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Introduction: The Etnies mc rap, now this is a shoe that has a look of its own. These are quite old shoes and may be hard to get but i got this shoe on discount and boy was it worth the buy.
Style: This was the shoe that alot of shoes now copy the design and are what i class as the traditional skate shoe, you can get them in many different colours but i opted for orange and blue with white/orange soles as they look dam sexy in my opinoin in this colour.
Comfort: These shoes are extremely comfortable, they didnt need hardly any breaking in and even though they dont have any sti foam or level 2 footcushions they do a dam good job at protecting your feet from nasty hell bruising or other unfortunate damage to your feet that may occur due to the extremes that is skateboarding. My only flaw which happened with mine was that at the back there is a plastic heel support, well mine broke and started sticking into the back of my foot which was annoying but i just had to get over it.
Boardfeel: I was surprised at the boardfeel with these shoes, as they have quite chunky grip which w'ell look at in a minute. The boardfeel was very good and if you like to feel your trick then these shoes could well be for you, i could feel every part of my board with these shoes and also felt i had alot more control over fliptricks with these shoes compared to previous shoes ive had.
Grip: 
As you can see the grip is pretty chunky but this also means its extremely grippy and doesnt seem to wear down at all, even with the chunkyness as ive already said the boardfeel was great and if you like alot of grip then this is another plus factor for getting this shoe.
Durability: 
These shoes are made out of leather and at first i wasnt sure how they would hold up but only time would tell, i skated this hard for 3 weeks and only the blue on the toe and a bit of orange on the side had come off but apart from that no damage could be seen, after a 1 month and a half the leather had gone through to the suede in the middle but it was still holding up very strongly, after 3 months the shoe looked like what it does in the picture. For me 3 months is a long time and i was very very happy with the performance of these shoes. Some shoe goo later and im still skating them to this very day.
Overall: Overall i found this shoe to be amazing, i am hunting down another pair and if you can find them they are well worth the money, whatever the price. If you like grippy shoes with style and durability then these shoes are definately for you, check some out today.
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