We're dipping a toe into the shoe pool with a small initial run from our friends at DC Shoes. DC was started in skateboarding's golden era, the early 90's. I've heard two stories on what the initials stand for. At the time, Droors Clothing, associated with Danny Way and Colin McKay, was super hot. They started a shoe company and called it DC, for Droors Clothing. Or was it for Danny and Colin? I don't know, but when I see Danny Way at events we do, I'm always too intimidated to ask him. It's been amazing to watch DC's roots start over 20 years ago in skateboarding through what it is today, still supporting skateboarding first with one of the best teams out there including Nyjah Huston, Evan Smith, Felipe Gustavo, Mike Mo Capaldi, Wes Kremer, Matt Miller, and more. Our young friends skate for them and our old friends work for them, and they work with us doing some great skateboarding events around the world. We're proud to have DC as the first shoe brand in The Boardr Store!
We first met Nyjah Huston in his hometown of Sacramento while packed in a mini-van driving up and down the west coast running am contests. This was way back in 2001 when Nyjah was in the single digit age range. I remember him having his dreads down to his knees back then with full pads on doing early grab backside 360 airs on the quarterpipe to bank ramp. Just a short year later he was starting to get more coverage and became known as that super wonder skateboarding kid. Then he started to win the am contests we were doing. We've watched him grow up over the last decade and turn from that kid into the super wonder skateboarding man he is today. Throughout the whole time, he's been nothing but a nice ass dude, too. From our most recent time seeing him win South Africa's Kimberley Diamond Cup this year to all the other events we run where we get to see him rip in person, it's been unreal watching Nyjah progress and grow up. Now he has a signature shoe on DC.
Anyway, on to the shoe itself. It's got super suede on the toe, a thinly padded collar and tongue, a removable sockliner for comfort and odor absorption, and cup sole construction with DC's Impact G in it. You know Nyjah needs that for when he's jumping down buildings. You'll need it, too. Impact G is a rubber and polyurethane pocket in the heel to distribute the shocker of big impacts and minimize the dreaded hot pocket in your heel that skateboarding tends to deliver, aka the heel bruise.
The first time I met Mike Mo Capaldi was at a Game of SKATE at ASR around 2001 where he lost the final round to this crazy dude named Jim Bates who skated the whole game with a water bottle in his hand. Mike Mo was just a kid, but he blew everyone away with his flat ground pop and consistency. A year later he had that part in P-Rod's homie video, followed up by the first part in the Lakai video that blew everyone away. Now Mike Mo's on DC and this is his first pro shoe with them. The upper has no stiching and is all super suede to take skateboarding abuse far better than mere mortal suede. The open mesh tongue and vent holes give you that breathability to keep your foot chilled and minimal on the funk fumes. It also has an internal mesh sleeve and a nice padded collar making it feel like the Lay-Z-Boy of footwear with cupsole construction.
We first met Wes Kremer when he was a wee little child of 13 years of age back in 2002 at an am contest we were running at the time. Even back then, he was one of the nicest dudes that always made a point to say what's up over the years as we saw him around the world at skateboarding events. We've watched him grow up, turn pro, drop ripping video parts, and now get a pro shoe on DC. It couldn't have happened to anyone better, both on the board and off. Congrats, Wes! Wes' shoe features DC Super Suede on the toe where you need it most for that flick. It has a lace protection system and an Impact S sockliner for additional comfort and impact, too. We are hyped to be carrying Wes's shoe here at The Boardr Store.
If you haven't been skating for more than a decade or so, you might not know about the time when not just DC, but many other shoe brands in skateboarding had a shoe similar to this newly renovated edition of the Lynx. That lace style was pretty popular back then, with most of the shoes being much fatter. This modern Lynx cupsole design is thinner than what it was back in the day. Those lace loops definitely help with the broken laces, too. There's an inner mesh sleeve in this one that also contributes to both comfort and breathability.
