Babe wake up, Ben posted a new video!

I appreciate the vlog warning and the link to skip it. I appreciate it so much that I didn't skip it.

Easily the best skate product reviewer on youtube but not only that, probably one of the best reviewers on KZfaq in general. Ben goes so in depth and is so thorough with all of his reviews that you're never really left without any of the information that you clicked on the video for. I really appreciate how he explains ALL of the little details that you'd want to know about the product that most other reviewers might leave out and in a very clear and digestible way.

I love how Ben takes about 30 seconds to end the video.

OMG, I was all "Wish I lived in the same city as these guys. They're so sweet and chill" and then I saw you skating next to Playland. 🤗 I'm a skateboarding noob at the ripe old age of 40 and it's nice to know there's guys like you out there at the skate parks. Hope I run into you someday. ❤️

love the vlog style content, keep it up man ✌🏼

this style of vlogging feels so crisp and refreshing from the other vlogs i´ve seen.

A genuinely get happy every time I see a new ben video in my recommended

Really loved this format, Ben! Keep it up.

Thanks Ben, your vids always make me keen to go out for a skate! I've been rocking the Camel colourway Half Cabs as well, absolutely love them - but I'm a wide footer

Love the longer videos. I can finish my meal without browsing for a video after.

Loving the evolution of the channel. I watched the whole video, but I definitely appreciate the use of chapters.

Your lines capture the mid-90s Fight Fire With Fire vibe so perfectly. Absolutely love it.

I get so happy whenever you post Ben! Thank you

BEN YOU NEED TO REVIEW THE NEW ACE AF1’S !!!!!! Sick vid!

honestly this format works Ben! not too KZfaq vlogger, the parts we care about gets watch and we care on with our day!

I’m glad I clicked on this one! Love the blog style and happy to catch on to your buddy’s channel too!

love the reviews and all your other content and big ups to you for knowing about The Plugs I Met !!

Thanks for the review, I'll be getting some. Love the old school vibe and don't really do kickflips so they should work well for my old man bowl skating and occasional 'posing' down the pub with my not so tight and not so baggy trousers. Excellent content as always dude.

Sick! Thanks for the shoutout dude! The footage turned out great, I really liked the edit.

Love that music while you were skating the ledges... amazing stuff!

Always happy to see a Ben degros review in my feed

really enjoy to see you skate with other people!!

these half-cabs give an instant 90's vibe to your skating, pretty cool

I’m digging the new “vlog” style Ben! I enjoy the talking just as much as the skating keep them coming

This actually might be my favorite video of yours ben. Maybe it was the music, maybe it was the vibes, could have been the slight vlog style, not to sure....but it was phenomenal

I have always loved your vids, but this one is on another level. Bravo!

I don’t skip chapters, I enjoy every second with Ben 😌

man! that ledge spot looks so buttery. great video as always

The vlog really fits the vibe you give should do more of that imo but of course it’s you channel so what you post I’ll watch ✌🏽

I think it's pretty telling of Vans' ability to get their marketing message out on the skate line if someone who does shoe reviews can't articulate what the 'new' insole does. Great review and thanks!

these outros always make my day

this vlog style content is nice and refreshing from you ben! keep it up

I'm keen to see a review of the new Ace AF1 trucks from you!

Great video and review.....always loved the halfcab look 👍

Honestly the biggest improvement for me is that they look more like the OG halfcab. The Halfcab pros were always just a little bit goofy looking compared to the classics

Great video Ben! I also like the vlog style....

Agree 100% about the flick on these. I had a session in them and my flick wasn't nearly as precise as it can be in the originals. May keep skating them to practice heelflip tricks as per your suggestion, though.

The whole vibe of this edit was sick.

Love the music choices!

If the cook looks like nate you just know food is going to be the best thing youve ever tasted

I was never much into VAns (or better I haven't been for many years, I skated the Rowley XLT a lot when I was a kid), but now I bought myself a new pair of slip ons, I'm curious to feel how they improved them and if it's worth the price (I can usually find Lakai or Fallen for slightly cheaper). Great video as always Ben, spring in Canada looks amazing in this video.

tysm for time stamping the actual review

13:59 thats a very good point actually. I was like "they would look really good with a pretty wide, low pantleg" but i didnt think about how they would not look good with slimmer types of pants

Seriously, Ben is the best Skate KZfaqr. Only Reviews I really trust.

Hi Ben, that's for replying to my IG message. Got a 14.25" WB deck and loving it better again! I reckon try the Vans Rowan Pro next :)

smooth skating man, love to see it

That was a really good line, then you did about 8. Great skating man!! Like that Benny shirt .

Inspiring, love vans too, great films, fantastic lines

loved this style of video keep it up

Great review, thanks, bro!

What an amazing spot Ben! 😮 I am a little bit jealous dude 😄

I think I can finally describe Ben's style, and it's fitting, because it's measured ;)

Thank you Ben! Loooooved it.

you were so right about the flick on these shoes. SOOO bulky, skated them for the first time today and it was a bit of a struggle. hoping to get used to the flick soon cause these shoes look sick on feet

thanks for the shoutout and coming by for food ben! appreciate you!

Love the blogging style videos 🔥🔥🔥

why does nobody ever seem to mention how good Ben's Soundtracks are !?...super chill as always

Hi, im watching your Videos for 2 Momths now and I love your Content. I hope I can watch it way longer.

This was awesome! 👌🔥🍻

3 review videos later and I'm a fan

Awesome review i learned alot may i request please review revive decks thank you! 😁

You're a beast Ben! ledge game on point!

