Not so new, New Balance Numeric skate shoes

Yet another major shoe company is putting their hands in the proverbial skateboard cookie jar. This time it's New Balance with the help of none other than the chief himself, Jamie Thomas and Black Box Distribution. On Dec. 10, 2012 New Balance Numeric became official and put out a press release announcing its entrance into the skate game.

Since then only a few images of the shoes emerged, but today hungry media outlets joined together at Dodger Stadium to feast on the corporate garbage that New Balance and Black Box had to offer.

Skateboarder Magazine's exclusive: New Balance Numeric sneak peak photos
The Skateboard Mag exclusive: New Balance Numeric Line

Photo from theskateboardmag.com

All I gotta say is these shoes look straight outa the 1980's. I don't see one bit of innovation or creative design in any of these shoes. There is nothing "new" about this line, everything is already outdated from the start. And with all the comments I've seen they haven't been well received or welcomed. Here is one comment.

I know thats only one comment out of thousands that are going around, but it does say something about whats going on.

Personally I've never been a fan of these shoe giants dipping there hands in the skate game, but you can go check out all the links and decide for yourself.