26/05/2026
Shoe nerds rejoice! Our "Soul II Sole" article (exploring the challenges of starting a skate footwear brand in Europe) is now live at freeskatemag.com 🔴
We worked with on a piece that includes a bunch of in-depth interviews with the good people behind , Link Footwear, Aeon, , and , touching on why they chose to take on these risky endeavours, what kept/keeps them going, whether they were influenced by each other in any way in the process, etc., and the result paints a great overall picture of the Euro shoe landscape past and present, full of fascinating anecdotes about their respective journeys.
Some bits to give you an idea of what was touched on (in no particular order):
1: skating his unreleased Link pro model in ' "Bon Appetit". Filmed by Vincent Chassignole.
2: from 's "Alv's Angels" by (available in full on our YouTube channel).
3: shot for an Aeon ad by .
4: for , from the promo they released to launch the brand: "First Times Are Special" (filmed by ).
5: shot by for .
6: ' Link Footwear ad (the explanation of why he’s advertising skate shoes in his socks can be found in the article…).
7: 's stomping away in some Aeons for his opening part in LORDZ' "They Don’t Give A F**k About Us" (filmed by ).
8: 's latest recruit in Lisbon, shot by .
9: Michi Mackrodt from "Catch Of The Day", filmed by for the launch of (online in full on our YouTube channel).
10: Sketches of early 's models.
11: skating his pro model on , the first pro shoe ever be released by a European brand. From "A Reason For Living".
12: His ad for said shoe.
