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in my opinion i personally think foams are great because variants are hard to make in this shoe.
What makes Foamposits so great?
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Originally Posted by ninjahood
fixedOriginally Posted by WITNESSkb24
HypeOriginally Posted by SoSickening
the answer to this question is simple as 1 word...
Penny.
What's next? "Why makes Jordan XI so great?"
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got my pair for $80
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Wish I kept my pair. I need them again.....
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Originally Posted by AirUpHere23
A 15 year old record doesn't make the Jordan XI's fly off shelves.
If you were around in 96 and actually remembered, the Concords sat. They were way ahead of their time. No one knew what to do with them. I remember going in around Feb or so and deciding whether to get the Royal foams, the columbias or the concords. When the Black/Reds dropped at the end of the school year, everyone got them. I remember people skipping school to cop in the AM then coming to school with a fresh pair on. But yeah, 72-10 didn't contribute to that... If MJ was playing wack and didn't win a ring in these, they wouldn't mean as much. The XI had so much hype around it because it was the shoe that MJ did everything in. Youngin's need to recognize. There wasn't a "shoe game" back then. It was all out of love.
Back to the topic, until you've had a pair of foams and they conformed to your foot and you come to realize how much of a tank they are, you'll never understand.
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I know they are indestructible, but i'm scared to wear them because I love them so much! Anyone know where to get replacement laces? I ripped mine somehow! I might need to jack a pair from a store that still has them, buts there's like a hundred eyeholes! That takes too long!
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posites broke necks like crazy back in 96...i agree, if you weren't around back then, you won't fully understand why people love this shoe
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nostalgia.bibby in arizona.$200 bucks, not many could afford them. the technology.
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Originally Posted by Zero 0123
Originally Posted by AirUpHere23
A 15 year old record doesn't make the Jordan XI's fly off shelves.a 15 year old record for being the best team in the history of the NBA? Winning all 3 MVP's that year, scoring title, and a 4th NBA ring? Yeah. That did make them fly off the shelves.
If you were around in 96 and actually remembered, the Concords sat. They were way ahead of their time. No one knew what to do with them. I remember going in around Feb or so and deciding whether to get the Royal foams, the columbias or the concords. When the Black/Reds dropped at the end of the school year, everyone got them. I remember people skipping school to cop in the AM then coming to school with a fresh pair on. But yeah, 72-10 didn't contribute to that... If MJ was playing wack and didn't win a ring in these, they wouldn't mean as much. The XI had so much hype around it because it was the shoe that MJ did everything in. Youngin's need to recognize. There wasn't a "shoe game" back then. It was all out of love.
Back to the topic, until you've had a pair of foams and they conformed to your foot and you come to realize how much of a tank they are, you'll never understand.
I'm speaking in regards to people in their teens and possibly early twenties who don't know the history of the XI. You really think some 18 year old hood rat camps out for these because of a record that they have no connection to!? All they know is that the XI's look good and that MJ wore them in his prime. Of course to older heads such as myself (29)...the historical value on these can never be denied..but XI's sell it's highly regarded for being the "it" Jordan to have..sorry to thread jack..rant over~ (agree or disagree, it is what it is)
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built like a tank!
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but that hood rat, and that lil kid is peeping da OG of da block stunting back in da day in da hood and passed along that image of freshness..thats how it works, without da fore bearers rocking em because of that record da XI'sOriginally Posted by AirUpHere23
Originally Posted by Zero 0123
Originally Posted by AirUpHere23
A 15 year old record doesn't make the Jordan XI's fly off shelves.a 15 year old record for being the best team in the history of the NBA? Winning all 3 MVP's that year, scoring title, and a 4th NBA ring? Yeah. That did make them fly off the shelves.
If you were around in 96 and actually remembered, the Concords sat. They were way ahead of their time. No one knew what to do with them. I remember going in around Feb or so and deciding whether to get the Royal foams, the columbias or the concords. When the Black/Reds dropped at the end of the school year, everyone got them. I remember people skipping school to cop in the AM then coming to school with a fresh pair on. But yeah, 72-10 didn't contribute to that... If MJ was playing wack and didn't win a ring in these, they wouldn't mean as much. The XI had so much hype around it because it was the shoe that MJ did everything in. Youngin's need to recognize. There wasn't a "shoe game" back then. It was all out of love.
