One interesting tidbit is that the entire Hook-Ups aesthetic had already been established while Jeremy Klein was still pro for World Industries; (pretty sure) his last WI pro model graphic was the Japanime robot girl.
I've had 2 pairs of Michelin Etnies in the last year or so and been happy with both. The Michelin Maranas were pretty good, but I've really liked the Joslin with Michelin sole. I think Vans Pros give slightly better board feel, but Etnies definitely held up longer and actually cost less.
This was rad! I really wish Etnies would tap into their original styles in the mid 90's, they were so sick back then. A remake of the RAP, white with gum sole would be amazing.
The Emerica Marc Johnson 1 is the greatest skate shoe of all time. I think the most classic colorways are the black with yellow, and the green and orange
My favorite era of Etnies was around 2008-2011 when Malto, Mikey Taylor, Tyler Bledsoe and Devine Calloway were on the team. Even the shoes were great such as the RVM/RVL and Malto’s pro shoe!
Thank you Levi from Shredz Shop, informative video. Pierre Andre, owner of Etnies skate shoes, of L’Hay Les Roses, Paris, France, hello to you sir. Etnies skatepark, way to give back. Etnies was the first skate shoe, wow. Etnies paying homage to Jordan, awesome. What a skate team Etnies has had over the years, legendary. Cool brand, I have had a few pairs. I am grateful and proud of you Pierre for the charity "Buy A Shoe, Plant A Tree" which has planted over 1 million new trees in Brazil & Costa Rica. Ryan Sheckler has been wearing nothing but Etnies since he was seven years old, that must be a special company to have received such loyalty from a Family man like Ryan. My favorite skate shoe ever was the Axion shoes that looked like Nike Air Max running shoes with the air pocket around the heal. Did I mention how overwhelmingly huge my future life responsibility is? Loving everyone is one thing, giving Love to everyone is another, omg my life. People have no idea. When will they choose compassion? With Love & respect! God's Blessings, 🙏🏼❤️Kyle
I found some at my mom’s house recently and was so pumped. I had two pairs. But when I put them on and walked around the sole disintegrated. A sad day..
Right on:) When everyone was rockin' their Vans, Con's and Airwalks, I had Etnies. I got bugged for having them until they ALL bought Etnies as they were the best. Then after that DC was the bomb.
This was so cool to watch I am a big Emerica guy but hated Etnies growing up. Now I own both and all along it was one big team. The Emerica Jerry Hsu pro models were the best shoes ever. I was always rolling my ankle and those shoes were magic they seemed to provide some ankle support and they lasted longer then most shoes in the high contact areas. I had almost every color but the bright green and the black white and orange ones were my two favs.
@@ShredzShop That's crazy I has ellesse when I was young but had no idea about the connection. These Spanish kids moved from New York and traded me a red pair
@@WolfWould That's so crazy! Yea if you watch old Natas parts he's wearing them in a bunch of clips and then the magazine cover in this is Jim Theibaud that owns DLXSF wearing them. I had honestly never heard of them until researching for this project.
My first ever pair of skate shoes that weren’t converses, were these black and gum pair of Etnies that had the E logo on the side. I skated them till heels fell off 😅 Haha!
just got two pairs in the mail, first etnies in over ten years. I have big wide feet and wear a 14. Why haven't I been wearing their shoes? Best ever, blowing away the Vans and New Balance Jamie Foys in terms of support and fit. They seem ultra durable too!
Dang I always learn so much from these videos. Since I didn’t skate during the entire 1990s I missed all of this. Favorite pro model shoe isn’t even a promodel. It’s the chuck taylor. Well I guess it’s a pro basketball shoe. Jaaa my other fav pro not pro skate shoe was the jordan one.
