I’m back in my parent’s basement where it all began for me back in the days. If I have ever had a Fortress of Solitude it has been in my folks’ home. I am invincible in my cubbyhole right next to the boilerroom.
I might could live down here permanantly too. Atlanta is like heaven for the SFU mentality. There are tons of sales and discount spots like Ross Stores and now AJ Wright is here in Atlanta as well.
I am going banana bread on come ups. I may not return to NYC with all these kicks but right now the addict is going IN. Here’s a list of my acquisitions so far. Let me know which joints you are feeling and which ones I might have to leave in the basement…
Nike Zoom Javelin Elite
These shoes make no fux’n sense other than they were in Marshall’s for $20 cent and they look retarded. I’m never gonna throw a javelin, but I like the reassurance that if for some reason I get called to action at the next Olympiad because everyone else on the planet has died at least I will have the proper shoe on my feet instead of wearing a pair of Dunks or Air Max.
My name is Dallas and yes, I am an addict.
Nike Dunk Hi
I go gaga (no paparazzi) for the Nike Dunk. 2010 is the 25th anniversary of the show so I expect to see some colorways and materials released the blow my fux’n mind. What also blows my mind is that Ross Stores was pumping these joints for $30. All the SFU-NYC tour veterans know that a $30 comeup is mandatory.
Ross Stores is my fave spot when I touch down in Atlanta. They always have something interesting at some highway fleamarket pricepoint.
Nike Air Max Terra 90
This is the shoe that I have to put a question mark on top of. I loved the AMT90s I copped earlier this year. Those joints were crack. These, not as much.
The white midsole annoys me because it doesn’t have any relationship to the other colors on the shoe. The accent color that looks blue in the photo is actually eggplant. I can’t figure out how I am gonna splash hard in these joints. Lastly, the pricepoint was $50 and I feel like these shoes need to be in the $30-$40 range.
Okay, these go back to Ross.
Nike SB Premium Lo
These Dunk Lo’s were nicknamed the ‘Asparagus’ and I wasn’t really attracted to them previously. It helped this time that they were on sale for $60 at a skate shop in Kennesaw. So now I’m calling them my ‘Piney Woods Holidaze’ because no one tells me what to name my fux’n shoes!
True Internets Backstory: In the parking lot this random kid asked me if I was the dude from the internet. I laughed and told him I was. We chopped it up for a minute because he couldn’t understand why I was in an Atlanta suburb. I told him the internets was worlwide and that I was also somewhere else at that very moment. That totally confused son and I used the awkward silence to give him a quick dap and scuttle off.
Nike SB Premium Hi
Another SB sale comeup were these joints nicknamed the ‘Wet Floors’. If I had it like that I would have bought two pairs at $50 per. Instead of ‘Wet Floors’ I’m calling these my ‘Wu-Flu’ since they are a killer bee colorway.
I might need an intervention while I am here in Atlanta. SFU NYC tour veteran Nattiez is in the ‘A’ right now as well. He’s trying to get me back into the strip joints. Knowing me, I’d rather get my hands on a pair of SB ‘Wu-Flus’ than put shoe money in a fluesy’s hands. Ya’ deeg?!?
“the internets was worlwide and that I was also somewhere else at that very moment”
Maybe you just sparked the brain of the next Einstein, or you just extinguished it. Either way kudos to you
….I’d rather get my hands on a pair of SB ‘Wu-Flus’ than put shoe money in a fluesy’s hands.
Dunks Over Skunks!
My new home for the next year, Bentonville, Arkansas is hittin on absolute bullshit for a sneaker fiend ! But I’m headed to Dallas TX for the New Years Eve festivities, so we’ll see.
Ah, but imagine if Dontrevius Wenters regained his amateur status and went from the playing pro ball to training for track and field?
The film crew meets DW, his Zoom Javelins and his weapon out at Kissena or maybe ya’ll could even do it at St. John’s…
It’d be the SECOND greatest event in Queens track history!!
