Sneaker Love on ESPN: The Life

[solelygrails]

Just wanted to share a nice piece that ESPN did on me and my sneakers that just launched today. It's awesome to see that the sneaker culture is beingrecognized by such a respectable sports news source. Here's the feature, enjoy!

 

[battousai701]

how did they pick you specifically?

btw... did u just start collecting sneakers?

 

[redsfan3]

That's cool.

 

[solelygrails]

started collecting in 2001. ESPN: The Life was looking for people with interesting or unique collections of things related to sports, so I figured I'dsubmit and give it a try

 

[neukicks]

interesting, what size do you wear?

 

[thunderchunk69]

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05/29/09 4:01 PM

hate when people do this

but Chao, a senior Web designer for ESPN,

stopped reading there,
you should be upset they lumped you in with Big Boi... your whole thread is about

Originally Posted by solelygrails

It's awesome to see that the sneaker culture is being recognized by such a respectable sports news source.

 

[krazy88s]

Where do you typically purchase items to add to your collection?

Chao: There usually isn't one specific place that I look to buy sneakers from, simply because there are so many sources out there, and with each release there are different locations that carry those sneakers. Living near New York City helps because of the sheer number of sneaker stores in the area.

I've bought shoes from your typical retail chains like Foot Locker, Footaction and FinishLine, but also from smaller mom and pop shops that you'll typically find in New York City or the surrounding cities. Some popular online mediums for buying and selling sneakers are eBay, as well as online social groups like NikeTalk

Same here I live near NYC.

@ the NT shoutout

 

[guerrilla warfare]

Clean pic & collection spread....

 

[kimchee2go]

that's tight man

 

[airkeung88]

very nice experience......

 

[xkrispyeli]

dope collection homie, that wizard jersey is on point with them TB iii's.

 

[souljaman22]

thats cool
i wish i could do something like that but my collection is constantly shrinking in these tough times

 

[jfmartimcdandruff]

Dope Wizards jersey

I want one myself.

 

[SteveSteve72]

Good stuff

 

[nermindee]

Nice stuff man.

 

[josebronx]

and you gave NT recognition

 

[et5057]

nice collection, certainly better than mine, but i dont see much in the way of older stuff?

 

[agold1002]

Originally Posted by solelygrails

Just wanted to share a nice piece that ESPN did on me and my sneakers that just launched today. It's awesome to see that the sneaker culture is being
recognized by such a respectable sports news source. Here's the feature, enjoy!

are you sittin on air?!

 

[rick2345]

Wow that pic with the true blues and the jersey is crazy sick new wallpaper on my laptop

 

[stayfresh25]

very nice. cool that they did this

 

[arrjae]

DOPE!

 

[wallyhopp]

did they help you take all those shoes out and set up the photo shoot? any pay compensation?

I love shoes, but its not what defines me as a person so I could never see myself doing something like this... I think some of the larger well known collectorson here may fall into that same catergory. theyll post up photos of what they have and what not, like all the great rare jordans, but beyond that, this otherstuff gets left to others like yourself.. congrats you took part in something no reputable "collector" would dare to do... i guess thats a good thing

 

[koolkatz]

Originally Posted by agold1002

Originally Posted by solelygrails

Just wanted to share a nice piece that ESPN did on me and my sneakers that just launched today. It's awesome to see that the sneaker culture is being
recognized by such a respectable sports news source. Here's the feature, enjoy!

are you sittin on air?!

if you think about hes rocking airjordan

 

[igotthatfire247]

Congrats and thanks for thinking of us here on NT!

 

[jthagreat]

Originally Posted by igotthatfire247

Congrats and thanks for thinking of us here on NT!

word thats cool.