They gripped to the board well and accommodate a nice snap n pop.

ONE NINE 7

Simply dope kicks, get you domes.

Let’s get the obvious out of the way. It’s an awesome, dope looking shoe. Haven’t skated this shoe yet, and don’t know if I will but you know Es makes good skate shoes, so no doubts there. Now, the fit. Fit is true to size. Toe box is slightly snug but not too bad. I have a wider than average foot. 4.25” at the widest part to be exact. I imagine the shoe will stretch a tad bit with time and then the fit should be perfect. Don’t get half a size up. The shoe will just slide off your heel. If your foot is any wider than 4.25” just get a different shoe. Only thing I don’t really like about this shoe are the cheap insoles they provide with it. They have no cushioning at all and feel really hard on the feet. There’s also zero arch support, but I guess that’s normal with skate shoes. Should be an easy fix by inserting different quality insoles. Other than that, the rest of the shoe is comfortable. I would buy this shoe again almost purely based off how awesome they look. Wish they came in more colorways.

These are lighter than any es or lakai version, the mesh on the top cap creases on one of them but I own a new pair of es k1s again so I’m stoked. I’ve had them since Dec. they do feel kinda cheap compared to the accel or schemes.