Lastly, the sole of the shoe turned out to be a highlight. We were quite impressed with the quality of the leather around the toe piece and sidewalls they not only provided strong durability but also structured the shoe very well. Even so, the sidewalls of the shoe were made of a high quality leather, and did well against the griptape abuse, with no holes and barely any wear to it. As a result, in the first few hours, the stitching came loose and soon the toe cap piece ripped apart fast, with no double backed suede or canvas to prolong the life of the shoe. The material itself was great, however, the toe cap piece was only fixed with three stitchings and was in the high abrasion zone of the shoe, right smack dab in the ollie and kickflip area. The shoe updates the classic Samba toe piece cap with a high quality suede, that wraps around the toe-piece similar to a T. All in all, the shoe’s durability was below average. While the hype was high to skate these adidas Samba ADV’s up, we were a bit let down with the durability of the shoe. Read on below to see how they did during our weartest. We here at Weartested got our hands on a pair of the classic black white with gum sole Samba ADV’s and noticed immediately that the shoe’s silhouette didn’t change too much, which made us more curious to what technical elements were hidden inside. With this in mind, the subcultures of The Casuals and skaters today don’t seem too far apart, which is a no-brainer that adidas adapt the Samba’s technical elements to withstand the abuse from skateboarding. These sharp dressers would wear expensive two piece track suits from Stone Island and Lacoste, and fit themselves with an iconic pair of adidas Sambas. This move from “function” to “fashion” can be dated back to the mid 70’s to the influence of England’s surviving football subculture, “The Casuals”, where smoking, drinking and fighting football hooligans would wear expensive designer clothing to avoid the attention of law enforcement as well as to intimidate rivals. This type of sales number didn’t just happen overnight originally designed as an indoor soccer shoe, the adidas Samba was well received initially by footballers but soon became a lifestyle shoe as well. The adidas Samba is the second highest selling adidas model, following after the adidas Stan Smith, with over 35 million pairs sold to date.
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