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- May 3, 2005
My collection has grown and dissipated throughout the years. The very first shoes I owned that got me hooked were the Jordan XIVs after seeing them at theoutlets... what's that, like 10 years? No idea. Anyways, I had gotten a gift card for my birthday and found these on the racks. After that I rememberbuying a few pairs of 97s, can't recall if they had just released or they were at the outlets as well. I began working as a soccer referee after quittingmy club team around 7th grade, and quickly created a heavy bank account at only 12. I recall rocking the latest AF1s, timberland 6" work boots and theXV/XVIs throughout middle school, staples of the middle school fashion at the time.
After that, I began working real jobs (for my age) and my collection was at a small, but strong as far as rotation goes by the time I reached 9th grade.
Throughout h.s. my style constantly switched up, but even during my skater and prep states, I still made sure my sneakers on point.
What really drove me back into the game was the raygun dunk launch at a local store here in Fairfax, VA (Elite Boardshop). My first REAL line-up. I was about30th in line, and knew nothing about quantities vs. demand. By the time I got to the front the rayguns AND the restock were gone (ghosts, calis, sea crystalsif I recall correctly). I saw the sea crystals and I was hooked for sure.
My mother was dating the manager of the leesburg outlet at the time, and he called me to tell me the Sea Crystals (b grades) had shown up at their door. Iquickly rushed out to scoop them up for $50... I still have them in my rotation... you'll see them in there.
Anyways, enough of my story, I'm a soph. at GMU now, and still going strong. I have a lot of vintage kicks in storage (ballistics, OG af1s, etc. that willNEVER get worn) on top of these...
These are my beaters/non-boxers...
My regular rotation...
Bocas and Stussys will never be rocked, my SB grails...
And now for the shoes I've put on ICE...
Don't ask if anything is for sale, I'm quite happy with what I have, takensome hard work to get where I'm at.
You may notice some of the sizes in the rotation are differing, my shoe size has changed (I lost weight and couldntfit 11s anymore)
As far as the DS/Ice go, they differ in sizes simply cause they aren't going to be worn so clearly size is nofactor.
After that, I began working real jobs (for my age) and my collection was at a small, but strong as far as rotation goes by the time I reached 9th grade.
Throughout h.s. my style constantly switched up, but even during my skater and prep states, I still made sure my sneakers on point.
What really drove me back into the game was the raygun dunk launch at a local store here in Fairfax, VA (Elite Boardshop). My first REAL line-up. I was about30th in line, and knew nothing about quantities vs. demand. By the time I got to the front the rayguns AND the restock were gone (ghosts, calis, sea crystalsif I recall correctly). I saw the sea crystals and I was hooked for sure.
My mother was dating the manager of the leesburg outlet at the time, and he called me to tell me the Sea Crystals (b grades) had shown up at their door. Iquickly rushed out to scoop them up for $50... I still have them in my rotation... you'll see them in there.
Anyways, enough of my story, I'm a soph. at GMU now, and still going strong. I have a lot of vintage kicks in storage (ballistics, OG af1s, etc. that willNEVER get worn) on top of these...
These are my beaters/non-boxers...
My regular rotation...
Bocas and Stussys will never be rocked, my SB grails...
And now for the shoes I've put on ICE...
Don't ask if anything is for sale, I'm quite happy with what I have, takensome hard work to get where I'm at.
You may notice some of the sizes in the rotation are differing, my shoe size has changed (I lost weight and couldntfit 11s anymore)
As far as the DS/Ice go, they differ in sizes simply cause they aren't going to be worn so clearly size is nofactor.