NATES NINE TIMES DECK!!!!! Y’all keep shouting out Saskatoon! I love it!!

Just switched to these. Best skate shoe hands down!!

I always like the videos because you never ask us to like your videos.

Those ledges are my favourite place to skate, maybe I will run into u sometime 😀

I just got some of those exact ones. nice black halfcabs. I love the early 90s, whether it's 1990 new deal videos or 1993 the real video. I wasn't even alive then, but skating a big board with smallish wheels and halfcabs is so much more fun than some boring popsicle (I like 90s eggshaped popsicles with really tapered kicks).

The wooden roller coaster in the back 👍🏻

this nee style of video is so good for this type of content

Sick dud i have 2 pairs i skated them back in middle school felt comfy

I especially enjoyed this review just this video in general

You guys make skating look so fun. Excited for the next run of boards. Where are they gonna be from? I’ll probably get one for my birthday. Always look forward to your content, keep skating hard boys.

I hope I’m regularly putting out minutes of street footage in my forties

Almost 1 PM, alarm set for tomorrow, time to go to... watch whatever this video shows :)

Do you think you would go crazy without your skateboard? I think I’d fall into a sad loop of yearning to skate, accepting it, and then wanting to skate again.

Are you ☘️? Anyways nice review I’m looking to get these in Navy so I def enjoyed seeing the shoes being put to work. Thanks!

Would love to see a full review on the old schools once there shredded!

i already skated through a pair of these but i love ben degros reviews 😂

Let’s gooooo Ben

i came for the half cabs and got much more so glad i clicked on this video

BEN the formatting of this video is perfect. and where is this ledge spot located? that place is perfect

thanks, Ben!

Nice on the videos man

I need new halfcabs, they used to last so long but haven't used them in years

Beautiful skate

I like the time stamps this time around.

A fan of the vlog.

I'm more of a fan of your previous minimal/ editing/ music/ bs videos, I'm sure the vlog style will go well though. Whichever way, I always enjoy your content.

Excellent video. 🙂

Love it

vlog style is great :)

Love the pillow around the foot feel, but I generally have to size up a half size due to having wide feet. I wonder if the classic model half cab (non-pro) is a bit wider.

I remember getting half cabs for cheap at the outlets back in the 2007-11 days, bit they've been limited and expensive ever since

Fire shirt dawg

The truck giveaways feel like a fever dream that I made up in my head.

favorite shoe🔥

interesting adaptations vans is doing, reminds me of the emerica G6/cup sole implementation. As a laced/wino/slip on skater. The g6 slip on and g6 laced was a breath of fresh air. But the toe caps on these vans makes them feel like converse or huf shoes. As far as the toe flex/board feel. Overall they seem more durable, but seem to fit more like a boot. And the plastic heel insert is hit or miss IMO. It might be better for impact and manuals but idk about boardfeel its like riding the laced to g6 laced. Just a different overall feel and not exactly the same shoe. To fully respect vans i had to get some epoch pros bc i never skated them in general theyre a really clean/design and i generally stopped skating low profile vans shoes a few years ago. But the epoch is like somewhat of a mixed bag vans shoe so i dont have to do a translation like with the old skool/pro/skate classic, and same with the sk8-high classics/pro/skate classic. Plus i love them for driving the original designs hell even the older authentics with the inner breathing holes have a nice feel when i drive by trade. Im gonna skate the all leather epoch to get a feel for the potential vans is offering. I loved the alex olson collab VERSA that hit the streets right when i got out of HS and had plenty of free time to skate and get serious about skating and the way that shoe skated was a "benchmark" for the potential vans had over their "classics". I mean when i first got into skating i was pretty much only on vans the ethan fowlers grecos trujillo, no skools etc. I even tried the rowley squares just to skate something that wasnt the classic design. Its like skating the reynolds 2 and the reynolds3 and eventually liking the cruisers and the laceds more than anything with padding. I learned my first kickflps and variations growing up with my first pair of reynolds 2s. Just something about skating a "real" skate shoe if not for the first time and just really feeling the difference. These skate classics are vans way of showing how serious they are. BC prior to the "pro" classics existing they were kind of lost at sea. The versa discontinued....i really didnt like their cupsole direction after the versa personally. Which is why i wound up skating G6 emerica cup soles, and eventually went with converse bc vulc. As many vans as ive skated i wound up hating most of them XD. Even the classic rowley pros epic day 1 skate just blown out toe cap/sidewalls. Day 7....much like the reynolds 3s. Both have some epic day 1 kickflips/3 flips and bs 360 potential then once the upper starts softening up where it bonds to the rubber/vulc its over. hopefully these new vans can clear up the issue i had with vans footbeds softening up as well as the majority of the collars on their low profile shoes tearing/ripping from frequent half cabs....tbh with all this implementation to durability/feel which has always been my issue with vans. They really need to refresh the rowley classic properly with this type of "skate classics" design in mind and heavy intent on durability and insuring the toe cap/sides dont blow out...bc rowley classics like originals with the big tongue...were like one of the greatest/benchmark shoes ever to skate...just wouldnt last for shit. The vulc would separate, footbed would blow out and thats if youre lucky enough to skate them long enough for that to happen the box/toe cap would be blown out after a few sessions/kickflips and theyre just so damn good for them too.

Hey Ben what’s the song you used for the skate edit in this video? Love your videos

The new half cabs actually more going on with the upgrades than the other skate classic models. They reinforced the collar a bit more, which is why they feel stiffer.