Breh, skateboarders have almost exclusively switched over to low cut kicks...........if they're proving the right support for jumping down stairs, why doesn't it work for basketball?
Ryan sheckler's ankle bone have come out of his skin and shoe numerous times in lows, breh.
while as a guy who had to stop skating and picked back up on it, like twenty five plus years later.
close to forty, I have had not one foot problem rocking jordan twenties and the ankle brace.
plus, the best skates shoe nike has a strap and mid to high's.
the jordan twenty is a functional High top just the strap emulates the tie up upper boot portion.
I think skater rock lows for the look and cut of their pants over their shoes.
or, the fact most suede shoes skaters like don't come in the same flavors in suede in a high.
I don't think it is for health and support.
if it was,...there would not be a cult following to bring back old high top skate shoes from the eighties.
I know you that dude on a deck,...
yet, lows are not that move for skating like that.
Art Barr