24-02-11, 08:42 PM
I caught the article in sneaker freaker which led me to this post. I'm probably older than everyone here and not sure if any of you share the same experience, but I grew up outside NYC in the 60s playing bball in elementary school. Back in the day, the only game in town were chucks and your performance shoe was the chuck hi top and only available in white and black canvas. When I was in the 6th grade, both the Puma Clyde and the Adidas Superstar and Pro Model began to surface and it was a revelation... the first bball shoes that were in suede and leather and only available in white with black stripes...I was in heaven...there weren't any video games, no pc or mac, no internet and the no real ads for these shoes and no way of knowing when a new shoe was coming out...i could go on and write a book but I will stop there...
i will give you one more tid bit...when i was in college in the early 8os I started hanging out in night clubs like the Roxy in NYC which started featuring all the hot new hip hop acts out there...got to see and hang with the rock steady crew and grand master flash etcc... and rocked my shell toes there as well...
good to be a part of the group...btw im a collector of the classics and also not so classic and have over 400 in my collection at present
i will give you one more tid bit...when i was in college in the early 8os I started hanging out in night clubs like the Roxy in NYC which started featuring all the hot new hip hop acts out there...got to see and hang with the rock steady crew and grand master flash etcc... and rocked my shell toes there as well...
good to be a part of the group...btw im a collector of the classics and also not so classic and have over 400 in my collection at present
