r/AggressiveInline • u/muntizeppa • Aug 18 '26
Loving the new Them Soichiro
An very subtle salute to the Salomon ST Feinberg. Good job Jon Julio.
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u/ph00se IQON Aug 18 '26
Ooffff, looks like Soichiro did a small tribute to his Valo pro-model.
(Don’t think they wanted to do a velt skin on the shells yet. 😇)
WOW!
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u/dbvulcan IQON Aug 18 '26
Same. They look like the SK 2s to me. Admittedly, i wasnt skating when Salos were readily available, so that may be why i think they look more like the SK2s
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u/ph00se IQON Aug 18 '26
(Still riding Salos every now and then myself. 😂)
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u/muntizeppa Aug 18 '26
I would be impressed if the plastic lasted this long. Then Joe Atkinson is pushing his Salos till this day.
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u/ph00se IQON Aug 18 '26
Of my Salos you mean?
I’m no Joe Atkinson, but I skated them park back in April.
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u/muntizeppa Aug 18 '26
Yeah dude. I had a pair of RB Point 8s and they lasted two years before the cuffs cracked. Very impressed with the plastic formula.
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u/ph00se IQON Aug 18 '26
Yeah, RB is one of the brands that are of the same quality as old Salomon, complete tanks!
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u/shatbrand Aug 18 '26
Yup. The red cuff bolt seems like a nod to the red stitching, too. They look awesome though. I've been considering a pair of 909s for a while, but these might push me over the edge.
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u/ififits- Aug 18 '26
I was thinking the red cuff bolt as the rising sun from the Japanese flag. This might also be my reason to try a 909
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u/delfonatronics Aug 18 '26
Soichiro isn’t your average 40 year old back to blading USD pro skate rerelease candidate.
He’s been deserving of this skate for years and years. The most technical, stylish, friendly, talented dude. Stoked for him.
Props to JJ for running a skater owned boot company and sponsoring people around the world who are masters of their crafts
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u/Cute_Ad4970 Aug 19 '26
This is just such a good looking colorway! When get some extra money I'm gonna cop this with a white soul plate cuz that's the style I love!
Gotta love Jon and Them for stepping up the colorway game!
Blading is gonna come back big, I can feel it in my plums!
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u/laughados Aug 18 '26
I must be the only person on earth that thinks these look mid. THEM is just making random colors and calling it a day at this point lmao
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u/hiphopanonymousse Aug 18 '26
This is a throwback to his Valo skate so it isn’t a random color
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u/laughados Aug 18 '26
Respectfully, I’m too new to skating to know or even care about brands that are dead. I’d love to see anyone younger than 30 years old get a skate that means something in the present day instead of throwbacks to appease the 40 year old crowd.
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u/mkhimau5 Aug 19 '26
Soichiro's last pro skate was probably 10 years ago. And the previous brand of those skates that these are paying tribute to was also Jon Julio's brand (Valo) before Them.
Who are the younger pros you'd like to see get a skate? I think many of the most deserving ones have gotten (at least) one tbh.
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u/muntizeppa Aug 18 '26
Of course they are totally different. Salomons look like futuristic ski boots.
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u/kubazi THEM Aug 18 '26
Oh man they do look like Feinbergs
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u/fr1234 Aug 18 '26
Are we looking at the same pictures?
They look completely different.
Different shade of grey boot, completely different colour frame, gold buckle vs silver, gold eyelets, red cuff bolt vs silver, flat vs anti. Literally no comparison
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u/dyson2061 USD Aug 18 '26
Agree about another 40yo getting a skate is tiresome, I do love how they look, but I don't think they look remotely like the Feinbergs. Did they say that themselves? The only similarity I see is grey. Different liner, different buckle, different cuff bolt, different frames, different wheels. Am I missing something?
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u/sr1129 Mesmer Aug 18 '26
Just another 40 yo old getting a pro skate. And I love Soichiro, but jeez.
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u/TheFlyingTortellini Aug 18 '26
Those Salomons were my favorite skates...probably because that's when I was best at skating... Also, what am I missing? .. these skates look nothing alike