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Toasting the 10th Mangawhai Bowl Jam: 2021 Event Wrap Up
The Vans Mangawhai Bowl Jam, presented by Backdoor NZ, celebrates a decade of roof-raising radness.
Posted 11 Feb 2021
Hong Kong skate purveyors 8FIVE2 have just released a special version of New Balance’s iconic 574 model. The army green kick incorporates the casual stylings of the classic trainer on the upper, but also fuses Numeric’s skate DNA in the form of materials and the outsole — the end result is a durable shoe that feels as much at home on top of your board, as it does beneath your feet. As 8FIVE2’s founder Brian Siswojo describes the 8FIVE2 x New Balance 574 Code Breaker, “It’s the best of both worlds.”