[timmerk]

http://thelounge.org/shoes.jpg

I can't decide. First one is like a slime neon green.

What would you recommend for a 21 year old?

[Persephone]

Originally Posted by timmerk

What would you recommend for a 21 year old?

I have the ones on the right in blue with white stripes (original color). They are pretty cool in terms of street-wear.

Sambas are okay (but I'd get them in black with white stripes).

What are you gonna use them for? Sports or just casual wear?

[timmerk]

I have the ones on right in brown with light blue strips - I love them!

I use them for casual wear.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by timmerk

What would you recommend for a 21 year old?

[RAILhead]

/couldn't resist
//not even funny

[11011001]

The green ones are better.

edit: Actually, the yellow ones, 3 colors are better than 4.

[MindFad]

I voted yellow.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by MindFad

I voted yellow.

It doesn't let me vote







-t

[KeriVit]

The ones on the right- yellow- and not because of color but the suede

[IceEnclosure]

The ones on the left are for a traffic worker.

[TheMosco]

Check out the Gravis Kingpin. Similar style but better looking than these I think.

[GSixZero]

I have the red suede spezials. They're awesome, I get compliments every time I wear them

[El Gato]

Do you people who wear these shoes even play indoor soccer?

[timmerk]

Originally Posted by El Gato

Do you people who wear these shoes even play indoor soccer?

The yellow ones are handball shoes, not soccer:

The original Spezial was first released in 1979, and was designed as a performance handball shoe worn by the world’s finest players.

The green ones on the left are football shoes, not soccer.

[El Gato]

Sambas are indoor soccer.

[turtle777]

Best soccer shoes evar !



-t

[Dark Helmet]

I like the yellow ones.

[Agasthya]

[miacomet]

Green

[Albert Pujols]

Yellow

[rambo47]

I like these green sneakers. It's a bold fashion statement, but I think she pulls it off, don't you?

*snip* Image guidelines and all that

[SuvsareRetarded]

The ones that let you do SLAM DUNKS!!!!!! YAYYYY!!!!

[waxcrash]

Originally Posted by rambo47

I like these green sneakers. It's a bold fashion statement, but I think she pulls it off, don't you?

<IMAGE SNIP>

Holy camel toe!!!

[TubaMuffins]

mine are dark blue with orange stripes, these are very comfortable


Link, durr

[spatterson]

I say go for the yellow stripes... it may go with more things.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by Doofy

I wore a pair of Magnum Tankers for years. Wore that pair out. Then they stopped making the 10" high version and went to the 8" size. Being tall, the 8" boot doesn't provide me with the kind of ankle support the 10" boot did.

I would stay away from "inexpensive" boots that look like Magnums, though. They're usually cheap as well.

I believe that if the whole darn world just had shoes that fit properly, most of the violence and hostility would simply go away. It's easy to be testy when your feet hurt, and when the hurt all the time, you just get worse and worse.

And a 21 year old should buy sensible shoes-not flat sneakers that cost $75, will wear out in a few months, provide no arch support whatsoever, and have a style life that's shorter than their wear life. If you want canvas and rubber, get some Converse All Stars (which are, sadly, no longer made in Converse, Texas... At least they'll stay pretty much in style until you wear them out.

[SuvsareRetarded]

Originally Posted by ghporter

I wore a pair of Magnum Tankers for years. Wore that pair out. Then they stopped making the 10" high version and went to the 8" size. Being tall, the 8" boot doesn't provide me with the kind of ankle support the 10" boot did.

I would stay away from "inexpensive" boots that look like Magnums, though. They're usually cheap as well.

I believe that if the whole darn world just had shoes that fit properly, most of the violence and hostility would simply go away. It's easy to be testy when your feet hurt, and when the hurt all the time, you just get worse and worse.

And a 21 year old should buy sensible shoes-not flat sneakers that cost $75, will wear out in a few months, provide no arch support whatsoever, and have a style life that's shorter than their wear life. If you want canvas and rubber, get some Converse All Stars (which are, sadly, no longer made in Converse, Texas... At least they'll stay pretty much in style until you wear them out.

So instead htey should spend a lot of money on boots with no ventilation so your feet get ultra sweaty and stinky?

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by ghporter

I wore a pair of Magnum Tankers for years. Wore that pair out.

My current pair have seen daily action since 1999 and still look nearly new - no sign of them dying yet.

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

So instead htey should spend a lot of money on boots with no ventilation so your feet get ultra sweaty and stinky?

Actually, they don't. The Magnums have a Thinsulate lining in them.

And they're comfortable enough to wear without socks.

[SuvsareRetarded]

Thinsulate might breath, but leather doesn't. Try wrapping your feet in whatever material you wish, then putting a plastic bag over that. It won't breath because it's solid leather.

[Doofy]

I must just have really unsmelly/unsweaty feet then.

[SuvsareRetarded]

My feet sweat. I need ventilation.

[Doofy]

Get the version with the nylon side panels then.

[JoshuaZ]

I spent a good minute looking at the two shoes trying to figure out the difference before I remembered that I was color blind and that I probably couldn't tell the color difference.

