2020 SNEAKER SCENE

[lawrencebayang]

What can you say about today's sneaker culture/scene that differs from way back in 2015. Sneaker scene is really big now. I miss the old stuffs lining up in store front 2-3 days not like today it's all electronic and sadly we are in a pandemic. Friends that became family along the lines. It's really different nowadays in sneaker culture.

I remember the roshe days here in the Philippines when I was in my first year highschool haha.


Shoutout to 2015 members out there! Keep safe!

 

[finessence]

Man said 2015 ...

Try 2001

 

[Stakeholder]

@ lining up three days before release!

i tried to camp once (for an iPhone release) and gave up after three hours.

 

[dtb00201]

I don’t miss spending way too much money on shoes. I also never waited in line for days so I can’t really say I miss that either. When I was peak buying shoes from like 2007-2012, most of the shoes were made like crap. The air bubbles were small, the shoes were shaped like bananas, and the paint cracked and flaked off after a few wears. A lot of the stuff now is better, but I just don’t care about it.

 

[tr1ll]

Buyers paying outrageous resell prices as if they don’t control the market.

 

[SC kid]

 

[coldwavez]

sneaker culture is dead, it's resale culture now

 

[Smokecitykicks]

I’ve mostly worn retro J’s and Nike’s my whole life.

 

[Comparison Ford]

In retrospect, collecting sneakers was probably one of the dumbest things I’ve done with my money.

This is coming from someone who owns multiple expensive glass pipes/bubblers.

 

[getback]

Yeah I'm glad I nipped that sneaker habit a while ago. I pretty much have a rotation of Killshots, Desert Boots and some Stan Smiths. I have maybe a dozen Nikes laying around that I don't wear.

Only 'expensive' sneaker I'd ever consider purchasing would be the White-Cement III if it was done right.

 

[nachobroadweezy]

2001 paying Footlocker employees to release patent leathers 2 days before release. No resale at all.

Craziest part now is the uglier the shoe = the more hype.

 

[tr1ll]

When I first REALLY got into sneakers. Like actually hunting down sneakers. I made a rule to never spend over $300(and the $300 Mark was pretty solely reserved for the royal foambs before they were retroed) I have yet to break that rule.

 

[bigjny88]

Craziest part now is the uglier the shoe = the more hype.

THIS.............this is exactly why I dipped out when they started doing **** like the ******* Off-White collabs (disgusting)

 

[Deleted member 42060]

Too many resellers and greedy people now. And more bots.

 

[coldwavez]

You know the shoe game is ****** up when Jordan 1 low tops are reselling for over 500 lmfao

 

[walkingBred]

Things just got worse with FLX . The old foot apps system was fine, hit about 80% of the time. No one on NT even hitting with FLX. Designed for resellers. Snkrs always been pretty decent with me tho. Retail or Bust gang.

 

[NToweG]

2015?

My early morning copping been going down since '99.

 

[a blinkin]

Never waited days in line for sneakers.

I stood in line for 6 hours when the 2011 concords came out. Was 9th in line. They sold the first pairs to the employees, and the dude who was first in line bought a whole box of their inventory. Needless to say I didn’t get the shoes. Ever since then I’ve never waited in line or gone to ridiculous lengths to get sneakers. If I miss the initial release, it’s whatever. I’ll get them on resale if I want em that bad.

 

[fluid hips]

It died when it became mainstream

People actually bought sneakers because they liked it not because they saw some entertainer or influencer getting paid to push it

 

[MajinZuub]

Game died long before 2015.

The whole SNKRS thing infuriates me.

 

[DCBatman]

I collect kicks because I want to. Not because it's cool or hip or whatever word these kids using these days.

 

[calibeebee]

ninjahood

 

[LumenoK-]

Sneakers became big business

 

[Zainjal26]

Mans really said 2015

 

[TURBO UNO]

It’s so bad now that Reebok....REEBOK has bought into the hype and charge $150 for a pair of Iversons.