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First and foremost, please only intellectual responses (all you young kids don't you have homework or something? lol
)
Anyway, I am 26 years old, and still remember the moment I fell in love with kicks... my neighbor down the street came over to my house to go play hoops (wewere in the 3rd/4th grade) and he was wearing these....
http://photobucket.com/images/jordan vi
my heart completely sunk... I knew exactly what they were, more importantly HOW MUCH THEY WERE, and what it represented. In the early 90's Air Jordanswere more than a shoe, it was a status symbol, and a sign of style and knowing "what's up". But for many of us, we were young, poor, or acombination of both so going to the local footlocker and picking up a pair was OUT OF THE QUESTION
For me, as a "shoe head", I mainly pick up all the Jordan's (Penny's, Nike's, etc) I wish I had growing up, but never had the chanceto obtain (no way was my mom gonna pick me up a pair of $100+ kicks at that age.... far from a spoiled kid) But Saturday morning waking up and watching NBA onNBC, then heading to my rec league games WAS A BLAST TO GROW UP WITH (all my 80s birthed people will agree!) Just hearing the NBA on NBC jingle still puts asmile on my face til this day! So when Jordan or Nike rereleases pairs of shoes from that era, they are a must cop for me!
My question is.... all you current collectors who are in high school or younger, what is your intrigue for all these retro shoes coming out? There is no wayyou can look at a pair of Jordans coming out and say, "oh man, I remember when he wore those" or "I used to have a pair of those". Why notlive "in the now" and get the shoes that your current favorite players are wearing? (Lebrons and Kobes for example)
Just wondering what you young guys thought about this notion, cause I often ask my students the same question and I usually get a confident shrug or aconfused look
keep it positive fam
First and foremost, please only intellectual responses (all you young kids don't you have homework or something? lol
Anyway, I am 26 years old, and still remember the moment I fell in love with kicks... my neighbor down the street came over to my house to go play hoops (wewere in the 3rd/4th grade) and he was wearing these....
http://photobucket.com/images/jordan vi
my heart completely sunk... I knew exactly what they were, more importantly HOW MUCH THEY WERE, and what it represented. In the early 90's Air Jordanswere more than a shoe, it was a status symbol, and a sign of style and knowing "what's up". But for many of us, we were young, poor, or acombination of both so going to the local footlocker and picking up a pair was OUT OF THE QUESTION
For me, as a "shoe head", I mainly pick up all the Jordan's (Penny's, Nike's, etc) I wish I had growing up, but never had the chanceto obtain (no way was my mom gonna pick me up a pair of $100+ kicks at that age.... far from a spoiled kid) But Saturday morning waking up and watching NBA onNBC, then heading to my rec league games WAS A BLAST TO GROW UP WITH (all my 80s birthed people will agree!) Just hearing the NBA on NBC jingle still puts asmile on my face til this day! So when Jordan or Nike rereleases pairs of shoes from that era, they are a must cop for me!
My question is.... all you current collectors who are in high school or younger, what is your intrigue for all these retro shoes coming out? There is no wayyou can look at a pair of Jordans coming out and say, "oh man, I remember when he wore those" or "I used to have a pair of those". Why notlive "in the now" and get the shoes that your current favorite players are wearing? (Lebrons and Kobes for example)
Just wondering what you young guys thought about this notion, cause I often ask my students the same question and I usually get a confident shrug or aconfused look
keep it positive fam