, not too excited about the other options. They broke in super quick and they felt really great right out of the box. Somehow Etnies managed to find a way to have good board feel but without sacrificing good impact control. For the kind of skating that Aurelian does, you can only expect that this combination would be appealing. Surprisingly, the side of the the shoe where I ollie the most blew out after the third session (see below). I was kind of shocked as usually this part of a skate shoe will last me a while. I contemplated using some Shoe-Goo to repair them, but ended up just continuing to skate them and it didn't impact the performance of the shoe at all. As this was the first iteration of the shoe, I noticed that they updated the material from the rubber/vinyl kind of material to (what looks like) all suede so it might not be an issue any longer due to the different material being used. N...