COMPARING ES KOSTON 1 WITH THE ES ONE NINE SEVEN REISSUE! UPCOMING ES TWO NINE EIGHT RELEASE! 

I always thought it was cool when you couid send a company $2 and they would send some stickers. I know that's a little low but it has a little bit of that Golden Era Flavor.

I always wanted these as a kid because of seeing Sammy Baptista wearing them in Shortys Fulfill the Dream

$5 shipped is fair to support the channel I’d say.

My main complaint about most of Sole Tech is that they consolidated their midsole/outsoles to just a few based on the brand. Unless it's a collector's model, they'll just use the stock soles that they have. I understand it's for saving money but it does affect the look and sometimes the quality of the shoe.

waiting on the second colorrway will also let you hear about the sizing and fit before purchasing

Man that hat is bad ass. I miss Fuct jeans and clothing.

I grew up in the 90's and I had the original Koston 1 and Koston 2. Originals look better but still excited they brought them back.

Skated the OG Koston back in 01 and im good with the 197...they skate great should have went half size down tho

20$ for the no fear sticker lol. Sick video. I never had a pair of koston 1s. I wanted both the 1's and 3's.

the new sole is rock catching magnet! have to pick out rocks after every line or push!

Started highschool with air walks, then simples. Then I really got into skating and we were the best at it thanks to my dad having a stack of plywood, welder and an abandoned pig barn up the road that had never been used. With that I created our own skate park allowing me and a select few to skate when our Canadian winters came. Closest skate park around 1996 was 45 mins away and none of us drove cars yet. Had blue kostons blue marc Johnstons and my final year of high school had globe Mullens which were my best shoe and I traded in my skateboarding for the goal of trying to getting high everyday.

Classic!! My favorite skater and shoe was the navy Kostons with the gum sole!!! Loved them joints!!

In my experience skating the Quattro's (same sole as 197) is the tread pattern grabs pebbles like that's what it's made to do. Don't get me wrong, it's grippy and skates well. Until its loaded up with rocks scratching up your grip tape. It's the main reason I haven't bought the 197's. Cause for me that sole is a nightmare. I spent more time cleaning out the grooves than actually skating. I didn't even finish skating the Quattro's, I gave em away.

Those were a great shoe. I rennet having a pair of grey and blue Kostons.

100% agree, they could have just done a slightly more solid simple sole even without an air bubble instead of using the Quattro sole

I got a pair of Grind King trucks from Vertical Urge in Raleigh, NC in a raffle and they were the only truck I’ve ever broken and I was probably 125lbs soaking wet. It was either Venture, Thunder or Independent after that. The one shoe I wish they would bring back is Duffs shoes and the original Kareem Campbell model blue with gum soles. In the trilogy video and it was a great shoe. I wish I could have held on to them all these years. I wouldn’t mind him to the Axion reissue if the KCK. The Koston 1s were a great shoe but they were expensive compared to all the other shoes at the time. I had multiple pair only because I traded stuff for them.

3 bucks for the stickers for sure... love the videos brotha.. gotta see more skating though! 🛹🤙

time travelling is cool

I always comment this on countless videos but the number 1 problem with the 197s sole is that the OG Koston upper was designed and made for a wider toebox and a thicker proportioned midsole. I had the neon green/blacks and the blue grey pair back in the day new and after buying the 197 in gum dark navy and trying the recent 197 in neon green black I couldn't buy them again. Just holding a brand new neon green/black pair brought back some good memories. Skating and burning through the original ones myself and seeing some amazing skaters wear them back in the day, holding them and seeing a brand new one around 25 years later in person but I couldn't bring myself to buy them for that price. They just looked too too weird with that jammed up pointy toebox and shallow midsole. I'll keep the navy ones ones if I want a nostalgia trip. BTW Don, Pierre, and Soletech owns every design rights to the shoe, the general design was copied surprisingly for 1 model when Koston moved to Lakai for the Fully Flared video. It's a bummer they're using the sole they're using for the 298, it needed a real runner toe without stitching. Given the success of the Muska and the Creager it's surprising they went that route I'm guessing it was too late along production... maybe!

I had a 2004ish? version white/gum with shitty leather that peeled up but I traded a pair of dvs for them sooo ya know. Times were different back then.

Send $5 for a sticker and a catalog! Remember those days? Thats how much you should sell your stickers for!

