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Equipment Boards => Bags, Shoes, Accessories => Topic started by: wick3d on August 10, 2007, 02:37:06 PM
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Saw these at my local proshop today...they look to be decent quality...anyone know of any leads to purchase these? proshop wants $280can just a tad more than what i wanted to spend.
http://www.ark-wave.co.jp/ctgry/s.html
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Call me crazy, but they look to be re-labelled ABS shoes. Check out the line of ABS/Dynorooz shoes and you'll see the similarities.
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Call me crazy, but they look to be re-labelled ABS shoes. Check out the line of ABS/Dynorooz shoes and you'll see the similarities.
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The toe cap is the same, style wise they look like the same base shoe. Very odd...
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iBowl
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The proshop owner said that he believes they come from the same factory....the toe cap on the HellBent are a Hard Leather...these shoes can go left or right handed...just ya just need to order the right soles n heels(according to the proshop owner)...the padding below the ankle is really soft the insoles are different from the ABS...gonna go back later and compare them again to the ABS...he has both so i can easily compare the two.
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Hey WICK .. if you can compare them .. I'd be interested in knowing if the sizes are equal (i.e., 7 hell bent and 7 abs).. Thanks
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alrighty...will do
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well i couldnt really make a good comparison...they had ABS 11s and HB 9.5
build quality seem to be very good on the HB...ABS seemed to be a softer material kinda spongee where as the HB were a little bit firmer, the HB also look to be taller(above the laces to the toe area) vs the ABS...proshop owner says the ABS feel a tad wider just cuz the HBs he are using are not fully broken in yet.
.....i have to get a hold of a pair of these babies i just like how they look. gonna take some pics this week if he lets me.
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Thanks!
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Edited on 8/11/2007 8:43 PM
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I'm pretty sure it's the same now, but ABS used to make a large number of shoe models that Dynothane did not bring into the country. These are probably some of them or some customized versions. Kinda like Brunswick's shoes are made by Dexter. I bet these are ABS shoes, should be pretty good, if you can figure out how to buy them and get them here.
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