Guilty | Circle Raw 200

Guilty does not produce "vanilla" content. Their defining theme is The Trap.

With the 2020s boom of "court shoes" (Nike SB Dunk low, Adidas Samba, etc.), skaters and sneakerheads rediscovered the Raw 200 as the prototype for the minimal vulc skate shoe. It now sits alongside the Emerica Laced, Lakai Griffin, and DVS Comanche as a totem of 2000s independent skateboarding. guilty circle raw 200

This is the $1,200 question. Purists will say: Shoes are meant to be skated. Realists will point out that destroying a collectible worth a month’s rent is financially insane. Guilty does not produce "vanilla" content

Our take: If you find a pair in rough condition (soles peeling, heavy creasing) for under $500, buy them and skate them. The experience is unique—almost spiritual for a certain kind of skater. But if they’re deadstock? Keep them as a piece of history. Put them in a shadow box. The Guilty Circle Raw 200 is more than a shoe; it’s a snapshot of an era when “core” actually meant something. It now sits alongside the Emerica Laced, Lakai

Keith Hufnagel (RIP), the late founder of HUF, was an early champion of Guilty Circle. He reportedly bought 20 pairs of the Raw 200 directly from the brand’s founder in Shibuya and gave them to HUF team riders. That connection cemented the shoe’s place in San Francisco and NYC skate lore.