Back to the topic, until you've had a pair of foams and they conformed to your foot and you come to realize how much of a tank they are, you'll never understand.
I'm speaking in regards to people in their teens and possibly early twenties who don't know the history of the XI. You really think some 18 year old hood rat camps out for these because of a record that they have no connection to!? All they know is that the XI's look good and that MJ wore them in his prime. Of course to older heads such as myself (29)...the historical value on these can never be denied..but XI's sell it's highly regarded for being the "it" Jordan to have..sorry to thread jack..rant over~ (agree or disagree, it is what it is)
wouldn't be as critically acclaimed as they are now...remember when they retroed da first time it was 2001, about 5 years since da OG release...close enough time that whoever had em back then or wanted em back then can
CLEARLY remember why they were so important....now with sneaker blogs, niketalk, i$$, pumping that information to noobies daily, its EASY to forget why some of those kicks were a hit back in their first installment.
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the durability
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comfort
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quality my friend quality
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Im bout to buy my first pair all my homies think they are ugly, but I see the beauty in them
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Foams are dope because they were ahead of it's time in all aspects of footwear and still maintain that quality 15 yrs later...
xi's never got me hype because every hypebeAst had them back then. Even if people didn't rock jordans bought those and rocked em til they fell apart. I remember when the Columbia's dropped 8/10 people on the block and in school had them on everyday til the laces turned gray...
I kept a fresh pair of pippens, penny's, grant hills at the time... That patent leather was and is so ewww to me... Don't get me wrong some people look aiight in them but the actual style just ain't me..
That 72-10 record had nothing to do with it... It was Pac's " I ain't mad at cha" he had them on extra early
xi's never got me hype because every hypebeAst had them back then. Even if people didn't rock jordans bought those and rocked em til they fell apart. I remember when the Columbia's dropped 8/10 people on the block and in school had them on everyday til the laces turned gray...
I kept a fresh pair of pippens, penny's, grant hills at the time... That patent leather was and is so ewww to me... Don't get me wrong some people look aiight in them but the actual style just ain't me..
That 72-10 record had nothing to do with it... It was Pac's " I ain't mad at cha" he had them on extra early
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^i forgot about that vid, didnt notice the shoes at first
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Foams are a staple in the DMV.
Durability, shape/mold, colorways, clear sole, they're the best sneakers ever made that aren't Jordans.
Its a love hate thing. Either you love them, or you just don't understand.
Durability, shape/mold, colorways, clear sole, they're the best sneakers ever made that aren't Jordans.
Its a love hate thing. Either you love them, or you just don't understand.
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couldnt agree more..
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them %+%+% are soo overrated il only cop da all blacks
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Man words can't even express the affect Foamposites had on the shoe game. I remember Bibby and Miles Simon from the Arizona days, the SLAM Magazine with the full page spread of the the royals, and just the technology of them. That clear gummy bottom. Man I was going to the mall everyday back then just to look at them until my birthday came and I spent all my $200 for them.
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them %+%+% are soo overrated il only cop da all blacks
how are they overated? them joints last forever.
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When you wear foams, you don't expect compliments from females saying they're cute.
They were ahead of their time in material and the way they looked and the durability just adds to it. The basic color blocking, the fact that the colors were unique to Foams.
I couldn't afford them in college when they first came out, that was rent money or two pairs of kicks, but once I started making my own money
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I've wondered the same thing and have yet to even consider copping a pair
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Originally Posted by Magic1978
When you wear foams, you don't expect compliments from females saying they're cute.
They were ahead of their time in material and the way they looked and the durability just adds to it
foamposites been selling out in nyc quietly forever, eggplants blew da lid off that though...so now all these sucka cats that had no business rocking em before all over em
throwin on pink laces tryin to make em look cute
