These Taka Hayashi Sk8 Mid Skool LXs are made from buttery off-white leather and have a long ass, Japanese-y sounding product name so you know they're legit. Even basics know white Sk8-Hi's were fire flames this past year. You probably even saw a ton of babes in Sk8-Hi's this summer. You're loyal to the Sk8-Hi, but, dude, these are mids. The internal dialogue is tearing you apart. Why am I saying "you?" I'm obviously talking about me.
I wear Sk8-Hi's a lot and once this summer when I was wearing them I saw a babe wearing a pair and I was like, "I like your Sk8-Hi's." She smiled and we chatted a bit. (But, dude, these are mids.) Then, like, last week there was this bomb dot com, early-30s Jenna Lyons type babe waiting for the train and she was wearing Sk8-Hi's—a fancy pair painted white with a zipper on the heel. I had this, though. I was sidling up, ready to drop that "I like your Sk8-Hi's" fire, but as I got closer something was amiss. Bae was looking at something reallllly closely on her phone. She was zooming in super tight…on a photo of her own eyebrow. She was checking out her eyebrow game via the power of selfies and an LCD screen. Look, I'm a sucker for brows. I respect the work babes put into their brows, but this was a public space. Take care of that shit in the privacy of your own home or you're gonna seem wild vain on the subway. The whole experience kind of soured me on babes in Sk8-Hi's. (But, dude, these are mids.) True!
So, the type of babe the mids might attract could be slightly less high-maintenance. She could be mid-maintenance. That might be just my speed. Or maybe the "Sk8 Mid Skool" name will just be a constant reminder of middle school: the last time I actually skated regularly and the last time I actually had any babes.
Angelo Spagnolo is a writer living in Brooklyn. You can follow him on Twitter here.
