Shouts to the SFU crew 40 Diesel, Encyclopedia Black and HowFresh. From midtown Manhattan to the outer rim [ll] of NYC, Jamaica Queens and all points in between like Corona and Jackson Heights. All in pursuit of the freshness.
Diesel coined it “The thrill of kicktory, and the agony of defeet”. Big Diesel went in for real and copped a pair of retro Air Max 95’s in the OG colorway. Encyclopedia Black did his thing too. HowFresh wasn’t as impressed with the kicks we came across as much as he liked the Clarks we uncovered on Jamaica Avenue. I beasted out for the entire crew by copping four(4) pairs that were all Dunks.
HowFresh bristled.
Stay tuned for the nest Sneaker Fiends Unite NYC tour. NYC got it for cheap.
“…cuz when you rest, you rust!”
True Story…Word is Bawn!
Im soooo mad i missed this one. only because it seems like the convo was brisk and educated and the peeps were official. of course they always are but some heads pack knowledge that only running the streets can bring. i HAVE to be on the next one. Nattiez
Frodo Swaggins a/k/a The Lord of the Blings
b/k/a The Last Swagon
will be keeping his ears to the skreets.
“pause on going to the outer rim” LOL
@Grand Master: Why did you start that again? It took me two weeks to stop playing the “swag game” after the last SFU trip. Now, I have to go back in [II].
Billy Swagner a/k/a Randall Stunningham a/k/a The Legend of Swagger Vance
Did someone say swag game? nah…I won’t. Ha!
Yo, I miss the Downtown BK Dr. Jays discount table so much…I saw that table and actually got sick!
I love AF1’s, but I no longer fux w/’em cuz they’re kinda like taking the easy way out in a sneaker hunt. They sell all of them everywhere. To me the hunt is about taking a risk. Finding a come-up that not many wanted so they marked it down, but you cop, put them on ice, pull ’em out 5 years later and MAKE them fresh. AF1’s are no doubt fresh, but EASY fresh. Mall fresh. And Dunks are slowly headed in the same direction.
Trust me, they did the 25year Anniversay for 1’z in ’08. Nike will find another reason to re-release every single colorway in ’09, and I WILL get another pair of Linen/Atmosphere 1’s, and won’t have to pay $400 to get ’em
yo, that would be truly the downfall of nike if they retroed the 99-03 air force 1 models especially the co.jp stuff….but yo the real reason I wanted to post, I know its fucked up economy and shit and its the same here cuz were so close and shit and Canada relies on the states and vice versa…Im from T-dot and yo one thing u guys have man its low fuckin prices man….Ima break it down….whats u.s. retail for some 1’s 80 right, its 120 here….and they just changed it to 80 their right…..its been 120 here from time…..in that second vid at dr jays, dallas there was mad joints there black/blue penny 2’s which NEVER CAME HERE, silver flightposites…. those penny 3’s that you discuss with dude in the blue…the tag says what ? 109 those would be 200 easy….those sharkleys right above were prolly a bill right….. here they are 179.99 and YO WE PAY 14% TAX… do the math….I mean the kid doesnt cause Im into it but yo we get NO nike basketball cuz nike canada thinks it wont sell….retail on the air jordan 23 was 249.99 + 15% LOL we get jukked over here….. i mean i wait till 50 day at champs/fl for my general releases etc…..what was retail on countdown packs there 310 right….try 399.99 and I know its cuz of the dollar but when it was at par for like a year in 07 there were no adjustments…..end rant, dallas keep doin ur thing
i cannot lie. that swag game has me laughing all day. i cant play cause, i just cant but everytime i see the new silly shit cats think of, im dying.
Knicca, over the extended Black holiday weekend, you put mad work in!!! Not mad though.
We took it to Jeff Staple on this very topic of for Helping Eff up The NYC Sneaker Game back in March:
http://www.todarrinhudson.com/2008/03/brunch.html
“Champagne Always Stains My Silk said…
sorta like the the way the sneaker scene is saturated with riffraff. sneaker releases that now feature a 30 day+ wait…camping out in front of boutiques…buying up all the size 10, 11 & 12ves to resell on secondary market…the shops that have secret waiting lists and private stashes…
20 years ago a self respecting nyc dandy could get a nice and unique pair of kicks but the culture of desire has been stoked to the point where kids – that don’t even appreciate the history or shoe – snatch kicks up just cause they are consuming the luxe of “exclusivity”. don’t you think that you help to support this phenom that keeps your brunch spots – ran through?”
^ Jeff Staple represents the vanguard of hoodstyle dickriders that act like he was given out the beatdowns and snatching the chains on Delancey Street or Nassau Street/Seaport. He wasn’t tho’ and that is why he has entre to the corp. machine.
My shits have more flavor than half of these niggas, so I will wait in line for my chance to shine.
^ Who even needs the acknowledgment? Some people have been doing it so long that even these “trendsetters” need to look to those cocksure cats that could give a fuck and rock white on white AF1’s brand new in a blizzard so I can camouflage my feet from the street. Most of these “names in the game” are more Madonna than Mozart as far as innovation, and as the time space continuum goes one exposing the gap between the once trendsetter becoming the trendhumper… DP you have no worries because you’re not plugged into the sneaker matrix of “This is the sneaker you need” but have the vision and instinct in the sweet science of kicks. (All though HowFresh would roundly disagree due to your fondness of Dunks.)
I say BRING THE WOLVES BACK! just to get this game back to normalcy. Just like Canada geese clogging up AIR, sh*ttin’ all over everything, walking around hissing at people, unmoved by their surroundings…we need some Border Collies to chase these f*ckers out!