The Official Air Jordan XI Columbia Appreciation Thread

There is no other sneaker, boot, skate, cleat in this world that tops this shoe.
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when I found out they scrapped them for holiday 2012.....

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I'll be first in line for the 2nd coming of the retro. Period.

Currently hunting for the 01s....
 
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I thumb'd up everyone who posted a pic of theres.......and I'm calling for a surprise summer drop. Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar fetched but I'll hold on to this faint hope :frown:
 
Beat these to the ground but still looking okay.
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JB WILL MORE THAN LIKELY HOLD OFF ON THESE AS LONG AS THEY CAN. A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW ARE LOOKING TO EXIT THE GAME WITH THIS SHOE.

I support this thread n quote. Story of my life Memph. You hit it dead on the head for me. As soon as these drop I'm done. I think Nike n Mj got enough of my earnings for one lifetime.

Side note: dope Jaimee foxx pic. I remember that episode. And I remember Will rockin em. Nothing was like seeing Air Jordan cameos on tv shows n movies during the 90's.
 
I remember in 3rd grade when these dropped my parents got me the consolation prize of the navy n white Grant Hill II bc they wasn't digging mj price. Womp womp [emoji]128555[/emoji][emoji]128555[/emoji][emoji]128555[/emoji]. Regardless I rocked proudly but was salty at the initial time.

Then in 01 I was in the 8th grade. N my parents redeemed themselves. I never forget. Was at the mall wit ma dukes. Stopped in a mom n pop shop and peeped they had the infamous one shoe on the cash register. Indicating they're in stock but haven't released officially. I jumped em on em. My mom copped em for me on the spot, and a grey rocawear velour jogging suit lol. Back when velour jogging suits were popping lol. I love old fads. And I remember the fit wasn't complete unless I had headband. Went to champ n copped the Columbia blue Jordan headband to nestle ontop of my crisp braids. Back when everybody had braids. And i mean everybody from all my friends to the nba. Back when A.I. was still the man. Went to school Monday with the new joints in my back pack. It was snowing in Cleveland Got to school n laced em up wit some Columbia blue laces. And boy you couldn't tell me nothing.

The whole school was stopping me from when I put em on til the end of the day. Asking, damm when those come out?!?! Especially the girls cuz females loved this cw. And I would arrogantly respond. They ain't out yet, I think they come out in a couple weeks. Lol

Good memories [emoji]128526[/emoji][emoji]128526[/emoji][emoji]128526[/emoji]
 
JB WILL MORE THAN LIKELY HOLD OFF ON THESE AS LONG AS THEY CAN. A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW ARE LOOKING TO EXIT THE GAME WITH THIS SHOE.
THE MORE TIMES PEOPLE POST THIS ON THIS FORUM, THE LONGER THEY WILL BE HOLDING OFF. on a side note, I need these sooner or later in my life. I would even settle for leather instead of patent or something lol. I know ppl will be flaming so go ahead and try to get ur laughs with the gifs and stuff but i'd be totally happy with white leather on a retro of these instead of fake patent leather that's gonna probly yellow fast imo
 
I dont even like this colorway that much.. But it only makes sense.. Every other OG color retroed at least once... Whats really stopping them??
 
OG Columbias were the first pair of Js that I ever purchased. It was during the blizzard of 96 at City Place Mall in Silver Spring, MD. I called that mall over and over again hoping that they would open despite the snow storm. They stayed closed for three days post-blizzard. 

Yea, anyway, for that reason, and that reason alone, I hope that they release them again. Nostalgia dictates that I must own them.

I already know, "Cool story bro," followed by jpg or gif. 
 
JB WILL MORE THAN LIKELY HOLD OFF ON THESE AS LONG AS THEY CAN. A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW ARE LOOKING TO EXIT THE GAME WITH THIS SHOE.

I am.. they're not in my sig since they're jerking us for the 2nd straight year..but my doo doo butter colored 01s are the earliest pair i have that FIT so everything would come full circle when they come out.
 
What's the point of this thread? Nike don't give a **** about a NT thread.

If they did come out all y'all would do is complain anyway
 
I see some of you haven't been around long enough to see just how things work. You better believe this forum as well as other sneaker forums are monitored by the brand. It's the easiest way to gauge the thoughts of your customers. It's a known fact that people from JB have snooped around here for years...
 
THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THIS IS PROBABLY THE LEAST LIKED COLORWAY OF THE 11'S SO BY DELAYING IT'S RELEASE THEY ARE GROWING THE LORE OF THIS COLORWAY SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE FINALLY RELEASED, THIS COLORWAY WILL BE AN INSTANT GRAIL.
APPLE INC.
perfect but unlike jb, apple's providing quality products and are always continuing to drop prices and not oversaturate markets with stupid products just because they can.
 
Any good company has their marketing section scour the internet to get as much info as they can to keep them making money. Pretty sure Nike already knows people want these shoes and probably have a plan in place to keep you coming back.
 
I see some of you haven't been around long enough to see just how things work. You better believe this forum as well as other sneaker forums are monitored by the brand. It's the easiest way to gauge the thoughts of your customers. It's a known fact that people from JB have snooped around here for years...

Absolutely true.........
 
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