In a collaboration with Stone Island, the original Numeric skate shoe, the 272, gets a stripped-down reimagining.

I enjoyed most of the 140-something miles I put into version 2 before the upper ripped – a rather common ... toe box and forefoot area in New Balance shoes, and that’s no different here.

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