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by Brendan Dunne
Skateboarding sneakers rarely get the detailed design breakdowns of their basketball and running counterparts.
There are less big-name sneaker designers in that world, and as a result there is a general dearth of knowledge regarding the sort of design insights that go into the building of skate shoes. Filling in some gaps is Ride Channel, with this piece on some of the things that a layperson may not know about skate shoes.
Do you know the difference between vulcanized and cup soles? Do you know how much polyurethane sock liners changed the game? What's the deal with puffy tongues vs skinny tongues? Ride Channel has the answers.