Emerica, emerica, emerica.... Reynolds always had the best pro models, hands down. With that said, the Westgate mid looks incredible. I want them real bad. And, not a pro model, but "the major" by emerica was SO good. Like, the best. Where you at @emerica ? Bring it back.
pretty sure éS was named due to Pierre's full name (Pierre-André Senizergues), he took the é from the end of André, and the S from the start of Senizergues, therefore, éS
Entries skatepark is pretty close to my house. Used to be cheap to get in like $5 for a year but last I heard it’s dumb expensive if you don’t live in Lake Forest or Foothill Ranch I think it’s like $100 now. GVR was sick back when I was in elementary and middle school. Got to see Bad Religion one year and listen to the Beastie Boys play across the street at focus boardshop
Tomdog I remember when sol tec was behind them too! Now the company I work for took over the spot. I wish they still had funding. The park is sick as fuck
Somehow the Sal's and Koston's made me become a significantly better skateboarder.. and they look sick af. I think I went through at least 6 pairs of Sal's
@@joeyoung1498 1.- The Felix Arguelles Pro model with converse was one of the most durable, comfortable and price-affordable off all time!!! Not counting the fact they were one of the first companies giving pros a shoe and freedom to create and devolep their own shoe from scratch... 2- Bet you didnt know bout that...
@@ramondelfinoaguilarloera8701 Tried picking up a pair of the Milton Martinez chucks but they're all sold out. I hear they have a insole in them that make them more comfortable.
At 7:28 there is a photo of tom penny's pop shovit. Where can I find that? I'm pretty sure it was taken in 1997 at Tuggeranong skate park ACT Australia.
i dont have 1 favorite but i have a top 3... 1. Sal 23 best shoe ever 2. All Brown OG Reynolds great looking, durable, and reynolds.. 3. Es Accel probably the best modern skateshoe hands down
Since you mentioned Es and Emerica another shoe company that was under the same umbrella that should have been mentioned is Sheep shoes ... still remember Sheep add with Ed Templeton staring ahead and picking his nose!!!
@@Mario-dd9dh I was just saying they should, haven't heard anything of it happening. They occasionally will release some Sheep models under Etnies though.
The best pro shoe line of all time (imo) is the Emerica Reynolds line of shoes. Shame that he's parted ways with Sole Tech. Hopefully Van's gives him a pro shoes soon.
Even as a teenager my feet were to big for available sizes of skate shoes and now pushing 50, I have never skated in an actual skate shoe! Can you possibly direct me to some of the people mentioned in this video as to facilitate the creation of a large skate shoe for big ass feet?? I ain't got much time left, yaimeans!✌🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿😎
@@TheMrcooldjbigones damn haha Cons used to make a wider skate shoe called the weapon. ALSO New Balance is making a few of their shoes in a WIDE version coming up! But not sure how big of a size they go up to.
Jamie Thomas Emerica vegan black ones just cuz they wore great, and the matt black finish was rad, before that Sal 23's, before that Airwalk: Enigmas, Disasters, Bruisers, and Vics
@Charles Coquí totally, had red/black AW Ones & a pair of teal/white AW 86's, some Reefs when Laban was hooking a friend up with em, Simples were and are still rad too!
Shredz Shop, the Ellesse Assist shoes they were based on didn’t come out until 1988. Also, in his Streets on Fire part, filmed in early 89, he’s not wearing Etnies, he’s mostly wearing Converse and Adidas Top Ten. I started skating in ‘88, and they definitely came out after I started. I remember seeing ads for Etnics shoes by Rebel Sports in ‘88 in European mags.
@@MosquitoCreative Maybe when they were released in Europe it was such a limited thing they didn't make it to the states. Shoes were a different game back then. This info was taken from the Etnies site: www.soletechnology.com/Pages/company-about-timeline.aspx
es koston 2, or dc kalis 2 for my money are the best ever or maybe i was in my prime when i skated em'. but they dont make pointy shoes like that which seemed to flick soooooo well
Etnies brought out the world's very first pro skateboarding shoe. What is your favorite Pro Model skate shoe of all time? & Why?!
I wear Stefan janoski Nike sb in dirty peach colour
Adidas- Suciu II and Lucas Premiere
Vans santos .early 2000..it was my first skate shoe and started my love for skateboarding
@subcomandante marcos haha shoutout Avril !!
