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i guess you could call mine a three parter.
I was never really into shoes growing up. Late 2002/early 2003 rolls around and I finally turn to the internet for some basketball shoe reviews.. One pair of Ultraflights is picked up. Nike's technological prowess is showing. Before all this, I kind of went with whatever. Converse, fila jerry stackhouse shoes, fila chris webbers.. whatever was affordable and a design that I liked. I remember going to 5-6 stores for some and1 taichis. I wanted the pair Latrell Sprewell was wearing and featured in SLAM. But I got the white/carolina instead. That was definitely a fun moment but not where the "obsession" started. Shoes were just shoes, nothing worth talking about lol. None of those really got my interest flowing like the Ultraflights did though. So 2003 marked a change.
So I continue buying up any brands that I like. There was this particular adidas cross training shoe with a midfoot strap, turf outsole, and outrigger. A couple pairs were bought up . Then it hit me, with the Ultraflights that I love, there has to be some type of nike cross trainer out there. A google search turns up a 2005 nike air trainer 1 low retro. Simple, yet classic. I was a sucker for white and grey based shoes that matched with just about anything. Alongside the at1 low were 3-4 other shoes that instantly became must haves.
So I kind of came full circle with those three shoes. Ultraflight's got me interested in the technology aspect of Nike, then the adidas trainers had that simple design that I liked. and because of the ultraflight's performance and design of the adidas shoes, I found the Nike Cross Training genre. But If I had to say one shoe: those 2005 nike air trainer 1 low turned the next couple years into playing catchup. That was the shoe that started it
I was never really into shoes growing up. Late 2002/early 2003 rolls around and I finally turn to the internet for some basketball shoe reviews.. One pair of Ultraflights is picked up. Nike's technological prowess is showing. Before all this, I kind of went with whatever. Converse, fila jerry stackhouse shoes, fila chris webbers.. whatever was affordable and a design that I liked. I remember going to 5-6 stores for some and1 taichis. I wanted the pair Latrell Sprewell was wearing and featured in SLAM. But I got the white/carolina instead. That was definitely a fun moment but not where the "obsession" started. Shoes were just shoes, nothing worth talking about lol. None of those really got my interest flowing like the Ultraflights did though. So 2003 marked a change.
So I continue buying up any brands that I like. There was this particular adidas cross training shoe with a midfoot strap, turf outsole, and outrigger. A couple pairs were bought up . Then it hit me, with the Ultraflights that I love, there has to be some type of nike cross trainer out there. A google search turns up a 2005 nike air trainer 1 low retro. Simple, yet classic. I was a sucker for white and grey based shoes that matched with just about anything. Alongside the at1 low were 3-4 other shoes that instantly became must haves.
So I kind of came full circle with those three shoes. Ultraflight's got me interested in the technology aspect of Nike, then the adidas trainers had that simple design that I liked. and because of the ultraflight's performance and design of the adidas shoes, I found the Nike Cross Training genre. But If I had to say one shoe: those 2005 nike air trainer 1 low turned the next couple years into playing catchup. That was the shoe that started it
