简介：

New Balance从最初与Black Box合伙已经有四个年头了，在他们的生产中也是面临了一些艰难和考验，自从New Balance Numeric刚开始组建他们的队伍也有三年了，超强的阵容包括Arto Saari, Levi Brown, PJ Ladd还有Tom Karangelov。自那以后，New Balance Numeric就开始调整自己并决心要扩大自己的滑板鞋支线、滑板队以及市场。已经建立的Pro队伍里的滑手像Chad Tim Tim, Jack Curtin, Marius Syvanen还有Marquise Henry的风格都是非常干净的，他们甚至还找到了Zero Am Franky Villani。在PJ Ladd的带领下，可以说他们滑板鞋的设计是很适合做那些很有风格的技术性滑板动作的，看起来这就是他们的目标重心。他们营销的另一个亮点，就是制作的那些史诗般的滑板片来给我们带来不一样的享受，包括Sunland, The Second Narrows, 还有大家最喜欢的VX4000。在这一次的weartest中，我们拿到了Brighton 344的Marquise Henry签名款配色，这双鞋会有额外的一个胶头层来提供额外的耐磨性，而其他的Brighton 344鞋款就没有。下面一起来看看我们第一双New Balance Numeric系列鞋款的评测，关注一下这双鞋其他隐藏的科技表现又是如何呢？

Intro:

It’s been four years since New Balance’s original partnership with Black Box, which faced a few trials and tribulations regarding their production, and three years since New Balance Numeric has announced their original team, heavily stacked with Arto Saari, Levi Brown, PJ Ladd, and Tom Karangelov. Since that, New Balance Numeric has revamped itself and been resolute into expanding their skate footwear line, team and marketing. Established pros with clean style like Chad Tim Tim, Jack Curtin, Marius Syvanen and Marquise Henry have joined the roster, and they’ve even picked up Zero Am Franky Villani. With PJ Ladd leading this roster, it’s safe to say that many of their shoes are designed to handle technical skating with style; this seems to be the forefront of their objective. Their marketing is another highlight; burned into our brains are the epic videos produced, including Sunland, The Second Narrows, and the fan favorite, VX4000. For this weartest, we were given Marquise Henry’s signature colorway for the Brighton 344, which had a rubber toe screen for added durability not found in other Brighton 344 models. Peep our first New Balance Numeric shoe review below to check out the performance of the other hidden technical features in this shoe.

尺码：

New Balance Numeric Brighton 344为正常尺码。

Sizing:

The New Balance Numeric Brighton 344 fits true to size.

耐磨性：

这双鞋采用了由New Balance Numeric专利的NDure合成材料制成的无缝一体式鞋头。这种材料本身就有着麂皮的灵活性和帆布的稳定性，在滑板的时候，耐磨性也是非常理想的。鞋子的外底由New Balance的Ndurance制成，为的就是增加鞋子外底的寿命。最后，这双特别的Brighton 344还在鞋子的鞋头区域额外覆盖了一层橡胶层来增加鞋子的耐磨性。这三个特点就让这双鞋的耐磨性变得非常令人印象深刻。由于没有缝线来被磨坏，所以砂纸最直接的摩擦主要就是在橡胶的外底上。当从外底慢慢地磨损到鞋面上时，主要的磨损就转移到覆盖的橡胶层上了，这也证明了这是一道非常成功的防线。在我们10小时的测试中，Ndure合成材料一点磨损的痕迹都没有，当然在ollie和kickflip区域也绝对不会磨出洞，可见鞋子的寿命可是能承受好长一段时间的滑板。唯一一点可以多关注一下的就是在鞋子侧面的New Balance的logo，因为是缝合上去的，所以很容易就被砂纸磨损撕扯下来，这也让鞋子看起来比平时更破旧一点。