Cm 902 but now the Adidas 3st 001
14 things you didn't know about Jeremy Klein and Hook-Ups Skateboards!
Tit e
Wow hook ups. Been a second
id love that
Yes
One interesting tidbit is that the entire Hook-Ups aesthetic had already been established while Jeremy Klein was still pro for World Industries; (pretty sure) his last WI pro model graphic was the Japanime robot girl.
I've had 2 pairs of Michelin Etnies in the last year or so and been happy with both. The Michelin Maranas were pretty good, but I've really liked the Joslin with Michelin sole. I think Vans Pros give slightly better board feel, but Etnies definitely held up longer and actually cost less.
Yo, you should make „ 14 things you didn’t know about DGK ”. It would be awsome!!!
Agreed
Terry Kennedy in prison
This was rad! I really wish Etnies would tap into their original styles in the mid 90's, they were so sick back then. A remake of the RAP, white with gum sole would be amazing.
I am hoarding Sal 20s. Sal 23 is my all time favorite shoe. Most of the kids in my high school made fun of my bootleg Jordans.
The Emerica Marc Johnson 1 is the greatest skate shoe of all time. I think the most classic colorways are the black with yellow, and the green and orange
MJ1 black yellow was my favorite shoe of all time! Even over Eric kostons.
My favorite era of Etnies was around 2008-2011 when Malto, Mikey Taylor, Tyler Bledsoe and Devine Calloway were on the team. Even the shoes were great such as the RVM/RVL and Malto’s pro shoe!
éS footwear next please!
15 things you didn't know about hookups skateboards
Thanks for all the likes👍🏻
This comment took me back to my childhood. I totally forgot all about Hookup..with all the pin up chicks 🔥
Remember hook ups had shoes? Those were sick, wish I could find them now.
Emerica Reynolds 2. This shoes were perfect, that brown and bling colourway, mmhmm.
Reynolds 3 mids were dope.
I loved the Reynolds 3 Low Vulc
Thank you Levi from Shredz Shop, informative video. Pierre Andre, owner of Etnies skate shoes, of L’Hay Les Roses, Paris, France, hello to you sir.
Etnies skatepark, way to give back. Etnies was the first skate shoe, wow. Etnies paying homage to Jordan, awesome. What a skate team Etnies has had over the years, legendary. Cool brand, I have had a few pairs.
I am grateful and proud of you Pierre for the charity "Buy A Shoe, Plant A Tree" which has planted over 1 million new trees in Brazil & Costa Rica.
Ryan Sheckler has been wearing nothing but Etnies since he was seven years old, that must be a special company to have received such loyalty from a Family man like Ryan. My favorite skate shoe ever was the Axion shoes that looked like Nike Air Max running shoes with the air pocket around the heal.
Did I mention how overwhelmingly huge my future life responsibility is?
Loving everyone is one thing, giving Love to everyone is another, omg my life.
People have no idea. When will they choose compassion?
With Love & respect!
God's Blessings,
🙏🏼❤️Kyle
14 things you didnt know about deathwish
hol up. emerica, etnies, and es are all related?
i had a feeling they were when i noticed all three of them started with the letter "e."
14 things you didn’t know about welcome skateboards?💥🔥
es original Kostons Navy w/gum sole! Wish they still made them. Great shoe!
I found some at my mom’s house recently and was so pumped. I had two pairs. But when I put them on and walked around the sole disintegrated. A sad day..
Right on:) When everyone was rockin' their Vans, Con's and Airwalks, I had Etnies. I got bugged for having them until they ALL bought Etnies as they were the best. Then after that DC was the bomb.
My favorite pro shoe was the Adio Sumner V2’s. Had the grey and red pair, oh so comfy and lasted me quite awhile.
I own a pair of etnies, they’re amazing
Really interesting bro thanks
my all time favourite shoes is the Globe Chet Thomas 4s. I loved doing heelflips in them :)
This was so cool to watch I am a big Emerica guy but hated Etnies growing up. Now I own both and all along it was one big team. The Emerica Jerry Hsu pro models were the best shoes ever. I was always rolling my ankle and those shoes were magic they seemed to provide some ankle support and they lasted longer then most shoes in the high contact areas. I had almost every color but the bright green and the black white and orange ones were my two favs.
