"Remember The Sneakerheads"

nanbeezy · Dec 25, 2012

I remember when I first saw the Penny Foamposites in footlocker (back when they had the hoop and backboard over the register), retailing for $200. At the time, that seemed like $1000 to me, and I had Air Jordans on my feet.

johnnyhardaway · Dec 25, 2012

back when players rock it before celebs/rappers...wdywt was real life

space jam xi · Dec 25, 2012

i think i've been doing it a while. i really don't care what other people buy, but i guess my biggest gripe is how so many people buy some of these ugly *** kicks. yuck

powerballin · Dec 25, 2012

Wear what you like. The game has changed but so has the world.

smiffers77 · Dec 25, 2012

Kiiing said:
Kids these day put these sneakers on the pedestal.
Would like to see pics of the beaters that were spoken of though. Back when I was young I beat the hell out of all my sneakers. Didn't even care.

iBlink said:
Not a single damb was given. Seen a picture of some holes in my original raptor 7s when I was 4. Scratches on the patent leather of my Concords when I was in 2nd grade. Only kicks I really tried to keep up were my og blk/red 13s. Man I miss the days when they were just shoes and not some phenom.

xxnamebrandxx said:
I wore through the rubber sole all the way to the midsole on my black/red XIs. The patent leather was chipped like crazy too.

We beat our pairs for a number of reasons. (1) We actually wore them thinking(wishing) we could play like mike. (2) At over $100 most kids only got 2-3 pairs a year so there was no such thing as one to rock and one to stock. (3) We didnt think about shoes in terms of future monetary value. There was no Ebay, CL, IG, FB, Twitter marketplaces to sell your shoes and like someone said people only wanted the current model. To be honest as a kid you could've offered me double for any of mine and I would have looked at you like you were the craziest person on earth.

Larry West · Dec 25, 2012

smiffers77 said:
We beat our pairs for a number of reasons. (1) We actually wore them thinking(wishing) we could play like mike. (2) At over $100 most kids only got 2-3 pairs a year so there was no such thing as one to rock and one to stock. (3) We didnt think about shoes in terms of future monetary value. There was no Ebay, CL, IG, FB, Twitter marketplaces to sell your shoes and like someone said people only wanted the current model. To be honest as a kid you could've offered me double for any of mine and I would have looked at you like you were the craziest person on earth.

this man knows

xxnamebrandxx · Dec 25, 2012

smiffers77 said:
To be honest as a kid you could've offered me double for any of mine and I would have looked at you like you were the craziest person on earth.

Offering $300 to buy my "new Jordans"
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norcalhussla · Dec 25, 2012

I remember when people thought 11s and foamposites were ugly when I wore them in HS. Only me n a few friends who were into basketball liked them. I thought the shoes were neat looking and extreamly comfy to ball in. Back then we called foams "penny's" and some ppl called 11s "patent leathers" :lol:

. And so true about ppl hating on older releases and only wanting to rock the newest signature Jordans back then. Nowadays no one really gives a **** about the newer releases or anything past aj14...(except for maybe aj17. great shoes).

xxnamebrandxx · Dec 25, 2012

NORCALHUSSLA said:
I remember when people thought 11s and foamposites were ugly when I wore them in HS. Only me n a few friends who were into basketball liked them. I thought the shoes were neat looking and extreamly comfy to ball in. Back then we called foams "penny's" and some ppl called 11s "patent leathers" . And so true about ppl hating on older releases and only wanting to rock the newest signature Jordans back then. Nowadays no one really gives a **** about the newer releases or anything past aj14...(except for maybe aj17. great shoes).

That's real, "penny's" and "patent leathers".

smiffers77 · Dec 25, 2012

I hated the "pennys". Thought they were space boots and at $180 they were definitely a no go. I still dislike them to this day.

bgl2687 · Dec 25, 2012

NORCALHUSSLA said:
I remember when people thought 11s and foamposites were ugly when I wore them in HS. Only me n a few friends who were into basketball liked them. I thought the shoes were neat looking and extreamly comfy to ball in. Back then we called foams "penny's" and some ppl called 11s "patent leathers" . And so true about ppl hating on older releases and only wanting to rock the newest signature Jordans back then. Nowadays no one really gives a **** about the newer releases or anything past aj14...(except for maybe aj17. great shoes).

OG 11s hit outlets around my way...I still remember putting jordans on layaway :lol:

bravo · Dec 25, 2012

copping and rocking shoes on wednesdays..

xxnamebrandxx · Dec 25, 2012

I bought the Foamposites, didn't wear them, then the next weekend returned them to Footlocker for the white/carolina Jordan Team Ones. Did not want :lol:

Now there's campouts for them. That's wild.

ninjahood · Dec 25, 2012

xxnamebrandxx said:
I bought the Foamposites, didn't wear them, then the next weekend returned them to Footlocker for the white/carolina Jordan Team Ones. Did not want

Now there's campouts for them. That's wild.

thats like picking sam bowie over jordan.

xxnamebrandxx · Dec 25, 2012

ninjahood said:
thats like picking sam bowie over jordan.

