Any skaters?

(NOT ROLLERBLADING) My shoes just died, i was tryin to learn kickflips and i wore my shoe down to my skin, im having a hard time deciding the ones i should buy next, the ones i had were fallens and they were pretty good to me, they lasted about 3 months. Ive had them longer then that but the winter was a bitch to skate in, what brand should i buy next that will last a while?  thanks for any help.

Aw, I was gonna say, I totally played a ton of Roller Hockey as a kid.
 
 
I don't skateboard, but I'm curious: your shoes were good, and they only lasted 3 months? How fast do you normally go through shoes?

I've always wanted a skateboard. They were pretty cool to me when I was younger.
 
Now I'm too lazy to get off walk or get around the city because I don't have my trusty skateboard :3

I tried skateboarding. Realised I wasn't a natural at it and was quite shit. Gave up the next day.

I always wanted to be good at it, it looks pretty cool. But I don't want to learn through broken bones.

I've been skating (very rarely now) for about 3 years. My first year I skated a lot but the last 2 I barely have so I'm still total shit. On topic though, my favorite shoes have always been Lakai, Emerica, and Es. I really can't say how long they've lasted cuz as I said, I've always been pretty shitty and never skated a pair of shoes enough to fuck them up terribly. I'd reccomend Lakai though, as I wore those for like 2 years and didn't seem to have any issues with them. 

" I've been skating (very rarely now) for about 3 years. My first year I skated a lot but the last 2 I barely have so I'm still total shit. On topic though, my favorite shoes have always been Lakai, Emerica, and Es. I really can't say how long they've lasted cuz as I said, I've always been pretty shitty and never skated a pair of shoes enough to fuck them up terribly. I'd reccomend Lakai though, as I wore those for like 2 years and didn't seem to have any issues with them.  "

There's skaters everywhere, dude.

ive been skating since i was 12

It doesn't matter what shoes u wear. They are all going to get f-ed up in the end. 
As for skateboarding, I hardly ever touch my old-style deck anymore. A few months ago I picked up Longboarding because i live on a mountain and it's soooo much more fun bombing down a hilll on a longboard. Currently I am using a Landyachtz Evo and i love it.

" Shoe Goo is your friend, or at least used to be, back in the day.   As for new shoes, look for anything with a good (preferably leather) ollie guard. They'll last longer, esp if you use Shoe Goo to take care of them.Save money by getting last years models on ebay, because you will burn through those suckers pretty fast, even with proper care. Luckily, the world is filled with posers who sell unused shoes just because they's the wrong model or brand. Exploit that.  I used to skate, but my old, broken body isn't having it anymore. "

always wanted to, but never did. playing the tony hawk games made me want to try it until i found out how dangerous it is.  
when i finally tried it, i realized how difficult it was and i gave up 

" @TheJohn said:

" Shoe Goo is your friend, or at least used to be, back in the day.   As for new shoes, look for anything with a good (preferably leather) ollie guard. They'll last longer, esp if you use Shoe Goo to take care of them.Save money by getting last years models on ebay, because you will burn through those suckers pretty fast, even with proper care. Luckily, the world is filled with posers who sell unused shoes just because they's the wrong model or brand. Exploit that.  I used to skate, but my old, broken body isn't having it anymore. "

they also dont sell it to anyone under 18 which makes no fucking sense. and the world isnt filled with posers its over populated with them, whenever i see someone with a skateboard i challenge them to a game of skate, 4/5 times theyll refuse, theres a ridiculous amount of kids that wear dgk shirts, skate shoes, but dont even know how to ollie.  "

Yes, only Skate 2 though. 

Get a pair of Supras that have the TUF coating. Not only do they last, but look totally bitchin too.

I used to skate a little many years ago. I got good enough to do just a few tricks, but nothing fancy. Then one day I slipped off the skateboard and slammed my head into a garage wall (displaced the wall a little), broke the skateboard, and never bought a new one.

I ride a long board pretty regularly, tons of fun and real fast.  Here's a video of some guys getting over seventy miles an hour in Brazil. 
  

" @ConkerAndBerri2:  Doing tricks isn't the only thing you can do on a skateboard. I can do a few, but I have never really even tried to learn tricks myself; so I would deny you a game of SKATE as well. Does this mean that I am not a skateboarder? I don't think so. The fact that I have spent over eight years on a board, and love spending time on it makes me a skateboarder. "

When I was a bit younger the guys at the skatepark made me try boarding, I turned out to be decent and learned the basics.
Kinda stopped there too, I can do basic stuff like ollie/nollie, boardslides, flips and some flatland stuff, which I blame Rodney Mullen for, guy is ace!
 
 

" theres a ridiculous amount of kids that wear dgk shirts, skate shoes, but dont even know how to ollie.  "

i recommend es or lakai they seem to last me long and i have had my current pair of es for 4 mounths and they only just started showing sign of falling apart.

I used to skate.
 
I could kickflip before i could ollie. True story.

" When I was a bit younger the guys at the skatepark made me try boarding, I turned out to be decent and learned the basics.
Kinda stopped there too, I can do basic stuff like ollie/nollie, boardslides, flips and some flatland stuff, which I blame Rodney Mullen for, guy is ace!
 
 

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I can't skate anything: skate boards, roller skates, roller blades, ice skates, none of that shit. I use to have a skate board when I was a kid but I can barely ride around on it let alone do tricks. We did use to have a long and step driveway made of smooth concrete they we use to "luge" down on it. And I think I might of tried to ice skate at a rink once for a school event but I ended up playing air hockey all night with a buddy of mine who had an equal disinterest in skating. 

Naw son, I rollerblade! I do it while I'm wearing my short shorts and all!