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Jamie Thomas Signature Model
Upper Features:
- Genuine Suede Or Action Leather Upper
- Select Models Feature Synthetic Nubuck
-asymmetric Stabilizer For Medial Upper Support
- Lightly Foam-padded Tongue And Collar For Comfort And Support
Sole Features:
- Vulcanized Sole Construction
- Soft Eva Insole With Full Length Latex Layer And Gel Heel Insert
- Highly Abrasion-resistant Outsole For Wear And Durability
Available Sizes:
5, 6, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 13, 14[/size]
Colorways: Black/White, Black/White/Polkadot, Black/Red/White, Black/Gum 2, Dark Olive/White 2, White/Black 2, Dark Green/White 2, Red/Black, White/Black/Polkadot.
From Fallen Site, fallenfootwear.com
Price: About $47 on average.
Style: This is something that I really liked about this shoe, and I'm sure others agree. I have the Black/White colorway, which I really like since I'm not a fan of super colorful shoes, and black and white is pretty simple, but as listed before, there are many colorways for this shoe, which include less simple colorways like the Red/Black Colorway and the 2 polkadot colorways, White/Black/Polkadot and Black/White/Polka dot, both of which are on the fallen site. There are other colorways for this shoe, gray, orange, and blue based colorways are the ones that come to mind. For this who didn't know, this is a vulc shoe, which if you also didn't know, means the sole is melted on to the shoe and they usually have more grip and boardfeel than cupsole shoes and sometimes are less durable and have less padding. The colorway I had had white stitching so it was really visible so that can be a plus from some, and I just personally like how vulcs look so I though they looked pretty sick. I can't really give a rating for this seeing how it's just an opinion.
Grip: As seen in the picture, the soles on my got pretty flattened out, this took a decent amount of time to happen, but where there was a slight flat spot on them, they started wearing down like crazy, but it at least took awhile, I ended up getting hole on both shoes, the on my regular front foot reaches to my sock, but the one on my switch foot still has a couple layers left. The colorway I had was made of nubuck, but there are colorways made out of other materials. But the nubuck was pretty grippy. Something I have heard was that nubuck is grippier than leather but suede is grippier than both, and from what I have experienced, it's mostly true, luckily this shoe comes in all of those 3. I didn't really notice the grip of these shoes go away for a while, which is a plus, but I was also never really "wowed" by the grip, in my opinion, it was good, but not amazing. Overall I would give it a 7.5/10.
Boardfeel: With these being vulcs, they had a pretty thin sole, and supplied lots of boardfeel, which is something to be expected. I could feel the concave really easily, and pebbles, but that wasn't too much of a problem. This was probably my favorite part of the shoe, and would make this shoe great for people who like lots of boardfeel. The thing about boardfeel is, some people don't like it when the sole is too thin, even when the boardfeel is amazing. I'm one of those people, I can't stand skating in shoes where it hurts my feet to land on the ground on a flat trick, thankfully, this is not the case with these shoes. Overall I would give the boardfeel a 9/10, this shoe has a great amount of boardfeel without too little padding.
Comfort/Impact Support: As mentioned before, these shoes have a thin sole, but this only started bothering me after a while of skating these. At first, the insoles felt relatively comfortable, even before the were broken in, which only took 1 day of skating. The sides aren't too padded, but the ankle padding is decent. If you look at the "Sole Features" part of the review, you'll see "- Soft Eva Insole With Full Length Latex Layer And Gel Heel Insert". I didn't actually know these shoes had a gel insert in the heel until I read that, but I did know there was a soft pad under the heel of the insole, I don't think it really helped too much, but these shoes did provide decent comfort and impact support. The biggest thing I tried in these shoes was a seven, and I don't recall much heel pain, with that being said, you might be able to infer that I didn't get a heel bruise in these shoes, but something to take into consideration is that I have never gotten a heel bruise in any shoe. Overall I would give this shoes comfort a 7/10, good for a vulc.
Durability: If you read the "Style" part of the review, you know I mentioned that with these shoes being vulcs the most likely have less durability than cupsoles. With these shoes I'd say that is true. The soles durability was mentioned before, it lasted a decent amount of time and then it started wearing like crazy till one of the holes in them got to my sock. The outsole isn't the most durable thing ever, it switches colors from white to black after being worn down. If you saw the "Sole Features" part of the review it says "- Highly Abrasion-resistant Outsole For Wear And Durability". Which is a gimmick. It wears down quicker than cupsole shoes and mine got to the point where the toe part of the outsole and the toecap seemed like the same thing, and ended up having a big tear similarly to what suede would do. The ollie area had OK durability too and only formed a whole big enough for my pinky, and I did a good amount of skating rails in these, which most of the time for me included ollieing onto the rail. The pack part of the sole, which unlink some vulc shoes, had a similar design as the toe, AKA the heelflip area, was barely worn down, and I did a ton of heelflips and variations in these, it might just be the way I flick mine, but that was the most durable part of the shoe for me. Overall I would give these shoes a 7.5/10 for durabilty, pretty good.
Overall: Overall I would consider these shoes as being one of the best that I have had. I can't really say too much bad things about this shoe, but I can say a ton of good things. Too sum up the review, These shoes look pretty good in my opinion, the grip is pretty good and probably even better if you get a suede colorway, the boardfeel is great, not so much that it hurts to bail on every trick or that walking on pebbles hurts, but you can still feel the concave very well, the comfort and impact support on these shoes was decent, but there were pretty comfortable at the start, and the durability ranged from place to place, but was pretty good for a vulc shoe overall. I would definiteley recommend these shoes and there overall a really good shoe, I would give them a 8/10.
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Horrible padding