The second area, the midfoot, didn’t show much sign of wear. The most noticeable signs of wear are in the kick flip area, but the suede was holding our 10 hour test strongly but with a small appearing hole. Starting with the toe area, the Westgate 508 features a durable suede one pice toe cap. The three main areas to evaluate the durability of a skate shoe include the toe area, the mid foot area, and the outsole. The New Balance 508 runs a half size bigger we recommend going a half size smaller than what you usually wear.
Read on below to see how the New Balance Numeric 508 performed during out weartest. A slimmed down silhouette without sacrificing durability, the New Balance 508 is the beautiful brainchild of Brandon Westgate and Jeff Mikut, who both were able to test out and tweak the shoe throughout the whole development process. Judging from the aesthetic of the New Balance 508, it’s evident that Brandon’s creative input was well weaved into the details as he mentioned in a Nine-Club interview, he liked the feeling of a tapered sole, so he incorporated the sole of the New Balance 288, inspired by indoor-soccer shoes, into his second signature model. Thus, the New Balance Numeric 508 was born.
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As Brandon and Jeff started planning for a second signature shoe, their goal was to provide an aesthetically sharp and durable shoe at a reasonable price point a move that only skaters behind the full process could spearhead. T he shoe was a technical advancement for New Balance Numeric’s skate product line and opened the gates of innovative expression for both Brandon Westgate and New Balance Numeric designer, Jeff Mikut (previously Lakai’s footwear designer). Roughly two years ago, we had the opportunity to weartest Brandon Westgate’s first signature New Balance Numeric shoe, the 913, which you can read here.
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