I had at least one pair of og es kostons as a kid, they were black leather upper with purple and yellow sole

Growing up I literally owned every Koston shoe eS' released. Some I had multiple pairs of. I'm 34 and I kick myself in the ass everyday of my life for not realizing how significant they were at the time and keeping all of them. So many classic shoes I used to own from Reynolds 1,2, Ellington 1, 2. The list goes on and on

i think i'd like the 197s better bc i'm not crazy about the airbags. i have 3 sets of old grindkings, g5 highs, 2 pairs of g6 or g7s, like the ones you got here

I’ll cop some stickers 100% everybody loves stickers

It’s the way the toe /lace area is connected for me the old one were just smoother looking and the fuckin soles

You have a pair of Emerica Tosh Townend’s? I loved that shoe.

the 298 is actually the Evant sole and it skates really good but yeah, eS could make bank if they did a full K1 and K2 reissue

I had prob 8 pairs of K1 growing up … arto saari comes to mind first for some reason .. the 197 sole is so bad … if they put an accel sole on the 197 would be way better .. the Quattro sole is a rock magnet

What other colorwys did you see that will be released?

Es. Since they came back is weird. The muskas look spec to me but I never had the Ogs back in 97. I missed out on em. The suede like material feels cheap AF though. I’m curious if the OG’s felt the same way. Like you mentioned in the past video es just feel cheap or budget to me. For the same price I can skate Ishod’s. I want the 197 and 298 but prolly not gunna buy them just cuz they not exactly like what I remember seeing. Huge wasted opportunity on their behalf. The muskas prove they are capable but I still wish they would use better materials. My favorite reissue is still the Dime legacy. I got a NOS size 11 in box and a wearable pair.

$5 for not only the sticker but just to support the channel.

the one nine 7 has the sole of the “quattro”. ‘eS is too cheap to get a new sole mold unfortunately.

muska and creagar came out proper! WTF ES!

$2/sticker or if u send $10 u get 10 stickers , thats the deal yo!!!

The upper is called tumbled leather like the jordan 13s

Do you have any pair of zoo yorks? I got a pair back in 07

i had the og koston 1 in navy/gum and white/navy/yellow, and the lakai koston 1 in brown/gum. the lakai ones weren't nearly as good, my main complaint was the sole came unglued and detached long before they had any substantial wear

Weren't Axion the first with air pockets?

Stickers should be like $3.75

2.95 for sure

I'll do your patreon. Set it up.

In the early 00 Es always seemed like good quality i could be wrong but something seems different about them now they look cheap

$3-$4 a sticker

The 298 doesn't look like a koston. Its more the és evant.

You should start selling shoes you don’t want and clothes we wear the same size 😉

My God all the eS Kostons(except the Lakers ones) were absolute FIRE... I have Kostons 3 +5's iirc.. One Pink & ones black w/ pink. I don't even like pink i just bought em used that way outta luck. ~They skate GREAT! I mean really good boardfeel.. I think the 'Golden Era' 2006'ish was the best boardfeel shoes on the planet but with cusion & support. Im 50 now & ankles are dead. when i mess up on a shuv & the board wacks my ankle i like the padding. lol btch alert! whatevs ;D

thos gks

can you please weight the grind king g6 truck?

$2-3

Do a live stream

Your gonna break a hip

3-4$

És está vacilando com esses relançamento não fiéis aos originais, na questão da entresola!

$3 for sticker

lakai actually BOUGHT THE RIGHTS to the Koston 1 from eS. so they cant re-re-re-RErelease the koston1 ....shit sux.

Never cared for these. I had the EK01 with the G2 sole sans air pocket. Couldn’t do it.

Don’t nike own sole tech and dont sole tech own es so that would mean nike owns es

Any ipaths 😢

The soles on all 3 Koston reissues are really horrible. It ruins the whole shoe for me. That's a big no. I purchased Creagers instead and they are legit! Same as Muskas.

Decent shoe. Toe box is kinda ugly and really not digging the payless-sketchers-shoes for crews fake black pimple leather🤣

Amen the sole is disgusting I think that's what is making it not popular

I ALWAYS disliked the Koston 1. Like 5 reasons

Do you have a pair of thos Osiris Defcons??? from back in the day by any chance

679$ will be great