The cracking might be due to storage; temps/ humidity - I’ve had no issues with mine I live in Southern California so it’s pretty dry here. I’ve only worn them a few times though
Yeah I’ve worn mine probably a total of 10 times in the last 13 years casually- they hurt after 8 hours of wear though lol that’s when I pull the nb’s out ha ha. I’ve sold a lot of sb’s over the years and yeah who would of guessed the hype would get this huge?