I ride with ES og's and I love 'em!!!
Look forward to these every other week🔥
Chris Joslin's very 1st etnies pro model ; even after all these months it still seems that I'am walking on clouds when I do wear them. 😂
So cool! Love these videos
Hyped you enjoy them! Thanks for watching! 🙏
14 things you didn’t know about krooked
Still waiting on this one
Etnies Michelin maranas are one my favorite skate shoes
TNT prototypes I have now are awesome but the old Vita Dills I loved those.
I had those 23's in cream and white up until a few years ago.
Damn! That's sick! I'd love to know the backstory on Vita haha
@@ShredzShop That's crazy I has ellesse when I was young but had no idea about the connection. These Spanish kids moved from New York and traded me a red pair
@@WolfWould That's so crazy! Yea if you watch old Natas parts he's wearing them in a bunch of clips and then the magazine cover in this is Jim Theibaud that owns DLXSF wearing them. I had honestly never heard of them until researching for this project.
@@ShredzShop Dude it all makes sense now. 😎💲
Emerica Ellington 1. Best skate shoe EVER! The Etnies Arto 1 is a close second though
Etnies artos and the es arto were my fav and koston 1s and accels id rotate them bitches es needs to bring back the artos
I heard of etnies from burnout revenge with a etnies sponcered nascar
At Cheap Skates in PA we would cut off the high top and put stickers over the cut parts.
My first ever pair of skate shoes that weren’t converses, were these black and gum pair of Etnies that had the E logo on the side. I skated them till heels fell off 😅 Haha!
🔥 👊 Rad!!
Favorite pro shoe of all time: The original Emerica Reynolds 3 💯💯💯
My favorite Pro shoe is the Marc Johnson Emerica's . I had a pair and skated them to death and also the Koston 1's I still want a pair of those.
Those MJs were amazing. Somehow Phelps was still getting pairs of them. 🧐
Those 2 are my top 2 ever, mj 1 blk yellow was my fav
just got two pairs in the mail, first etnies in over ten years. I have big wide feet and wear a 14. Why haven't I been wearing their shoes? Best ever, blowing away the Vans and New Balance Jamie Foys in terms of support and fit. They seem ultra durable too!
👊🏻👊🏻
Dang I always learn so much from these videos. Since I didn’t skate during the entire 1990s I missed all of this. Favorite pro model shoe isn’t even a promodel. It’s the chuck taylor. Well I guess it’s a pro basketball shoe. Jaaa my other fav pro not pro skate shoe was the jordan one.
Could you do a second video talking about the signature models? Like the sal 23
That's a rad idea! 👊
Really late to this video but I gotta say the marana! So stylish and very durable. But the joslin is good too
Marana’s are a great shoe! 🔥👊
i have actually a pair of an original white and black SLB 23 with the white sole ..........so proud of it !
Damn!! That’s a find!!
@@ShredzShop
Jeremy Wray " Second Hand Smoke " in force !
The green tnt 2. Man I loved that shoe.
Favorite pro shoe was the Vans Tony III with the Grey, white, black, and pink colorway
my favorite Pro shoe from etnies had to be the mike Vallely with the thunder in the back
Best skate shoe: Vans Rowley XL2. No idea why they never reissued it. Timeless shape. Great to skate in.
@subcomandante marcos I live in Canada. PERFECT SHOE. :)
I went through so many pairs of Rowleys in the early 2000s. Loved that shoe.
SAL 23's were my first and favorite shoe!!
Emerica, emerica, emerica.... Reynolds always had the best pro models, hands down. With that said, the Westgate mid looks incredible. I want them real bad. And, not a pro model, but "the major" by emerica was SO good. Like, the best. Where you at @emerica ? Bring it back.
pretty sure éS was named due to Pierre's full name (Pierre-André Senizergues), he took the é from the end of André, and the S from the start of Senizergues, therefore, éS
We got our info on the name from Don Brown’s 9 club (head honcho at és). But I’ve heard a million rumours for where it originated.
