The chukka is one of the vans classics the sneaker is not only a cool street fashion shoe its also a nice skateshoe so the chukka low is an all round talent the vans skate combination of molded polyurethane footbeds with impact sorb gel heel pads provides superior cushioning on the board and wontmt pack out during high impacts vans proprietary polyurethane based ultracush hd footbed keeps the foot close to the board yet wontmt pack out over time providing the highest level of impac