[Lorrie]

Got 'em, so I might as well wear 'em. Thanks again to OlSkool!

[super sk8]

do you really like them L.? the more i see them, the more i think it looks like plastic...

i´m not sure if i should regret buying 2 pairs of them...

[Lorrie]

I like them, but I think they look better in smaller sizes and the lace tags are a bit irritating.

There was a similar Consortium drop, wasn't there? I think I liked those better.

[kt0626]

The Consort drop was an 8000 Lor. And that was a nice pair...Italian leather n suede...same OG cw....Euro and select US shops only....about two yrs ago...

[darula]

Guess u r talking about that one???

It was a Pack as u c together with a Torsion special...Way different shoe anyway!
Yours first came out 1991, then there were some re-releases.
For example the "2005 retro" limited to 1991 pairs (ltd. number on the heel). And now yours. I think it´s a nice timeless sneaker...quite comfortable...don´t mind about the plastic

[Lorrie]

Did I just get schooled?

[benji]

Yeah but at a Catholic school

[Lorrie]

Now I feel really dumb. Oh well.

[Fritze]

Aight the first pair of these came out in 1991. Originally there were three pairs released. The Equipment Support, the Equipment Cushion and the Equipment Guidance. They have been made for runners and each of these pairs had different running characteristics. One for pronation runners, one for supination runners and one for neutral runners. I know that cos I bought my first pair of sneakers back then (which was the Support).

I think all of them became classics and if you're able to get an original pair for a good price you can be very happy (unfortunately there seems to be problems with the sole of these sneaks but that's a different story). Dunno why but it seems that Adidas decided that from the three pairs of originally released Equipment shoes the Equipment Support was the most favourite of the sneakerheads and they released these 1991 pairs a few years back. And now they re-released them. So ... nothing wrong about that but I think they overdid it a bit. When they came out I was asking at a local store if that's a regular release or are they limited. The answer was that they seem to be limited (Haha ... what else should they say?). So I was very happy to buy a pair in my size shortly after the release (which is one size smaller than the original release). The end of the story is what you can see nowadays in all the online shops. Loads of these sneaks are available. Have seen them for half of the retail price at a local store and at ebay and that's very disappointing sometimes.

But it's a good shoe man

[nikosg]

Jeez ze Germans are just taking you to town Z

Cos you know... You don't know anything about shoes.... You know? ....

[Fritze]

Hehe ... I think that was a bit too much. Had a few beers and tried to remember the names of the different models after reading this thread.

Found an interesting image showing a few of these shoes from back then.

http://sneakerplay.s3.amazonaws.com/gall...9e09_l.jpg

There was a fourth pair (the upper one in the image) that I wasn't remembering. Maybe because nobody liked them

[olskool720]

glad that you rec'd them

[nikosg]

hot date today

the materials on these are just unbelievable..

[pukkabruv]

Propa nice niko

[kt0626]

Sweet Nikky!