New Balance Numeric Skate Shoes
New Balance Numeric dropped in 2013 when the Boston-based running shoe giants decided to have a proper crack at skateboarding. Unlike some brands that just slapped a skate label on existing models, NB actually put in the work to understand what makes a skate shoe tick.
They brought their manufacturing expertise to the table with innovations like FuelCell foam for impact protection and NDurance rubber compounds that can handle the daily grind of griptape abuse. The team's loaded with talent like Arto Saari, PJ Ladd, and Tiago Lemos – riders who've put these shoes through their paces across everything from technical street lines to massive transition. It's proof that when heritage athletic companies take skateboarding seriously, they can deliver the goods.