Circa Cx211
This is a team model by Circa that is really old now, making them hard to find. It also features a shell toe toe box, which is unfavored by many skateboarders.
The CX211 delivers classic design and performance, giving you unbeatable value. The CX211 by Circa is almost guaranteed to make an impression with all of its components and affordable price. Features of the CX211 include: Full-length EVA midsole, TPU lace protection, Optional protective lacing system, Invisible rubber ollie underlay, Thin midsole for good boardfeel.
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Official Website: c1rca.com
Price: The Bold Colorways sell for about $40 now.
Style: Pretty basic, as most of the colorway's are. The shoe also has a simple, and slightly bulky design, With a Circa logo on the side. So if you like flashy colorways with a sleek design, you might just not like these, obviously, some others will. In my opinion they look pretty good, but it wasn't why I got the shoe.
Boardfeel: As mentioned, these are slightly bulky, with a pretty thick sole. So these do not provide good boardfeel. Although it isn't terrible, I wasn't satisfied, to say the least. After the sole flattened out it got better but not by much, and was still not able to be considered good. Not much to say, but seeing as this isn't the newest sleekest vulcanized-soled shoe out there, I'm not suprised.
One of the bold colorways.
Grip: This was another downfall. I got a leather colorway, which as most of you know, is less grippy than suede, but my you're foot wasn't attached to you board at all with these shoes, just kind off slid across. The sole had a zig-zag pattern to it, which didn't last at all, if flattened and developed holes really fast, there was obviously more than one layer, but it got to the point where my foot kept sliding out of the shoe really fast and then where my toe was just always rubbing against the griptape.
Comfort/Impact Support: I already said that the shoe had a thick sole, which comes in handy in this part of the shoe. When I walked around I noticed the difference between these and my other shoes in comfort, nice side and sole padding. This also contributed to impact support, I wouldn't say I did big sets and gaps with these shoes, but I did not feel pain in my feet after landing ever really, which was good. In my opinion this was the best part of the shoe.
Here, you can see the thick padding.
Durability: In the grip section I said how the sole went flat extremely quickly and how it got hole extremely quickly, but also, the leather held up decently. Not saying it was great or anything, but it wasn't terrible. The most damage I had on the shoe was the ollie area, from all the heelflips and heelflip variations I did at the time, but for the amount I did those it wasn't too bad. The stitching, on the other hand, ripped and fell apart really easily.
Overall: I liked them when I first got them, under a year of skating experience at the time, but when I started skating them again about a year later I noticed big differences on how good I thought they were. I noticed these shoes were best for a begginer. The boardfeel wasn't too good due to the thick sole, the grip was poor, the sole wore down and got holes really quickly, and the leather was slippery. These did have good comfort and impact support however, but the cons beat the pros. The last thing was the durability, the leather held up decently, but the sole was below par. Overall I didn't really like this shoe.
Sorry for no self taken pictures, I do not own these shoes anymore.
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