Shoes You Can Skate in That Don't Look Like Skate Shoes
His website home page is an artsy shot of a cigarette’s slow burn. It’s rumored that he and Erin Wasson are an item. In a leather jacket and slim black pants, Gravis team rider Dylan Rieder appears to be the hot yet introspective lead singer of the latest critic’s-darling indie rock band, rather than what most people expect from a sponsored skateboarder.
Skaters didn't look like this when I was in high school. A photo of Dylan Rieder, courtesy of Gravis
Rieder’s confident hipster style is seen in his signature skateboard shoe collection for Gravis that doesn’t look like skate shoes. Following up the lace-free “Dylan” skate shoe in oxblood-color leather delivering this Fall, Gravis showed Rieder’s Spring 2011 shoe line at the Class@ASR show in San Diego Aug. 13–15.
A boat shoe style gets a waxy denim finish makeover, and a suede ninja boot is treated with deliberate wrinkles and a zip opening—all of which have special footbeds that make them functional for concrete cruising. Don't let the baby face fool you; this guy can shred the gnar as seen in the video teaser here for his forthcoming short film by Gravis.
Dylan Rieder Teaser from Gravis Footwear on Vimeo.
Two shoes from Dylan Rieder’s Spring 2011 signature shoe collection for Gravis
“Dylan” skate shoe in oxblood-color leather that gets scuffed and worn from scraping on the asphalt and board rails, delivering this Fall
