In Search of… The HOLY GRAIL.
One of the best things that NIKE has done for me is when they re-issued the Dunk Hi shoe. Ten years ago, I begged them to bring the shoe back in a heartfelt and personal letter.
My words were heard and felt by some intern whose responsibility is solely to read the letters of crazy-in-love sneaker stans like myself. That is why I show the highest respect to my INTERN. They do what they do for the love of the game. Yeah, they want fame and fortune too, but they understand that dues have to be paid and possibly through that process their break may come.
That’s what happened to the intern at NIKE that read my letter. He took the time to find out what the Dunk shoe was about. By learning about the shoe and its history he was able to talk to the right people at NIKE to restart the process of having the shoe re-issued. Now there is a whole new generation of Dunk Lo fans that have no idea how nice DWAYNE ‘PEARL’ WASHINGTON was.
That’s all good because there should be new heroes for the next generation. Whether its skateboarders or graff writers or whomever it is that influences and inspires young peoples, I’m just happy that some anonymous young intern at NIKE took the time to read my letter.
Long live the NIKE Dunk.
