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Hulks dropped when my brother was in middle school. He was into skating back then and all his boys clowned him and called him a sellout. I can remember coming home from college one weekend and him just being devastated (I think we can all agree that middle school is the worst). I was not in any way checking for skateboarding kicks of any kind back then, but was still really into shoes. I told them how cool I thought they were and how because of that I was going to look into getting some SBs myself. Being that I was 6 years older (and he thought I was a lot cooler than I actually am at the time), it kinda turned his day around. He called me a few months later talking about how everyone wanted to buy them off him or trade for them.
I know that's a random story, but those Hulks bring back that memory vividly for me even though I never had them.
Great story man. These are the kinds of things that people who aren't into sneakers can't understand. Influential life events can have a tie to a material item sometimes. I was heavy into skating around 95-97 and it was all of the shoes and pro signature models that got me into sneakers more than any Nike or Jordan: etnies, airwalks, first es Koston sig, duffs, etc. I guess I'm making up for that now since I've gotten into SBs the last couple years.