First, of course, is always Bob Beamon of Jamaica H.S., in Mexico City ’68–
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mmrD3g7A90
“True Internets Backstory: In the parking lot this random kid asked me if I was the dude from the internet. I laughed and told him I was. We chopped it up for a minute because he couldn’t understand why I was in an Atlanta suburb. I told him the internets was worlwide and that I was also somewhere else at that very moment. That totally confused son and I used the awkward silence to give him a quick dap and scuttle off”
^^Funny shit DP. I can see that happening. Smoking backwood in the back woods prAli does turrabull things to the young brain cells.
“Wu-Flu” sounds like a Shaolin STD.
“Wu-Flu” sounds like a Shaolin STD.
That’s what I got Grand$, a Sneakerfiend Transmitted Disorder
BTW, tune into the only sneaker fiend radio talk show – Obsessive Sneaker Disorder every Wednesday from 930pm EST – midnite
http://www.obsessivesneakerdisorder.com
@Dallas : I picked up the last of your next shipment at Ross (RAWSE!) just a day ago…kept seeing things that were the deal. You want me to throw in a couple of novels that I’ve finished reading? John LeCarre and all that.
@nerditry: How slick would it be if Ross Stores were just a front for the retail arm of the Salvation Army?
Hold on. . .
Javelin Shoes? WTF? They make those?
^ http://www.everythingtrackandfield.com/detail.aspx_Q_ID_E_4773_A_CategoryID_E_429
I cant co-sign them Terra 90 joints or the Prem Dunk Lo joints but them Javelin shits are by far the illest I may need to cop
When you factor in the cheaper cost of living and those sneaker prices – ATL FTW.
@Dallas: I think Ross is a front for the company that lets rappers design their ugly ass clothing lines. Like anyone was gonna buy those at ‘retail’ prices.
lol/smh at the 1st pair. Them joints look like the official kicks of Storm troopers. Some Star Wars shit son.
Those SB Premium lo are the best of the bunch followed by the Orange dunk hi.
“He’s trying to get me back into the strip joints. Knowing me, I’d rather get my hands on a pair of SB ‘Wu-Flus’ than put shoe money in a fluesy’s hands. Ya’ deeg?!? ” true because you can’t wear pussy but you can wear it out
damn u dallas for not letting the sneaker post marinate for longer!
thoughts:
1 – i would do up the javenlin joints super hard with some skinny-ish jeans and a ‘lo rugby with mad obscure patches on it representing mad obscure teams, with the collar flipped up. you might could fuck somebody’s life up with that type of outfit – especially because nobody know nuttin bout the javelins.
2 – the halloweeny dunks are ok but i am fuxing less and less with this breed of sneaker.
3 – the terras are miserable. return!
4 – the premium SBs are solid gold – coppage. i need to to go to ATL – wtfux??
5 – the wet floors are stupidly dupidly fly. the tongue is extra long so these look bananas with jeans. BANANAS. i need those in my life on sale. size 11…someone holla at me! pause.
DP!
Bol has a thread up talking about the (un)impotance of vintage footwear.
You should go drop a knowledge-filled deuce, seeing as though deuce-dropping is one of your hobbies. Pause.
I know about them come-ups here in Chicago, too. Marshall’s is the spot; I copped a pair of Foamdome’s that retail (right now at Nike town) for $225, on clearance for $59.99. That’s the joint. I copped a pair of ill lime Baltoro’s for $30. Always on the lookout.
DP. i missed you but found the Jordan 1’s for the $55 at the outlet on 400. where did you get those Wu FLUS? though?
Nattiez,
I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to fux with you and Twerk while I was down there but I stayed next to momdukes for the entire jump. I even dragged her with me to this skateshop in the Little 5 Points ‘hood that my dude MarqSpekt put me up on.
The spot is called Stratosphere and they had the Wu Flu joints on some last pair shit. Sz 12 = $49.99 is all dude had to say.
DP. i feel you and whats funny is i did the SAME shit, mom dukes time heavy. i tried to hit you when we did the moms movie day but lets try to link it next time. the last pair shit is a gift from the gods.
hope all is good with you and the fams