Durability

The shoe features a completely seamless one-piece toecap that is made up of New Balance Numeric’s patented NDure synthetic material. The material itself has the flexibility of suede but the stability of canvas; when skating, the durability of the shoe was extremely impressive. The outsole of the shoe, is made of New Balance’s Ndurance rubber compound, designed to increase the lifespan of the shoe’s outsole. Lastly, this specific Brighton 344 model features an additional rubber screen overlay that covers the outer toe cap of the shoe for added durability. These three features made the durability of the shoe extremely impressive. Since there were no seams to be ripped, direct griptape abrasion mainly came into contact with the rubber outsole. As the outsole slowly started to mold into the upper, the majority of the abrasion was then directed towards the rubber screen overlay, which proved as an extremely successful defense tactic. Throughout the 10 hour weartest, the Ndure synthetic material showed absolutely zero signs of wear, and absolutely no ollie or kickflip holes appeared which shows that the lifespan of the shoe can bear skating for a much longer period of time. The only thing that could use more attention to is the New Balance logo on the side of the shoe, which was made of stitching that was easily ripped apart from the griptape, giving the shoe a more weathered look than normal.

缓冲性：

Brighton 344的缓冲系统是标准的PU泡棉中底，这种类型的缓冲在许多的滑板鞋中都可以找到，因为它又经济又实用。但是New Balance Brighton 344的另一个特性为它提供了额外的缓冲性能。在PU泡棉底下，从中足到后跟区域还有一片多层的合成材料，形成了一个特殊的锥形系统。在鞋子切开的照片中，你就能看到整个鞋子缓冲系统的各个细节。这个锥形的系统基本是从中足跨越到后跟的一个支撑系统，而且从鞋子的鞋底延伸出去都被均匀分布。这就让中足区域的鞋身更加坚硬，更有助于提供稳定性以及保护脚跟免受瘀伤。测试的时候，在最多6级台阶的中等冲击滑板时，鞋子的缓冲表现得很好，但是脚跟的缓冲还是感觉有点薄，脚跟的冲击程度感觉起来更像是那些更大的冲击。

Cushioning

The cushioning of the Brighton 344 starts with a standard midsole made of PU (Poly Urethane) Foam. This type of cushioning is found in many skate shoes since it is flexible and effective. However, there was another special feature in the New Balance Brighton 344 that provided additional cushioning for the shoe. Underneath the PU foam, there was a multi layered synthetic material that ran from the midfoot to the heel, which rested upon a special tapered crating system. In the half cut photo, you are able to see the fine details of this overall cushioning system. The tapering system is basically a support system that spans from the midfoot to the heel, and has evenly placed grooves that basically extend from the sole of the shoe. This creates many pockets, and also rigid walls in the midfoot area, that help to provide stability and also protection from heel bruises. When put to the test, the shoe was cushioned very well for medium impacts of up to 6 stairs, however, the heel of the cushioning still felt a bit thin and the impact was felt extremely close to the heel with larger impacts.

形状：

Brighton 344的形状感觉很长，尤其是从上往下看这双鞋的时候，它的一体式鞋头看上去几乎像是从足中部分就开始的。尽管这双鞋看起来是多么得修长，但是偏宽的脚穿起来也是非常合适，从足中到脚跟区域会有很多间距，来确保让脚在鞋内更加的舒适和牢固，并且在滑行的过程中不会让你的鞋子滑脱脚。鞋子也感觉更像是一双低帮鞋，尽管鞋子后跟鞋领处的缓冲是最小的。

Shape

The shape of the Brighton 344 feels quite long,  especially when looking down at the shoe, it feels the one-piece toe-cap almost starts from the midfoot section of the shoe. Despite for being how slender the shoe looks, it fits wide feet quite well; there was a lot of spacing from the midfoot to the heel to ensure that the foot was snug and tight, and would not slip out or off during pushing.  The shoe also felt more like a low top fit, so the heel seemed a bit exposed since there was minimal cushioning around the heel collar of the shoe.

