The fact that Emerica offers shoes that don't entail killing animals for materials is a start towards something greater.

The Cadence is a pretty great shoe design. It reminds me a little bit of the 2017 Vans Chimas. Great board feel, good articulation and naturally unrestrictive. It's got an attractive style as well. It's not the Pillar (We would love to see the PIllar be all animal friendly)

This is a great shoe, and, knowing it is also able to be made with materials that don't entail hurting animals who literally did nothing to deserve being harmed is a testament to how **all** skate shoes should be made with faux suede, canvas, or other non animal derived materials.

Consider this-
Someone has the ability to make a shoe where they have to pay someone to kill an animal and take their skin to fabricate a shoe.

At the same time they also have the ability to instead source materials where they **don't** have to pay someone to kill any living, feeling, breathing beings to produce the shoe..

On top of that, skaters and people who like skate shoe fashion aren't asking that shoe producer to choose the first option. But then there **are** one or more customers actively asking to just start making all shoes without the killing of the innocent animals.

Why would the company continue with the first option?

Ermerica, Nidecker Group - You can make all of your shoes without paying someone to kill animals for their skin and byproducts. We are asking you to stop paying for people to do that to animals.

Please shred with compassion
-Colton