SPACEJAM XI: to all my young heads, my lesson to you: WEAR YOUR KICKS

[PatRiley]

And people think I'M crazy because I want to use the retros for bballin purposes

 

[doublerdipin]

Haha... The same thing happen to me.... i learn that lesson..... NTers are scared to wear there shoes it seems, but hey its like a investment later on. You cansell your kicks for more

 

[yolol67]

first off im 13 years old, not gonna lie. Right now my shoe size is a 9.5. I know my feet are still gonna grow and i was thinking if its smart to get them tom.in a size 10.5 or 10. and wait till they fit

 

[runningfishy]

Grave dig. LOL

Maybe take a look at how your actually storing it.

 

[baalnood]

greatest XIs of all time

 

[nikesxmyfeet]

Originally Posted by rayray3thousand

i know people have posted war stories like this before, but as a school teacher, i feel that everyone should learn from others mistakes....
anyway, the other day at school one of my students asked me what was my most favorite pair of shoes that i own. I replied "spacejam xi's", and went on to tell him the story of how they were our senior year hooping shoe (2001), how they came out during the movie "spacejam", limited run, taught them the definition of an "icy sole", basically all the basic info of the jordan xi, etc... he then asked me to wear a pair to school.

so this morning i get ready for work, open the box up, vvvvvvvnds spacejam xi's which i wore once or twice tops, lace em up and head to work.

period one - "nice kicks", "whooa, are those the ones?"

http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/rayray3000/?action=view&current=Photo5.jpg

period two- i notice my feet start to hurt a little

period three- man, these are not feeling right (i own many many pairs of XIs)

lunch- as i walk up the stairs i feel a lifting on my toe

http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/rayray3000/?action=view&current=Photo7.jpg

period four- trying to teach a class while in the back of my mind i cant help but worry that my spacejams are gonna de-laminate mid step

period five- sitting in my classroom, in disbelief that this is the result....

http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/rayray3000/?action=view&current=Photo6.jpg http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/rayray3000/?action=view&current=Photo8.jpg

lesson to my youngsters....

hype all you want over a pair of shoes. if you don't plan on wearing them, you are only fooling yourself. its cool to keep a pair of kicks on ice for a little while, but keeping a pair of shoes on ice for pure bragging purposes, or just for the self reassurance that you have "shoe game", or that you're a "shoe head" is just another way of clowning yourself that your not a hypebeast. WEAR YOUR KICKS! ENJOY THEM!

RIP SPACEJAM XI's ON ICE SINCE 2001

please keep the flaming to yourself....

Thats a heart breaker man..
sorry that had to happen to you

 

[bigboi415]

tragic.. alot of these sj stories have been hppening over the past couple of years

 

[rojanjon]

another lesson, store them with silica packets as well. will help with moisture and de-lam.

 

[diplomatic immunity]

Originally Posted by Magic1978

Originally Posted by RetroSniper

Originally Posted by Magic1978

I've been telling dudes that for years. Keeping kicks deadstock ruins kicks just like wearing them.

That doesnt make any sense whatsoever magic . . . . try again

gravedigs

It makes perfect sense to anyone who didn't just start collecting Jordan's two years ago.

I must have really hurt your feelings

lmao.i dont see why people buy kicks to store like %!# its like buyn' a nice car and not driven it. like wth?

 

[lessk21]

any stores in D.C. still got them?

 

[AtticusFinch]

Dang. I feel you on the humidity=yellowing. I live in GA, and we normally have a fairly high humidity and kicks yellow like crazy round here.