This skate shoe essential has seen every kind of change & collaboration possible & it keeps getting better with this latest rendition. After 20 years, the Half Cab is now enduring another change reminiscent of its original cutting of the collar. It's now slimmer, lighter and equally as flexible. This take on the legendary shoe is called the "Cab Lite" & it's everything you'd think & more.

If you were ever committed to Half Cabs before, this new slimmed down version is going to re-ignite your love for the shoe even more. The Cab Lite has some obvious differences than its forerunner but it still stays true in its silhouette and outsole design. The main differences that you should be looking forward to are the one piece suede toe cap over the traditional paneled toe and its newly slimmed design. Comparatively, it's night and day between the two shoes. The Cab Lite really is light as hell and you'll immediately feel the difference.

The Cab Lite's are already going through the review process.
We'll have more than enough info on them to come.

For now though, just know the following:

•  When walking in them, you'll feel the awesome-ness of the waffle sole. They feel as though they're broken-in just because of how comfortable it feels. Once you step on the board, that all changes. It'll take some more break-in time for the suede and additional fabric to break-in.

• They feel great in a half size smaller. Every now and then, the Cab Lite will feel snug but overall will stretch over time.

Expect for the review to be out soon.

This Fallen Capitol review is happening because of the overwhelming requests that we've received from you, the reader, via e-mail, social media & so forth. Don't take all the credit though because our curiosity for Fallen footwear has grown since reviewing the Tom Asta shoe earlier this year. The brand that once pigeonholed themselves in their "gnar-hesh-rail-chomper" imagery have since steered clear of that direction in search of a larger & diverse audience. Many can say what they want but since the addition of Jack Curtin & the loss of Chris Cole, Fallen is certainly finding their new following & it seems to be a loyal, conscious & alert one.

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While the DC Centric S review is coming out this month, we've had the time to develop an awesome relationship with the shoe for up to three weeks now. It's treated us great in every sense of the word with one exception.

Let's face it. You could get through life a whole lot easier if you're good looking. This is fact. I know this because I'm behind a keyboard and not on a runway strip ready to strut my stuff for a inconceivable amount of money just for walking. Everyone on Gravis is good looking and that's probably one of the attributes needed to just get on flow. Just sayin ranting... 

Ripped Laces success hasn't grown over night. It's taken hard work and dedication. We've been recognized for so much of our hard work that we're proud to say that Jerry Hsu himself has approached us to introduce his First Glance. The Hsu 2 Fusion from Emerica is next up in our list of reviews. We asked him to provide a few words on his new shoe and here's what he had to say... (photo below)


The Hsu 2 Fusion is the next shoe to be featured using our video reviews but more importantly it's the 2nd Asian shoe review we're doing this month. The first one is the Converse KA-ONE and we spoke on whether Kenny Anderson holds the key to eternal youth. Their is still no confirmation on this but hold tight, we'll get you your answers. Now, we're moving onto the Jerry Hsu 2 Fusion from Emerica. It's entirely the opposite of Kenny's shoe. Jerry reintroduces us to his mid-loving ways and adds a few bells and whistles to this shoe. It has an in-sown toe cap, which hids the stitching from any unwanted blow outs and has a very comfortable and refreshing silhouette. I'm extremely happy to say that this latest mid-top doesn't look like a halfcab so thank God for that. Oh, I almost forgot, here's the english version of what Jerry had to say about his shoe.


The review should be out by the end of the month with a full video behind it. Oh and btw, we're looking to get this shit hole off blogger and make it legit. Any graphic designer out their wanna make some mula....? Hit us up at RippedLaces@gmail.com

Peace.

The Ka-One hasn't been out for too long but the man behind the shoe has. Kenny Anderson has probably been skating for two decades now; so what makes him your favorite skaters' favorite skater? Could it be his effortless style that makes his skating so timeless? Or is he himself timeless? Does he posses the key to eternal youth? Kenny is Asian and they've been known to be sworn to secrecy when it comes to their ancient medicines and herbs. An abundance of clues suggest that this rumor may be true; one of them being his long, silky and voluptuous head of hair. Could his shampoo and conditioning styles be as smooth as his skating?

These questions have lead to me dig further and further in search of an answer. So what do I need? I need an Asian skateboarder to skate these shoes and make them look as good as Kenny does.

I only have 1 Asian friend and he's already doing another shoe review for me so thats out of the question. I'll have to improvise. Whats the closest thing to an Asian? I don't know but I do have a good friend who pisses me off on a daily basis simply because he skates as effortless as Kenny. He's Italian though...

It's common for Italians to be sworn to secrecy, we're getting warmer... And although he doesn't study herbs and medicine, he's been known to smoke a whole lot of it so I think this might be my best bet to getting closer to finding out if Kenny Anderson is truly ageless....The review should be out in two weeks.

It's 11:30am and I'm sitting in my living room, minding my own and getting some RL's work done. Suddenly I was woken up out of my work "daze" to find a yelling man at my window. This wasn't the scariest shit in the world considering I've lived in the ghetto for over 14 years and have seen crack fiends throw tv's out the 5th floor window but it was surprising to find that this person yelling was Asian.  Now, I'm not much to judge but as far as I know, most people of Asian decent happen to be peaceful and full of chi, or something like that. As I got up from my chair and looked out my window, I saw him whacking a large yellow package at my window.

"I'm talking to youuuuu, you no listen!" He yelled.

When I got to the door, I asked him "What's up?" to which he responded "Is this you?", he was pointing at an envelope that read "Attn: Ripped Laces." He gave me the package and quietly faded into the sunset. This was my introduction to my new FP Foam King insoles. Kind of a large and unforgettable introduction at that. I'm wondering, was the Asian man cranky because the people at FP sent this man walking from their offices in California to NY or was he cranky because he wants me to get this review done as soon as possible and inform the readers about how good these insoles really are?

Asian people aren't particularly cranking so either of the two situations seems plausible.  This review should be done in 2-3 weeks. It'll be featured after the Vans TNT 5 review so stay posted.

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This shoe has by far been one of the hardest reviews yet. It's not a difficult or a stubborn shoe, it actually skates amazing but wait till the review for further details. It's the fact that my format "A Week with the Westgate" is a week. This causes me to have to work 10x's faster and harder for the review and still remain as accurate as ever with details.

Does this mean the shoe is going to be changed back to our monthly format? No. You need to know about this shoe considering how much "beef" is added to the mix.

You know what I'm talking about right....? You know...




Vans......



Half Cabs......



YES, this shoe looks like a Vans "Half Cab" but regardless of that my goal with this review is to show you how different the Westgate is from the Half Cab. I might even have to go to the man himself to help me out with this and ask him directly about all this controversy.

Am I biting off more than I can chew? I don't know but this should make for an interesting review.


Damn.