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Originally Posted by Mayhemgatz
Basically....i would never refer to myself as a "sneakerhead"....it's just part of my culture to love kicks.Originally Posted by StylishStef89
Originally Posted by JoseBronx
Everybody in NYC was into sneakers so it would be a norm for me. I was already deeply into sneaker before I even recognized the term "sneakerhead".
For me it was the OG "Hare" VII. Man I love those kicks, I think I was in 3rd grade when they dropped.
This is definately true. I wouldn't really call myself a sneakerhead, but growing up in NY kicks are just a big part of the dresscode.
Originally Posted by Wade187
My parents divorced when I was like 2 and even as a baby my mom liked me to look good so I was always into kicks I guess. But since my parents were divorced I didn't see my dad much so everytime I did see him he would buy me a new pair of shoes or if he couldnt come see me he would send me a pair. I always wanted toys instead, but he always said I was to old for toys. So I would throw on the shoes as soon as I got them and just drag my feet in dirt, jump in puddles. scrape them against the sidewalk. Basically anything to mess them up. But then around the time I was 8 my mom bought me a pair of laney XIV's and they just looked so cool to me. But what really made me appreciate them was the smell of the suede or nubuck or whatever I'll never forget that. I actually bought a pair a couple years ago and they still have a smell that's so different from other sneakers. Ever since then though I sort of fell in love with sneakers
A pic I found on google
Originally Posted by The Game is a Foot
Originally Posted by Mayhemgatz
Basically....i would never refer to myself as a "sneakerhead"....it's just part of my culture to love kicks.Originally Posted by StylishStef89
Originally Posted by JoseBronx
Everybody in NYC was into sneakers so it would be a norm for me. I was already deeply into sneaker before I even recognized the term "sneakerhead".
For me it was the OG "Hare" VII. Man I love those kicks, I think I was in 3rd grade when they dropped.
This is definately true. I wouldn't really call myself a sneakerhead, but growing up in NY kicks are just a big part of the dresscode.
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Sneakers have always been an integral part of urban culture in NYC. Especially if you play basketball.
Til this day I will never consider myself a "sneakerhead". I'm just a product of my environment I guess...
And dude that posted that youtube vid from Juice is right on the money. That scene was EPIC. Every drug dealer back then had that same rotation, lol. The first sneakers that caught my attention were the original Air max BW's, Puma Cage, Reebok Blacktop Pumps, Ewings, Puma Disc Blaze (that no-shoe lace tech had everybody like), Derrick Coleman British Knights and even those LA Gears with the lights on the side.
But this is what did it for me...
I couldn't afford them when they first came out, but after my boy put me onto eBay back in 2005 and I found an og pair in my size... Sherlock Foams was born!