That's a good one!
love this series
Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoy!
so Emerica and éS were born from Etnies? Thats mind blowing!
Right i feel kinda 😕 like I was touched by a uncle and didn't know
Its a monopoly right??
Can you do the etnies king pins Brown and black
I remember the first Emericas I ever got where mid tops with a bull's eye symbol on them , they where built like tanks .
The Etnies Malto is my all time favorite skate shoe
Emerica marc Johnson pro best shoe of all time! Rocked it around 2000-2001 then could never find it again...
100 things you didn't know about Gonz. Please make this possible haha
Had a pair of ellesse high tops. Had a pair of the first Etnies high tops as well
My favorite skate shoe of all time was the original Sal 23, but it has to be the blood red with black lashes and black sole. I wish I still had them
Entries skatepark is pretty close to my house. Used to be cheap to get in like $5 for a year but last I heard it’s dumb expensive if you don’t live in Lake Forest or Foothill Ranch I think it’s like $100 now. GVR was sick back when I was in elementary and middle school. Got to see Bad Religion one year and listen to the Beastie Boys play across the street at focus boardshop
Stuart Ingram you know have to pay no matter what because they lost funding from the city
Tomdog I remember when sol tec was behind them too! Now the company I work for took over the spot. I wish they still had funding. The park is sick as fuck
I really like Etnies. I learned my first ollies on Etnies.
Just an awesome series seriously! Favorite shoe is hard to pick, just pick up any Reynolds shoes for me lol
Here’s hoping he designs something with Vans 😜😜
Any except the “Reynolds Lights”. Hated those
Say it each week .... love these videos 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Favorite shoe for sure Van's Rowley clasic
Rocking globe now! Mullen!!!
Somehow the Sal's and Koston's made me become a significantly better skateboarder.. and they look sick af. I think I went through at least 6 pairs of Sal's
Now they have Andy
🤝 🤝
14 things u didn’t know about converse
#1 they are uncomfortable as he'll
#2 they are not worth the price. They fall apart too quickly.
@@joeyoung1498 1.- The Felix Arguelles Pro model with converse was one of the most durable, comfortable and price-affordable off all time!!! Not counting the fact they were one of the first companies giving pros a shoe and freedom to create and devolep their own shoe from scratch... 2- Bet you didnt know bout that...
@@ramondelfinoaguilarloera8701 Tried picking up a pair of the Milton Martinez chucks but they're all sold out. I hear they have a insole in them that make them more comfortable.
E´s muskas and my friend had those white and baby blue Sal Barbier back when we started skateboarding
At 7:28 there is a photo of tom penny's pop shovit. Where can I find that? I'm pretty sure it was taken in 1997 at Tuggeranong skate park ACT Australia.
The Vox Hewitt's were my favorite kicks. Which reminds me, you should do a video on Vox!
i dont have 1 favorite but i have a top 3... 1. Sal 23 best shoe ever 2. All Brown OG Reynolds great looking, durable, and reynolds.. 3. Es Accel probably the best modern skateshoe hands down
You skate a pair of the re-issue accels? Or the Accel slims?
@@ShredzShop I actually have a pair of both the OG and the slims. I use the OG's mainly for cruising though now.
Since you mentioned Es and Emerica another shoe company that was under the same umbrella that should have been mentioned is Sheep shoes ... still remember Sheep add with Ed Templeton staring ahead and picking his nose!!!
Sheep should make a comeback...
@@ShredzShop Are you speculating or do you know something? I hope you are right!!!
@@Mario-dd9dh I was just saying they should, haven't heard anything of it happening. They occasionally will release some Sheep models under Etnies though.
@@ShredzShop Another brand I wish comes back is Kastel shoes ... especially the Ronnie Bertino model!!!
@@Mario-dd9dh I remember Kastels, don’t remember that model though
Are Etnies still around? I never see them or DC around anymore. Sometime back they were all over the place. Even jocks were wearing them.
such buetiful and simple days since before big E took over the shoes
The intro beat is fire 🔥
The Sal’s all dayyyy by far my fav skate shoe 🔥🔥
Awesome video, thanks!
