Two Nine 8

Very glad the OG's go up to size 15 (EU 49, 32cm feet). I initially ordered a size too small, make sure to add + 1cm to your foot length when reading the size guide! Customer contact for the return was smooth and friendly.

I love how fluffy the shoes are, but still have good ground/boardfeel. The black ones look sick with bright colored straight bar lacing!

Can't comment on durability yet, but on first impression they seem sturdy.

These shoes are genuinely my favorite shoes to skate . All I can say is try and them and you won’t regret it .

I have been wearing es shoes for over 20 years. They do not disappoint. This is my 2nd pair of Two Nine 8's, I skated the last pair for almost 4 months and they held up better than expected. I will continue buying es as long as they keep the old school models coming. Check out my reviews on my YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@Pond_King_Fishing

A beautiful and comfortable tennis shoe!!!

I have been skating Es' since the late 90s. I was stoked to see the Koston 2s in 2025 and had to grab them. I have 2 months of MOB grip tape beatings on these bad boys and they are still going strong. I won't skate any other brand. I have the Koston 2s in yellow and black and I just got the Creagers in navy. Es' for life. I have one thing to ask of the company though. I really want a pair of the one nine 7s, I don't care what color I just want them. Let me know when they are coming back, I will buy them for sure.

The best skate shoes

The shoes look great in person and they are actually lighter than I expected. They are very well padded but not super poofy. Overall they are comfortable shoes that I highly recommend!

I had these shoes in high-school they are better now awesome shoes thanks

I bought the navy, white, and grey model, which is definitely nice, but on my first use at the park this winter in France, a little water got on the shoe and started to discolor the mesh. When I got home, I tried to remove it with a brush and shoe cleaner, but it only made it worse. I had to soak and clean the shoes several times until the water was no longer blue. But in the end, the mesh is no longer grey, but blue-grey, and it will stay that way. I don't recommend this model, and I don't understand why the nubuck isn't rinsed properly before assembly. Apart from that, they are comfortable and offer excellent protection.

Love the shoes they feel and fit great, the extra pair of green laces are super sick. And the shoes feel super sick. My only complaint it's not really a complaint but the insole where the es logo is on the heel is rubbing off and making my socks heel red but it comes off.

Really Good Shoe! I’ve had Vans,Nike,NB, and DC and none of them have lasted this long for me usually I’ll get a good 2 months if I’m lucky out of a shoe I’m a lil heavy footed with my flicks and known to create a massive Ollie holes pretty Easy… I’ve had these shoes since July (3-4months) I’m just now starting to put a Ollie hole in them you can’t even tell it’s there and I’ve actually made the bottoms bald and ripped a hole in the bottom before anything never done that before because like I said I haven’t found a shoe to last this long so I’d rather replace them because of that then an Ollie hole ever month!!

Got these yesterday (olive colorway). Very comfortable straight out of the box, love the reflector details, puffy but not too puffy, breathable (wore them all day today), look great - plus this colourway is animal-friendly. Grateful you made these. Kostalgia.

I've tried several different types of skateboarding shoes, but ES skateboarding shoes are the best. They're especially comfortable. They're also beautifully designed, and come in a variety of colors, so you can choose the one that best suits your taste. However, Korean importers often don't carry a lot of them, making them difficult to purchase domestically. That's why I buy them directly from the ESkateboarding website.

Ustedes son una marca icónica del skate, escribo desde chile y me declaro un fanático de muchos de sus modelos de hecho me he dedicado a comprar y buscar modelos históricos como las mas que mencionadas K3, he tratado por todos los medios volver a restaurar este modelo para volver a utilizarlos lo cual a sido imposible, incluso buscando la alternativa de imprimir el entre suela en 3D para reemplazar lo que por el tiempo ya entro en proceso de hidrolisis, como no existe una manera de la que la marca ayude a aquellos que atesoramos algunos modelos icónicos, como tal vez vender solamente las suelas para poder reemplazar las antiguas y volver a recuperar los modelos históricos de la marca. Tal vez solo a pedido con un pago anticipado y con despachos a distintos países.

To make it short: I don’t get the design decision to the change the outsole. The outsole of the original shoe was such a characteristic design feature. To change that means changing the complete shoe.
I was stoked when I found out they would retro the K2s because I couldn't get them back in the day.
When I saw the first pictures of the retro I was just disappointed. I’m still not decided if I should buy a pair. It just doesn’t make sense to change the shoe in such a drastic manner and then market it as connected the OG.

These are good shoes. I haven’t used them for skateboarding yet, I will once I finish my Es Quattro.

I love these shoes. I think it’s great that y’all are doing these re-issues. I’m stoked these are vegan. I’ve been liking all the vegan color ways that you guys do. I got the Muska as well, in the sand color. The only thing I really have a gripe about is the durability of the sole. I just feel like these sole wear out really fast compared to the last shoes I was wearing, which were the DC Kalynx. Even so, you guys are really the only ones doing the sick, vegan color ways, but I would say that it would be cool for the 197’s to be released in a vegan color way. Also I couldn’t find the Quattro in a vegan color way. I know they had the sand color before, but those were sold out online. That vegan suede really holds up, and I just wish there was a vegan suede color way of all the shoes, really. It’s just long-term a lot more sustainable to be using man-made materials. It would be nice for me to be able to skate a consistently available vegan model. Really though I like the chunky shoes and the Sophisto is not chunky enough. I’ll say it again, but the Quattro would be good in a vegan color way because I just feel like that’s one of the most perfect silhouettes. It reminds me a little bit of the legacy 98 slims, which are my favorite shoes from DC and I’m pretty upset that they discontinued them. Thanks for killing it for all these years. I just watched Menikmati the other day! ✌️

TWO NINE 8 is a classic, great work bringing these back, Es!