yea sunglehandedly bought up 70% of supas...NT been on SBs with or without ben..but dude showed alot of us youngsters at the time a new avenue to cake up...i never hate on ben though regardless if dude stretches truths, you have to respect his hustle.
Ben made SBs what they were. the sneaker community had that stretch were everyone was wearing and copping every CW of dunk released but SBs were still a new avenue
A few are mixed with P.I. and filipinofrom my experience in socal most filipinos here claim themselves as asians a few call themselves islanders because they wanna be different i guess
geographically speaking the philippines arent even in the same region as the real pacific islands
Not to sound racist but the stock piling in the shoe game was a Asian thing period. All the best shoe spots with heat in LA were owned by Asians. This one cat broke out the joints Woody Harrelson rocked in White Man Can't Jump fresh in the box. Asians knew something we didn't realize. Which was these shoes will always be in-demand due to the endorsers accomplishments, but they won't always be in productionBen made SBs what they were. the sneaker community had that stretch were everyone was wearing and copping every CW of dunk released but SBs were still a new avenue
most of NT and the rest of the world didn't start paying attention till pink boxes...hell I'll give you gray boxes but orange box SBs were brought to light by Ben. Him knowing to cop damn near all the stock before it blew started reselling for the majority of the sneaker community. This was a time when people actually wore their supreme dunks, wheat sbs, supas, etc. and he came out and had dudes shelling out 700 for a pair of supas.
I agree he does stretch the truth BUT you have to RESPECT his hustle.
And do you OG heads remember him and Saam *sp* from RIF got into a fight in the middle of the street?
So this answers the often asked NT question why the "sneaker game" is all ****** up. It's Ben Baller's fault.
Ben made SBs what they were. the sneaker community had that stretch were everyone was wearing and copping every CW of dunk released but SBs were still a new avenue
most of NT and the rest of the world didn't start paying attention till pink boxes...hell I'll give you gray boxes but orange box SBs were brought to light by Ben. Him knowing to cop damn near all the stock before it blew started reselling for the majority of the sneaker community. This was a time when people actually wore their supreme dunks, wheat sbs, supas, etc. and he came out and had dudes shelling out 700 for a pair of supas.
I agree he does stretch the truth BUT you have to RESPECT his hustle.
And do you OG heads remember him and Saam *sp* from RIF got into a fight in the middle of the street?
I've never heard of any of these guys to be real. I've probably seen Ben in person and never realized it, because I used to hit Slauson all the time. Even did a little business with some spots there, but in LA this was a trend since jump. In 02 03 Bisons where going for $300-$500 easy on ebay. My cousin and his homie where stock piling 3's, 4's, 5's, laser forces/dunks, etc, and pushing them on ebay for 2x and 3x since1999 2000 that's how I found out about the game. So yea they where going for crazy amounts from jump back then, because of dudes like him buying out entire inventories. Certain sb's where sold out and on ebay that day some going for 4x 5x times retail within a day or two with time still left on the auction, and this was 02 03. The sh*t was mind boggling to me still is, but it is nothing like it was at the start. I saw sb's go for $800-$900.
