I wore my mates Ribo's once years back, felt awful in my opinion - far too hard a sole. Not sure what things are like now, but that put me off for good (that and looking a twat in pixie boots)
Nice pair of well-fitting skate shoes for me. These DC Radars i've got atm are the absolute bollocks. Taken a fair amount of abuse no problems. Admittedly they show it, but they've been worn daily for about a year and ridden in a fair bit before i lost the riding bug but they're still going strong and will be getting a good thrashing again soon on the new rig