控板感和抓板性：

由于这双鞋的许多附加缓冲元素都加在了鞋子的脚跟位置，所以鞋子足中到脚趾就感觉很灵活，控板感也很到位。EVA材料的中底也涵盖了鞋子的前面部分，但是都被均匀分布了，所以那边的控板感就不会受到影响，缓冲性能也没有得到牺牲。鞋子硫化底的抓板性也是非常的好，在整个10小时的测试中，抓板性是越来越好，随着硫化底的磨损就更适合做一些翻板的招。此外，New Balance使用了他们在网球鞋和跑步鞋中也有所使用的叫做Ndurance Rubber的专利橡胶复合材料，就是为了让那些高磨损的区域的耐磨性提升至最大，而这双鞋外底就是这样的情况。

Boardfeel and Grip

Since a lot of the focus for the added cushioning elements was geared towards the heel of the shoe, the midfoot to the toe of the shoe was extremely flexible and boardfeel was on point. The PU midsole also covers the front section of the shoe, but is evenly distributed so that boardfeel isn’t negatively affected and cushioning isn’t sacrificed.   The vulc of the shoe was extremely grippy, throughout the whole 10 hour weartest, grip only got better, as the vulc wore down to better adapt to certain flip tricks. Moreover, New Balance used it’s own patented rubber compound called Ndurance Rubber, which is also used in their tennis and running shoes, with the aim to combat for maximum durability in high-wear areas, which is in this case, the outsole of the shoe.

舒适性和稳定性：

鞋子的舒适性对我们来说是一个问题，这也是我们滑板的时候关注鞋子的一个主要特变。但是首先，我们会从pro开始。首先，鞋子的鞋垫会有脚窝，鞋底也会有一些图案，这也真的能帮助你稳定鞋垫以及鞋底，防止滑行的时候可能会出现打滑的情况。同时，低帮鞋本身就很适合你的脚，尤其是它的鞋舌采用的还是弹性布料。鞋舌本身还有一个松紧带与鞋身侧壁相连接，就能把脚更好地稳定在鞋内。这双也可以当做一双不需要系鞋带的slip on穿。也就是说，鞋舌的位置很低，而它的材料也是又硬又尖，无论脚踝是否弯曲都会割到脚踝的前面，这也是可以承受的，不过要是没穿袜子的话，这个鞋舌可能就会戳到你脚的前面。除此之外呢，鞋子整体的舒适性还是很好的，特别是鞋舌的松紧带会提供一种很舒适的感觉。

Comfort and stability

The comfort of the shoe was an issue for us, with one main characteristic of the shoe that proved to be a bit irritating when skating. But firstly, we’ll start with the pros. For starters, the insole of the shoe had grooves and a tread pattern on the bottom, which really helped stabilize the insole with the sole of the shoe; this prevents any slippage that may occur when pushing. Also, the shoe itself is a low profile model that fits well to your foot, especially with the added feature of an elastic gusseted tongue. The tongue itself has an elastic band that connects to the sidewall of the shoe, and stabilizes the feet within the shoe very well. The shoe can also be worn as a slip on without any laces. With that said, the tongue is situated quite low, and the material it is made of is extremely stiff and sharp, which ended up cutting into the front of the ankle whenever the ankle bent forwards. With thicker socks, this is a bit more bearable, but without socks, the tongue definitely pokes into the front of your foot. Apart from that, the overall comfort of the shoe is nice, especially with the snug fit provided by the elastic gusseted tongue.

总结：

New Balance Brighton 344的Marquise Henry配色，是一双圆滑又有风格的低帮硫化鞋，其有着突出的耐磨性、缓冲性和控板感，但是至于舒适感，一些细节还是值得更多的关注。

Summary

Marquise Henry’s colorway of the New Balance Brighton 344 proves to be a sleek and stylish low-profile vulcanized model that has extra features to highlight durability, cushioning and boardfeel, but could use more attention to detail when it comes to comfort.

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