You've had so many shoes over the years. Would that be weird to you if you saw a fashion brand repurpose your old designs? The Etnies Marana Vulc is a slimmer version of the cupsole Marana, this one with a vulcanized outsole (see last section of this post if you don’t know what that means). The suede upper has injected rubber toe cap providing strong support and a mesh-lined tongue and collar that make it very breathable. The insole offers good cushioning and rebound. The outsole is extremely flexible with a sturdy, long-lasting tread pattern. The flexibility is remarkable with this footwear, which ensures you have an excellent grip and board feel better than other cupsole brands. Blitz Distribution (1 October 2011). "Blitz and Baker part ways". Blitz Distribution . Retrieved 2 September 2012.

Emerica’s most recent iteration of Reynolds models (The “Reynolds Low,” and the “Reynolds Mid” in 2013) stressed the minutia of breathability, support, and lightweight qualities. These are the most advanced and versatile models ( The Skateboard Mag even teamed up with Emerica for a collab edition). But a shoe can only be so breathable, and it can only be lightweight to a certain degree. The truly unique facets of a skate shoe are the little touches, the details that someone like Andrew Reynolds would find important. A tiny tweak here, an imperceptible adjustment there. bk (17 October 2012). "Free Lunch (Part 1 of 2): Andrew Reynolds Discusses Riley Hawk, Figgy and More". Skatedaily.net. No Comply Media. Archived from the original (Video upload) on 22 February 2013 . Retrieved 29 October 2012. Professional skateboarder and Emerica team manager Heath Kirchart revealed in 2007 that he perceived Reynolds as his competition, as Reynolds was recruited to Birdhouse after he joined the team. Kirchart further explained:He also has his own signature shoe on the way. We had the chance to talk to him recently about all of it. Read the interview below. In 2017 we also released the first printed and online sneaker stores guide, what started off as a “simple” guide to stores has evolved into something much more important: “A Guide To Sneaker Culture”. One hundred percent. I follow Teddy and ALD. I see the brand is so clean. I love it. I take inspiration, actually, from when I see the way the shoots are done and advertising, I'm like, "Damn." Then, when I first got on, I heard they hired this guy to be the creative director for all the Made in USA stuff. I'm like, "Yeah, they should be paying that guy whatever he wants." That's a really smart move. All those collabs, some stuff, I don't know exactly what they are. But everything they're doing now, even Coco Gauff, who won the biggest thing in tennis—I don't know anything about tennis. I saw that. I'm like, "That's my teammate." I'm like, "Yes, they're crushing it in so many areas." I'm happy to be a part of it. I just got in the mail actually some 550s from thisisneverthat. They look canvas; they're brown. I'm hoping to do stuff like that with Numeric—Baker and other cool collabs with the skate stuff. New Balance, aside from the skate team, they just have this huge roster of collaborators. You have Aimé Leon Dore with Teddy Santis, Salehe Bembury, Joe Freshgoods. Have you met any of those guys, or is there anything that you're open to working with them on? Blair Alley (13 January 2012). "SPITFIRE WELCOMES ANDREW REYNOLDS". Transworld Skateboarding. Bonnier Corporation . Retrieved 29 October 2012.

The options for skateboarders with wide feet (2E+) are very limited and perhaps nonexistent. The skateboarding industry is relatively small and I assume it would be too expensive to produce wider skate shoes to get a decent return on investment. Your best bet is to look for non-skate brands that offer wide suede sneakers.

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Sole Technology & Andrew Reynolds Launch Altamont Apparel". Transworld Skateboarding. 19 July 2006 . Retrieved 1 April 2018. a b c d RIDEChannel (17 October 2012). "Andrew Reynolds on Bake and Destroy, Riley Hawk, Figgy and More on Free Lunch ..." YouTube. Google, Inc. Archived from the original (Video upload) on 2012-10-17 . Retrieved 19 January 2013. Emerica Presents the Reynolds Low Vulc and Herman G6 Vulc" (Video upload). emerica on YouTube. Google Inc. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13 . Retrieved 7 November 2014. That was their first time trying that. They took the 480 and when I saw it, I'm like, "This is what I skate in. Just a cup sole shoe in a straight line that has the built-in foam and has the look down at the toe that looks like that." I'm like, "Yeah, dude, this is what I love to skate in." Then I was already in the deal at this point, so they're like, "We want to come out with a couple colors and then we want to give you a color with a shoe." So I saw that a lot of the colors were white sole or sporty kind of colors. So that was the first thing. I was like, "OK, I want to do something that's dark." I kept seeing these shoes all over where there would be a couple different shades of blue, but they were a little off, not the same, or a couple shades of gray that were a little off. Super suede: a specially strong and stiff suede material that’s designed to resist impact and abrasion. Super suede is regular suede (animal or synthetic) that is coated with polyurethane for increased durability.