SPACEJAM XI: to all my young heads, my lesson to you: WEAR YOUR KICKS

[mjmoney23]

Silica actualy helps the midsole come off faster. The thing to do is wear the shoes every now and then. Even twice a year is alright. As long as they are worn,that shouldnt really happen. But it is not the end of the world. As was mentioned, gorilla glue wil make it look like that never happened. I also have someplumbers adhesive that I have used. Works like a charm, and I actualy think that the soles are on better than they were before.

 

[stem cell 00]

You have my condolences.

 

[joekamel]

Man... imagine how much quicker these CDP retros will fall apart if you dont wear them. Definitely shoes are meant to be worn people... just not Jordans thelast couple weeks here in Chicago unless their your beaters.

 

[ntngman]

You glue them right up. They will b OK

 

[israel5ekla]

...with that said, teachers are stupid nowadays.

No offense.

 

[ricekrispies420]

haha dam RIP. thats cool to see a teacher teaching with jays on!! haha.

 

[njstress03]

Originally Posted by ISRAEL5EKLA

...with that said, teachers are stupid nowadays.

No offense.

ouch

 

[Renaldo Balkman]

Originally Posted by ISRAEL5EKLA

...with that said, teachers are stupid nowadays.

No offense.

not sure what you mean by that?

 

[kcjordanhead]

I used to teach and on Fridays I always broke the kids necks. They used to ask me on Thursdays what shoes was I going to wear the next day. I kept themguessing. I always told them about how fakes ruin the shoe game and they listened. The Friday before release they always came to my room and asked was Igetting the j's. You know it. WEAR YA KICKS KIDS!!!!!

 

[eltouha]

wise words. shoes are meant to be worn. treat them with respectful use and they'll last much longer.

 

[freshxxx2death]

u have more the 5 periods? cuz u must have been screwed the rest of the day.. probaly had to walk around in socks .. i feel your pain though

 

[rossh123]

maybe it was the way u stored them

 

[cutepoison]

you could use some special thing to clean the glue and then use some kinda glue to fix it , I saw some one teaching to fix the shoes

 

[crossshooter]

feel bad for you man. rip space jam

 

[pimpjobu]

wow i really feel for you. just try the gorilla glue for the midsoles, shoe goo for the clear soles on the bottoms. at least you'll be able to wear them alittle bit to get some joy of them before they're totally dead!

 

[lovemy23kicks]

gooooood, that sucks so bad.....i would take those to a shoe repair shop ASAP. cuz they are still beautiful, its just the glue on the sole that broke down overtime.....

 

[lopez254]

Originally Posted by rayray3thousand


period one - "nice kicks", "whooa, are those the ones?"

on another note
i wear all of my shoes
i hate to see that happen to shoes that have only been worn once or twice

 

[untitled]

Originally Posted by rayray3thousand

i know people have posted war stories like this before, but as a school teacher, i feel that everyone should learn from others mistakes....
anyway, the other day at school one of my students asked me what was my most favorite pair of shoes that i own. I replied "spacejam xi's", and went on to tell him the story of how they were our senior year hooping shoe (2001), how they came out during the movie "spacejam", limited run, taught them the definition of an "icy sole", basically all the basic info of the jordan xi, etc... he then asked me to wear a pair to school.

so this morning i get ready for work, open the box up, vvvvvvvnds spacejam xi's which i wore once or twice tops, lace em up and head to work.

period one - "nice kicks", "whooa, are those the ones?"

http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/rayray3000/?action=view&current=Photo5.jpg

period two- i notice my feet start to hurt a little

period three- man, these are not feeling right (i own many many pairs of XIs)

lunch- as i walk up the stairs i feel a lifting on my toe

http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/rayray3000/?action=view&current=Photo7.jpg

period four- trying to teach a class while in the back of my mind i cant help but worry that my spacejams are gonna de-laminate mid step

period five- sitting in my classroom, in disbelief that this is the result....

http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/rayray3000/?action=view&current=Photo6.jpg http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/rayray3000/?action=view&current=Photo8.jpg

lesson to my youngsters....

hype all you want over a pair of shoes. if you don't plan on wearing them, you are only fooling yourself. its cool to keep a pair of kicks on ice for a little while, but keeping a pair of shoes on ice for pure bragging purposes, or just for the self reassurance that you have "shoe game", or that you're a "shoe head" is just another way of clowning yourself that your not a hypebeast. WEAR YOUR KICKS! ENJOY THEM!

RIP SPACEJAM XI's ON ICE SINCE 2001

please keep the flaming to yourself....

fams, just glue em back

shoe goop FTW

 

[kb8virginia]

Thanks for the advice....been there before, just have to remind myself every now and then

 

[americandream]

what's with all this RIP stuff? glue the midsole back on and they're good as new...









M!ke

 

[foampositefreak]

hold ur head up man i understand how u feel lesson learned

 

[redrum sb]

They're still good, it just that the glue dried up and basically deteriated.
Just find the strongest, longest lasting glue that will be safe on shoes and glue the sole back on.
Or take it to a professional shoe repair shop.

 

[lrrr]

Originally Posted by AmericanDream

what's with all this RIP stuff? glue the midsole back on and they're good as new...









M!ke

word..they're not crumbled just detached

 

[njavier03]

WEAR YOUR SHOES!!!

 

[the j collector]

^^^^
AGREED ,RESTORE WITH SOME REALLY GOOD GLUE........