"It's all about the Shoes" - Nate in YM Magazine
"It's all about the Shoes" - Nate in YM Magazine
This photo is part of the YM Photo Shoot and Boating album and was taken in Rock Island, Illinois.
It's also on Flickr.
"It's all about the Shoes" - Nate in YM Magazine
This photo is part of the YM Photo Shoot and Boating album and was taken in Rock Island, Illinois.
It's also on Flickr.
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What Soap model are Nate's shoes?
Dave posted
ha, he's actually wearing my spikes. he didnt have any shoes with him that day.
derek posted
I would have never guessed....
Dave posted
Who are these kids riding rails, ledges, and curbs in those funny shoes? They're Soapers - named after the pastime's most popular brand of footwear, Soap. We know so much because we hung out with these cool guys in Molin, IL.
By Sara Lyle
derek posted
See that heavy-duty arch in Nate's shoe? It allows him to "freestyle walk" - the technical term for Soaping.
derek posted
Nate, 16, Monmouth, IL
How long he's been soaping: Four years. "My brother, Nick, saw a kid wearing Soaps. I was like, 'Yeah, right.' I wasn't able to picture shoes you could grind with" ("Grinding" is Soaper-and skater-speak for the scrapey thing they do while sliding on stuff.)
What made him a believer: "We went to an extreme sports store and bought pairs."
His favorite trick: The fahrvergnugen (taken from Volkswagen ads; it means "satisfactionin from driving" in German). "It's when you roll your ankles over in the same direction you're sliding." In this photo, Nate's performing a sweet "fast slide," not a fahrvergnugen.
How to identify posers: By their too-clean kicks. According to Nate, Soap guys usually travel in packs and have black scuff marks on the tops of their shoes. If a kid is walking around the mall wearing spotless ones, Nate and his friends will ask whether he Soaps. "If he says, 'What's that?,' we'll be like, 'Are you stupid? You have the shoes on!"
derek posted