What shoe got you interested in sneakers?

[sunshineblotters]

Can't remember the exact colorway but it was mostly white

All we could afford but I aint trippin. Thank you mom for trying your hardest to give me nice things!

 

[jfmartimcdandruff]

some old payless nike's that had a blue w/ gold outline swoosh check w/e ....wore it to death, first shoe i ever loved

 

[eyedea]

hands down these...

i had to have threm when they first dropped

 

[HEATHEN]

Infrared VIs.

 

[ill legal operation]

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Only had the Blacktops though - never could get my parents to drop the loot on the Changs...

 

[the antihype]

You in your early or late 40's?

Born in '78. Started really paying attention to the NBA/kicks circa '84 or so, 6yr s old.

 

[lil black jean jacket]

After I saw this video, I always wanted the wheat dunks and I still do

 

[slacker 83]

for me it started with the Diamond Turf, first pair of swoosh for me, got these in the 5th grade.

the velcro ,the gold mesh….., played handball in these for a whole year b4 they broke

 

[lamekilla]

I can't find a pic to do then justice but the white/black/green Air Darwin's were the first shoe that got me into sneakers. Mom's them for me for basketball and it was all she wrote after that.

But the AF1 is the first shoes I've ever spent my own money on

 

[SC kid]

Was sooooo mad wen nike retroed em wit dat bubble

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[lamekilla]

^^^ THIS. Those white/black/green are the exact ones I had. Those Air Max Darwin 360's are a joke. Shame on Nike for ruining a classic

 

[SC kid]

The pair up top w more black is one of my grails.

 

[lamekilla]

Those white/black/ teal joints are INSANE. Are we going to see a proper retro of these soon. My childhood wouldn't allow me to get anything less than 2 pairs

 

[dankenstien88]

hands down these...

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i had to have threm when they first dropped

2000/2001 was such a good year for sneakers


AI Answer IVs
AI Question low retros in every colorway imaginable
Jordan XVIs
Jordan XI retros
Adidas The Kobe
Nike Shox debuted
Lots of Olympic Edition Alpha Projects

 

[sundoobie]

The shoe that started it all for me?

OG Carmines purchased on clearance from Bullocks!

 

[dnycemodel]

The Flu Games. My older cousin had a pair that were a bit small for him. He gave them to me and I wore those bad boys EVERY DAY. They were my first Js so I was beyond excited. It didn't matter what fit I had on the 12s were automatic.

 

[SC kid]

^^^ THIS. Those white/black/green are the exact ones I had. Those Air Max Darwin 360's are a joke. Shame on Nike for ruining a classic

I think thats freshwater maybe?
Nike messed up two rodmans so far...if they retro the one wit da zipper tho ....

Props to ole boy who posted the reebok classics lol

 

[senor chang]

'96-'97
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These are one of the first that I bought with my OWN MONEY. I fell in love with those air bubbles on sight.

I did so many yards, etc for that damn shoe
I remember that Saturday when I got them. Afterwards I couldn't wait to put them on.
Said f it & wore them down the street to the corner store, walking so cool (looking at my feet in every storefront window) but trying not to get any dirt on the white parts

Man these were one of my favorites growing up. Wore them to death. As much as I love these shoes, I passed on my retro a few years ago cuz of the smaller air bubble they used..

 

[drones]

I was in high school during the height of the Dunk SB craze...so probably the Purple Pigeon dunks. I don't quite recall which shoe it was.

 

[imapizzaguy]

Went absolutely crazy for these and got them for Christmas when I was in 5th grade. 

I remember this particularly because it was the first shoe I ever got that cost more than $100. 

From then, I started saving up money from allowances, presents, Chinese new year's, etc. to go towards the next pair.

 

[supermanblue79]

There was no sneaker culture in the early 80s, but my Father had a pari of the Converse Dr. J.s. I used to watch my Dad play
rec league basketball and see him glide through the air with the Afro catching wind just like Dr. J. I used to wear them around the house
all through the week wishing that my feet were big enough to fill them.
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Fast forward to a trip to JC Penny's for church slacks and I saw the Nike Air Jordan I. Coolest shoes I ever laid eyes on since my Dad's Dr. J Converse.
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Between the Nike Air Jordan I and the Air Jordan III and IV it was a pair of Glow-in-the-Dark Keds that I would love to see retro'd.

 

[Ox.]

the uptempo's and the spaghetti's (forgot who made them) were the first shoes I fell in love with visual-wise but these sealed the deal when my brother bought me these from footlocker when I was a kid. Ken Griffey was my favorite baseball player and I remember seeing him wear these on tv during warm up/stretches.

wore them to the ground, bought the retros but the leather is trash, but still the most comfortable shoe I own.

 

[1c3m4m]

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i was like 12 or 13. i still want a pair.

Same thing brotha, same age, you must be 22 or 23, this is the pair that wanted me to get more and more, the next pair was the last shots (currently have on cdp xiv wishing for another pair of last shots)

 

[Case]

1985 Sky Jordan 1 White/Neutral Gray..

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[301216baller]

Shox bb4...yea I know lol

Age 10 my cuz had a pair of the white black/blue joints I wanted a pair so bad after that my pops eventually got me a pair of the white/red joints n after that it was on