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Our second SFU Internets International rep from the land down under is the man who uses the screen name SMEAR. He reached out to me highlighting a pair of Dunks he came up on he calls the ‘Karate Kid Konichiwa Bitches’. Sonn had me amped from the gate to see which joints he christened with that name. Peep his backstory on how he copped the shoes…

Being that I live in Perth, Western Australia (read: the most isolated city in the “western world”) kicks are pretty fucking pricey. Aside from Footlocker and the local sports stores the “sneaker game” is confined to a small group of “boutique” shysters that thrive on the “hipsters(is that what you call them?)” racking up debt along with they spray on jeans on their parental-approved mastercard.

Otherwise there’s the good old Nike Factory Outlet, not too far from my humble abode. They do get some nice stuff in there, but you gotta be real quick to catch it. Seeing as I’m in the middle of exams and procrastination is my forte, I rolled round to Nike to see if today might be one of those good days. Last time I was there they told me the “boutique” suppliers had gotten salty about some of the product they were holding and the subsequent exposure of said suppliers’ rapist tendencies ($240 for some stock AM90’s anyone?). So to appease these whining cunts, Nike had stopped sending the Factory outlet SB stuff and other high-in-demand / extortable goods. Now the Sydney outlet gets the excess instead. Bastards.

Suffice to say I wasn’t expecting much, but damn… they had some nice 90’s a bunch of AF1’s, TN360’s, basic dunks…. I was chuffed. Then I saw these babies sitting up in the back like they were nothing special. GTFOH! Size 12? Yes indeedy, one pair of 12’s sittin’ all alone. I started getting excited. The manager sees me fondling ’em (along with a nice pair of AF1’s) and tells me I can have 20% for the next ten minutes, hoping I’ll cop both. Can’t lie, I thought about it, but my petty wages won’t allow that this week. Those Astroboy/Karate Kid love-in girls were leavin’ with me though. And at AU$85 (US$45) they were REAL cheap dates. I floated all the way home.

Did I mention the 3 different leathers?

Cheers,
“slim with the tilted brim on 20inch(bicycle) rims”

I see your style playboy. The lifestyle knit polo is the backdrop. The LRG fitted off to the side. I didn’t realize these Dunks had a printed insole. Nice. The only thing I have to tell you playboy is to make sure you put down the toilet seat when the broads come over. Otherwise, your sneaker game is 100.

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