On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 20:07:39 -0400, Alex wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:32:40 -0400, Wayne.B
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Sperry Top Siders were de rigueur for boating shoes many years back
but you can now get decent looking casual shoes with a Sperry like
non-skid sole. Racing sailors have mostly gone to Nike like athletic
shoes or Reef Runner type small boots. I still like top siders for
casual wear and age them into different categories. Top tier is
"dress topsiders" that I can wear almost anywhere. As they age and
get scuffed a little, they get downgraded to "boat topsiders". Bottom
of the barrel is engine room top siders after they get really beat up.

I have the same progression with my AOs.
I wear them everywhere unless I am hiking or something. Then in is a
New Balance shoe. I have some 608s on now. (basically a cross
trainer). They seem Ok for pretty strenuous hiking, riding on planes
or whatever, when you want more agility than you get with a boat shoe


Likely the 608 version 3 or 4. The original 608's were the best and
they refuse to bring them back. There are a lot of complaints on the NB
website discussion forum.

These are probably the old style. I have had them for a long time.
I am wearing them in New Hampshire in 2008

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