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"Bumpy thing" on the Mule is an ostrich leather

The name intro gets at minimum a nose snort from me every time, it's great.

as much as i don't care about sponsors, ridge is quite good. i've been using their original carbon wallet and one of their backpacks since 2016 and they still feel brand new. so far they're living up to their "built for life" motto.

I LOVE YOU @thisantwon ! (not in a weird way, just as the FUSED footwear founder)

For weird tech wear trainers I'm a big fan of black on black Vibram fivefingers V-Trains, with the strap and contrasting materials they look shockingly cool with baggy trousers resting on top. They match perfectly with Injinji onyx socks too. If you are outright anti-toe for some reason I encourage you to open your mind and not just follow popular mindsets

I will continue to tell u the hair looks great until the eventual day you change it and downgrade 🙏

I own a pair from Fused, I like them a lot. I do agree that they feel a bit thin, and very much like it's a project that is still getting off the ground, but that's part of what I like about it; being a bit scuffed is endearing, especially if the product itself is still ultimately solid. I've interacted with the guy that runs it (I'm 90% sure it's literally one dude who does everything), and he's super enthusiastic, I hope his project continues to grow!

Who would have thought the jelly shoes girls wore years ago would come back in adult form and at adult prices with those fuse shoes.

Antwon you look so fresh in this video, thx for the content

I’ve got a pair of Merrell hydro runner mid gtx otw that I’m really excited to try out. Hard to say no to gtx shoes for $85

Norda 001 is my favourite shoe right now, comfortable, lightweight, durable and they looks good but a little bit on the expansive side

timbs and new balances go hard

Been traveling with my norda 001s the past three weeks and they’ve held up phenomenally. Super light, triple black is versatile, and the outsole is truck tread perfect from coffee run to hill hikes. Highly recommended.

Shows are something I don't think I would ever order online, unless I already knew the brand. I've tried on several brands in stores before, but my size in most brands seems to not be right, according to those shoe size tools they've got. So I just stick with Hoka. They are like walking on clouds. Any other brand of the same size that I've tried all feel far too small on my foot. This makes experimenting with buying new shoes, most of all online, extremely risky.

I almost always like these flowy, one-piece kind of shoes until I see them being worn, and then it’s just not the same. Feels so hard to pull off, and looks more like an art object to me.

ayo that ridge key thing is cool af

I bought the boot, Lace Up Waterproof Thermoball The North Face. I did the Mountain Trail with her, it’s a wonderful comfort 😍👏🏻👏🏻

I miss DC's i feel like when i was younger i used to see them all the time, but i havent seen them anywher anymore

I genuinely love my Mizuno Wava Mujin GTX.

I really liked the Merrell / Reece Cooper collab. Classical Hydromoc unfortunately destroyed my heels. Veja is another brand you could consider, especially the Rick Collab some years ago.

For your chopsaw mules I believe that supposed to imitate ostrich leather (or may actually be ostrich) in southwest America, we use it a lot on boots because it's a very durable leather but it's thin and extremely breathable!

I haven't worn Vans ever since I was a teenager but I picked up a pair of their high-top winter sneakers recently with a big sale and they are surprisingly toasty. The waterproofing also works very good. Nice to see a more technical shoe from such a brand. Have you seen those yet? They're called Sk8-Hi MTE-2, I got mine in the "speckled gum black" colorway.

my main shoe i wear are some arch support Sketchers, they're surprising stylish while being pretty comfortable and very affordable, only other shoe i wear are a pair of Doc Chelsea boots (surprisingly a super comfortable and wide fit) I find most shoes don't fit me because of a combination of an already wide foot and my foot getting even wider because of my flat foot, so hearing that the Norda shoes are wider than Nikes has got me interested, might end up getting a pair.

I have the 002s in the colorway you show at 2:08. They’re my ‘IYKYK CDG Sunder Maxes’. Great as an easy day shoe. A little unforgiving in length for downhill runs though, but that’s probably a plus for runners on rockier terrain who need the toe protection.

I love wearing the same docs or vans every day of life actually :) there is a 2017 nike boot ive been thinking about for a while

Another great video, Aston Martin! So this is not a sneaker but I was browsing around trying to buy my first pair of boots because I'm tired of most my sneakers being uncomfortable enough for me to not wanna wear them as often and I found some old German milsurp Jungle Boot going for around 40 quid. It's the most comfortable pair of footwear I've worn and the green panels on the side looks pretty good with some true-to-size fitting trousers. It's probably weird in the fashion perspective but it's just out of the periphery enough that it's kinda unique. Low price too, I personally am satisfied with it.

the olive chopsaw Oakleys shoes is fire. I got the slipons too... they aight

the OG mujin waves were great, glad to see mizuno making new CWs

Big into my Norse Project zip up runners. Very light and versatile, can wear them in most conditions.