BTW, crazy camel toe there.

[Ratm]

Originally Posted by timmerk

http://thelounge.org/shoes.jpg

I can't decide. First one is like a slime neon green.

What would you recommend for a 21 year old?

They're played. I think I owned a pair of these when I was 21 Neon green is a bitch to match *limp wrist*

Doofy I have a pair of Response Gear Tactical FW(zipper on the side)with gel inserts, they're the best boot I've ever owned.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

So instead htey should spend a lot of money on boots with no ventilation so your feet get ultra sweaty and stinky?

Magnums have something like 75% nylon uppers, which provide lots of ventilation, and with the Thinsulate lining, your feet don't get too cold. They feel like good athletic shoes, they provide arch support and (for most people) ankle support, and they're light.

I did spend several years wearing all-leather boots, and they did indeed keep my feet hot and sweaty. Boots with nylon uppers have certainly made a huge difference.

[nredman]

yellow & black - steelers colors baby - but seriously i like those better

[Cubeoid]

Originally Posted by RAILhead

HAWT!

[wdlove]

I always look for comfort first. Good luck on your decision.

[wallinbl]

Originally Posted by ghporter

And a 21 year old should buy sensible shoes-not flat sneakers that cost $75, will wear out in a few months, provide no arch support whatsoever, and have a style life that's shorter than their wear life. If you want canvas and rubber, get some Converse All Stars (which are, sadly, no longer made in Converse, Texas... At least they'll stay pretty much in style until you wear them out.

Sambas are the best shoes made. I wear mine all the time, even when I'm not playing indoor (which, now that I've had knee surgery, I don't play much). Some people don't have much of an arch, and so that makes the shoes more comfortable. They are very flat shoes, which make them more comfortable for me (I'd really rather just be barefoot, but you can't go many places without shoes).

Of course, I don't buy all the strange colors - just the black & white Sambas (it's getting harder and harder to find the originals).

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by wallinbl

Sambas are the best shoes made.

I'll respect your opinion of them, and I hope they do last for you. But flat shoes with no arch support will help you LOSE your arch, and that's just asking for foot trouble in the not too distant future.

After an uncountable number of sprained ankles (both of them of course, and the doc said of the last one that I should have just broken it because it would have been easier to treat and easire on me too) I have to have ankle and arch support. And going through the kind of treatments I have, I've learned that feet need to be babied or they'll get you-and very unpleasantly, too.

[Doofy]

I concur with what Glenn said. Look after your feet. Back in high school I wore trainers all the time. Ended up having to get treatment (electric shock therapy) for flat feet 'coz they weren't providing any arch support.

[SuvsareRetarded]

freakin' old people.

[wallinbl]

Originally Posted by ghporter

But flat shoes with no arch support will help you LOSE your arch, and that's just asking for foot trouble in the not too distant future.

I don't have an arch. Never have, to my knowledge. My kids don't appear to have them either. My footprint is very full, unlike most people where the arch leaves no imprint. If I wear a pair of shoes that has "arch support", it hurts like hell and I end up bruised by the end of the day.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

freakin' old people.

I've known several 18-19 year olds with painfully flat feet. In basic training we had THREE guys discharged out of my flight alone because of flat feet. That's 3 out of 48 young adults. No I don't know how they got past their physical to get enlisted at all, but they did.

The world would be a much better place if people paid attention to their feet, and wore comfortable shoes.

[wallinbl]

Originally Posted by ghporter

I've known several 18-19 year olds with painfully flat feet. In basic training we had THREE guys discharged out of my flight alone because of flat feet. That's 3 out of 48 young adults. No I don't know how they got past their physical to get enlisted at all, but they did.

What exactly is wrong with having flat feet?

The world would be a much better place if people paid attention to their feet, and wore comfortable shoes.

For some of us, comfort means not having arch support. Are you saying that I should wear shoes that will force an arch into my feet?

[ghporter]

I'm saying that having arch support to PREVENT arches from falling is superior to letting them fall because your arches are the shock absorbers for your feet and legs. Fallen arches means that all the shock goes to your ankles, knees and hips, and that can cause damage over time.

As long as flat shoes don't hurt and don't cause your arches to fall there's nothing wrong with them.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by wallinbl

What exactly is wrong with having flat feet?

They hurt like hell.
Except in your case.

[wallinbl]

Originally Posted by ghporter

I'm saying that having arch support to PREVENT arches from falling is superior to letting them fall because your arches are the shock absorbers for your feet and legs. Fallen arches means that all the shock goes to your ankles, knees and hips, and that can cause damage over time.

As long as flat shoes don't hurt and don't cause your arches to fall there's nothing wrong with them.

Well, if what you're is saying is true, it would explain why I have terrible knees and ankles. I'm 29, and I've had arthritis in both for years. I've had knee surgery once already, and I doubt that I'll make it to 50 with either knee.

[Benton]

Do you know which brand of sport shoe a famous rich computer company CEO wears?

[SuvsareRetarded]

A brand that costs more but offers less options and less performance but has really cool design?