MARANA MICHELIN

I hate to divulge my secrets, but these make kick as$ pickleball shoes. The Michelin tread is awesome and provides a solid "chirp" as it grabs court like like a fat girl to a cheeseburger, simply unbelievable. It sounds like a basketball court when I step on and right away people know I mean bizness.... then they say,

"Hey man, are those Etnies? WTF?" and I say, "Ya bra, I stole these kicks from my youth, and now you gunna die, you pickleball fool!"

The tread-life is slightly above average, but way better than what you can expect from the big sport shoe brands. The shoe fits snugly and does NOT have the super-thick tongue that makes your feet swelter and shoes reek to high-heaven.

Get Etnies to kick **** on the asphalt, then get them again when you're too old to skate, but want to shred it on the pickleball court... I hear there even better on shuffleboard deck, I'm just not there yet.

Love these shoes! I'm a forever Michelin shoe dude! These shoes last a lifetime

These shoes are the grippiest shoes I’ve ever had.

I like the shoes. For one they are not identicle to vans. Second It feels kind of like a pair air forces took inspiration from vans. They are stiffer than vans and more padded than vans. Which can take a couple days to get used to but its not bad at all. I think the way its built makes it better for skating then vans or air forces. The only thing i was excited about was the stitching was good but not the cleanest. A couple quarter centimeters or half centimeters would pertrude outwards. You could slightly tell where the stitching started and ended which is fine but for 100 dollars i would hope that wasnt the case purely for asthetics. But i would most likely buy again hopefully the next ones look even better.

We ordered a UK 12 but sent a US 12 size UK 11

I’m 54 and still skateboard since my youth, and I am a professional stage tech, so my shoes must be good - and I can trust these Marana shoes: the soles are soft enough to skate, stiff enough to work on stage, they never slip, don't break or wear off. The plastic part on the tip don't loosen or get damaged, although they do a lot of work. Thank you Etnies ! make more colors please, also more light colors