Finally a lesser known shoe brand video

Good you see you copped the NORDAs, I'm still enjoying the black / grid Norda 002. Both your white 001s and the 002s are currently on a good discount at END (though the 001s are sold out in UK11 for me) for anyone else wanting a dabble, and they do free UK returns. As for MERRILs, I picked up a pair of the 'HUT MOC 2 packable' in black in TKMAXX for like £50, fun house / leisure slippers that you can zip together and hang off your rucksack, plus when you're wearing them they have a half-zipper round the edge of each shoe, what could be more Techwear? :) Edit: Also in the End sale today, finally pulled the trigger on the white 'Salomon 11 by Boris Bidjan Saberi A.B.1', couldn't do RRP of £280, sale price £168 is still sharp but at least tryable 😅😅

Just copped the nicole mclaughlin merrell blk, orange.

The hair is looking dope in a bad-boy-in-a-90s-boy-band way

While not really as "weird" or "unexplored" as these sneakers, what are your thoughts on the ISPA shoes from last year? Even though most people don't like the universal slide, I'm still quite interested in trying a pair now that they're more discounted.

Very interesting vid as always! I do agree with you on the 1trl line, this project is absolute fire. I started messing with it when you put us on game with the Hydro mocs and I got a pair which I still love to this day. Went for the Hydro runners mid after that since they were on sale, the experience was not as good since they run slightly narrow compared to to Mocs but they still look incredibly futuristic 😻.

So surprised you didn’t cover ACG mountain fly low and highs, ACG gaiadome boots.

Hagel would have been good to see..

THIS IS THE VIDEO!!! YEEESSS!! Give Nike adidas new balance reebok puma vans the super extremely popular brands everyone knows a break

Liking the liquid DnB in the background 👌

Hey Antwon! I’m planning to get a pair of Fused…would you suggest TTS or .5 size up?

I wonder what size I get in the Nicole McLaughlin Merrell?!?! Im a size 11 in Nikes.

Have you tried the Hoka ora primo mule?

What a time to be alive 👟

Just wanna take this opportunity while it's still slightly relevant to say that the Hydo Moc AT was straight up the most painful shoe I've ever worn. I went TTS (normally 11 US) and I 100% regret it. Go a full size up if you get them, since it doesn't come in half sizes apparently.

How did you cop the HART Copies 😩😩

This is slightly out of left field, but I wonder if widely commercially available 3D-printing advancements will mess with brands a lot. There's so much other stuff going into this subject, AI is a big one right now, but I kinda picture automate-it-yourself stuff becoming so much more massive. We can currently take up sowing etc. and do so much, maybe you've got a 3D printer and you can make some more humble stuff, but sneakers are an example that aren't so simple... You gotta wonder how that'll be in like even just 20 years. Would be so cool if it ends up just as common to have great recycling kits and minimal waste upon using them too. A theme with things like this and AI are that things like ideas and raw materials start to dominate over other aspects, how would the commercial world adapt to that? Would Adidas etc. be selling blueprints/schematics if it truly got to that futuristic point? Would there be policing on our common printer models we'd bypass by modding them? There's just so many layers to how it affects so many different things that themselves affect each other that I think nobody can really comprehend how the transition will go and how it'll pan out/how we'll (be able to) react. As much as I do see the CRAZY problems with it, this is definitely one of the most exciting developments in our entire history to me, truly a crazy time to be alive.

wallet twinning! but man i think you sold me on the white nordas. my bamba 2s are COOKED by now so im in need of a replacement, thanks for the vid!

are the Nordas breathable and waterproof?

i like Callaghan, surprisingly a Spanish brand

The notaways look like a fusion of an af1 and a dunk to me

bro buy stuff in your size 💀

hartcopy fumbled that drop so hard

Eytys their shoes or camper lab

great vid!

All of these are absolute sleepers, my man. Im all for something new, but none of these i would be seen weaing.. I mean, maybe the Mizuno's, but thats a stretch they need to hit it hard with better colorways.

nice ... more video please

i see that new j1 on the rack :)

Second ones naw naw

hiking ant vlog?

Those shoes probably are the only Sidemen product that's not a complete rip-off. They're not even mainly aimed at children

Thought this was cool unique arty video

9:17

Third one naw but a nice show color looks good on you tho not me... I'm jealous I can't find a pair of new balance that look good with my attire

1st ones naw

No mention of Clarks?! youre literally from the UK lmaoooo

Shit out I like where you going tho

Antwon I have been watching for a while. Please get a hair cut

As a fellow UK person, do you not find the EDC peope weird? Considering their loadout alsmost always considers of MY GUN AND KNIFE, or if they life in a city MY KNIFE

nah I'd win

I miss the old hair

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