14 things you didn’t know about Shake Junt!! Please🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
The best pro shoe line of all time (imo) is the Emerica Reynolds line of shoes. Shame that he's parted ways with Sole Tech. Hopefully Van's gives him a pro shoes soon.
I enjoy a lot all of your videos, thank you so much Bro. 🇲🇽Sk8 4 Life
Glad you enjoy!! 🙌🙏
Had the Sal 23 black colorway original. Skated it till it’s death. Easily the best pro model. That shoe literally takes you skating.
Hook us up with a Real Skateboards vid
Yes,yes YES!!
Sal 23’s are the all time best skate shoe. Period.
Heath Kirckart’s original shoes were awesome
Es Garcia 2’s best shoes of all time!!!
Even as a teenager my feet were to big for available sizes of skate shoes and now pushing 50, I have never skated in an actual skate shoe! Can you possibly direct me to some of the people mentioned in this video as to facilitate the creation of a large skate shoe for big ass feet??
I ain't got much time left, yaimeans!✌🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿😎
Vans makes up to a size 15 and DC makes certain models 😮
@@ShredzShop I actually had Steve van Doren send me a pair of half cabs in a 16, but the weren't wide enough!!!🙄🙄🙄🤔🤔🤔
Gotta build my own!!!🤓🤔🧐🧐
@@TheMrcooldjbigones damn haha Cons used to make a wider skate shoe called the weapon. ALSO New Balance is making a few of their shoes in a WIDE version coming up! But not sure how big of a size they go up to.
Jamie Thomas Emerica vegan black ones just cuz they wore great, and the matt black finish was rad, before that Sal 23's, before that Airwalk: Enigmas, Disasters, Bruisers, and Vics
@Charles Coquí totally, had red/black AW Ones & a pair of teal/white AW 86's, some Reefs when Laban was hooking a friend up with em, Simples were and are still rad too!
Es Accel, still wear them white/black, SLB in white/green, Es Arto Saari white/black and DC Syntax white/black
Correction ☝️🥸
The name éS comes from the last letter of Pierre André first name and the first from his name Senizergues
favorite shoe of all time Vans TNT
Mike v first shoe must have killed 100 pairs... thanks mike v ur the man!!!
So ur telling me my favorite shoe brand Emerica came from etnies thats insane
Will always support STI, classics on all three brands.
Natas shoe came out in ‘89, not ‘87. Airwalk Prototype came out before Etnies Natas.
The original Natas shoes came out in 87' in Europe and were the first pro skate shoes ever released.
Shredz Shop, the Ellesse Assist shoes they were based on didn’t come out until 1988. Also, in his Streets on Fire part, filmed in early 89, he’s not wearing Etnies, he’s mostly wearing Converse and Adidas Top Ten. I started skating in ‘88, and they definitely came out after I started. I remember seeing ads for Etnics shoes by Rebel Sports in ‘88 in European mags.
@@MosquitoCreative Maybe when they were released in Europe it was such a limited thing they didn't make it to the states. Shoes were a different game back then.
This info was taken from the Etnies site:
www.soletechnology.com/Pages/company-about-timeline.aspx
It’s hard to pick between the Reynolds 3 or the emerica Ellington
Es footwear next🤯
Best shoes where the circas with the straps jamie thomas edition
Best shoes were the original Koston’s then the original Muska’s. I still wear the eS Accel
i still have my es accel og from many years back still in good condition. man these last for years if you dont skate in it.
Do a video on Vision Skateboards bro!! Haha
That'd be dope! We just started selling Vision stuff again.
I had some Duff's that rocked, no idea who or where they came from?
Duffs was owned by World Industries I'm pretty sure!
7:31 Someone didn’t want to say “Va-lay-lee” on accident lol.
😂 😂
es koston 2, or dc kalis 2 for my money are the best ever or maybe i was in my prime when i skated em'. but they dont make pointy shoes like that which seemed to flick soooooo well