It is. The funny thing is my mom told me "Aww don't return those, I like them. One day they'll be worth money". But no, I had to get the "Carolina Teams". That's when Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison and Ed Cota were playing so Carolina anything was copped back then.

antbanks81 · Dec 25, 2012

aveezytheBEAST said:
Ah those Eastbay days. I use to sit in my room and daydream i was rich and circle all the gear i wanted to buy..

LMAO Me too

Times have changed fellas..just be thankful we have been around long enough to have seen those days and to shake our heads at this new age foolishness

I can't even lie, that jordan pic with him crying and thanking us for buying the same shoes over and over hit a nerve. I don't see myself buying any that I have had twice before 1 OG and 1 retro is enough. I sold my bred 11s for 425. Thats crazy but I wasnt gonna talk the guy down. I think i will sell my second pair when they get here thu.

grizzlyboy · Dec 25, 2012

I think some of us older guys, I'm 31, have a tough time dealing with the madness. Just imagine if everyone just purchased what they liked. That's what we did as a kid. No one purchased a shoe just to post it the same day online for a $40 price increase. No one tried to make a living off of reselling. I think in essence we were all Hypebeast as kids. It's just the resellers and the madness of getting a shoe these days that makes this little hobby very frustrating.

ninjahood · Dec 25, 2012

sickickz23 said:
Back then when the OGs were known simply as "Air Jordan" or the "new air jordans" when they first released and last years were called "last years air jordan" or the "old air jordans". No nicknames or numbers or roman numerals attached to it

they were called by year before da roman numerals.

coolgraymemo · Dec 25, 2012

When I were some Foambs to high school a few years ago, everyone called them ugly.

Now those same people are camping out to get them. Hmm....

maddog345 · Dec 26, 2012

The OG Flint 13's were my 2nd Jordan shoe my parents bought me. I wore those shoes everywhere. To play basketball, school, vacations etc. My parents were not going to shell out $100 for multiple pair of shoes. I was just happy my parents got me a pair of Jordans. I could care less what type of condition I put them through.

i just got lucky · Dec 26, 2012

NationalTruckerDave said:
Stay in your lane newb
Nobody paid $120 for laney's back then, everybody was coppin them on clearance

Bought a pair of Laneys at a Marshall's for $39.99 LOL :smokin

Grizzlyboy said:
I think some of us older guys, I'm 31, have a tough time dealing with the madness. Just imagine if everyone just purchased what they liked. That's what we did as a kid. No one purchased a shoe just to post it the same day online for a $40 price increase. No one tried to make a living off of reselling. I think in essence we were all Hypebeast as kids. It's just the resellers and the madness of getting a shoe these days that makes this little hobby very frustrating.

I'm 30 and I've been doing this for a while too. You always remember your first pair of Jordan's. I was in the 6th grade when my mom bought the Steel X's as a Xmas present. I've been buggin her for a pair of Jay's since the VIII's came out. Only took 2 years to finally get a pair. :tongue:

I have the same frustrations as you. I really dislike resellers, the hype and the madness. It is what it is though. I just can't wait for this fad to fade away like the hype for SB dunks. I just wish Eastbay, Foot Locker and Foot Action had some kind of perks for people that been doing this for 10+ years.

bozzcitysneakahead · Dec 26, 2012

Dang y'all are really taking me back. I got a pair of shoes before school started and a pair for Christmas growing up. I generally rocked K Swiss or Adidas, but one fateful Christmas after I got my Obsidians stolen, I had a fresh pair of Black/Red 12's under the tree. Moms felt bad that I got jacked at the skating rink and had em on ice all year for me. Thats love. Those had sentimental value for that reason alone...

xxnamebrandxx · Dec 26, 2012

Another story:

I was probably in kindergarten when the white/black/maroon 7s came out. I wore them to karate class and put them in my bag in a locker in the back changing room but didn't lock it. I get my bag after class and everything was in there except the shoes. I asked everyone in the studio if they'd seen them. I'm pretty sure one of the older kids from a class before or after mine took them. All ended well though because I think my grandparents bought me the black/grey/maroon 7s to replace those.

PRIME · Dec 26, 2012

nanbeezy said:
PRIME said:

Internet + these impressionable idiots we call teenagers these days = a dying hobby to a lot of us guys who actually love an era of sneakers

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I wouldn't expect this comment from a member who has 2 Chainz as his avatar.

I only have this as my avatar because of the 2Chainz video game thread.

I'm a 16bit gen guy. My old avatar was of Spiderman in MVC.

ollievb · Dec 26, 2012

man i have some old pics of me in OG concords and OG 14s.

i remember when kids would skip school to cop jordans.

i remember when i would have my eyes glued to the tv just so i could see what shoes players were wearing on the court.

and back then dont get caught slippin in an older jordan model or you would get roasted.

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