When did you realize the sneaker game passed you by?

[Apollo Kid]

I’m good with shell toes, Cortez’s and air max’s

 

[419scam]

It's crazy when you think about it. No magazine had you hyped for sneakers more than Eastbay. The day it came in the mail the teachers at school were Charlie Brown adult sounding

 

[Vodun]

When retired my fubu jersey

 

[010101]

was always more into luxury brands and foreign pieces
just keep something icy to hoop in though

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[WeDemBoyz]

When I needed bots to buy shoes. Besides getting the Supreme Uptempo collab, this year was a big L. Black Pigeon SB and Off White collection was the last straw. Last pair of kicks I bought were the Flyknit 1s and I love them.

 

[Calmye]

When I wasn't bout to pay 200 for shows made by slave labor.

 

[Uitomy]

The whole basketball shoe game passed me buy when I got out of High School. Now I'm copping Boost, Lifestyle, and Casual shoes. I'll only cop basketball shoes when I know I can flip them for a heavy profit.

same! i sold my shyt one semester and made like 1200 from some foams brons and jordans

 

[Calmye]

thats not a new wave.

these kinds of athletic shoes were popular in the usa, uk, and japan in the 80s and 90s.

see huaraches.

nothing out now is new, just a rehashing of previous design.

No one ever rocked that Payless British Knights shyt unless you were a child or poor AF

 

[Smashius Clay]

I went into a store to buy the Lebron 14's and copped em. I walked out the store feeling proud of my purchase when I caught myself in the mirror. Here I am, a 30 year old man wearing a smart knit polo with buttons -- no huge emblems on them. Had me some 7s jeans on, a fly ass taliban scarf. Looking like a well dressed grown man.

And on my feet were these red monstrosities

I took them back and went to Neiman Marcus and bought me some Wolverines instead.

Sneaker game passed my ass by, but I'm ok with that.

 

[WesCrook]

Actually, I'm ok with the shoe trend of today. I can easily cop a nice pair of Nikes for $50 tops simply because kids are so hung up on so-called new stuff.

A shoe that has been out 6 weeks is considered "old" to them. That's fine by me.

 

[Stuntone]

A lot of Lugz and Phat Farm shoes wearing dudes in here.

 

[Grano-Grano]

I never fukked with Nike. Adidas gang. Other than that idc for sneaker culture

 

[Heafcliffe]

When that first rent check was due

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

In 2004

About the same for me. A lot of the new designs and colorways during that period were loud and gawdy for no good reason. Hence the reason throwbacks shoes started making a comeback

 

[Super Ramon]

When they started making foamposites in kids sizes