It Must Be The Shoes
The last time I played pick up at the CCRB I was sliding all over the floor. I still held my men scoreless in three games, but I was distraught at how crapped up my shoes had become. I don't think I've had em for even a year, but since I work out all the time it adds onto the wear and tear. Looking at the bottom sole, I saw all the tread was basically gone, and it was no shit why I'd been slipping and nearly travelling everytime I touched the ball. So I came home for Christmas break and decided I needed a new pair.
I still have a pair of the gorgeous red TMAC 3s, but I still refuse to use those for athletic wear, hating to see such things of beauty get torn up. I've rarely used them in fact, not wearing them more than 30 times over the course of three years, those occassions being Spring Breaks in Panama City Beach and Cancun, and summer vacation in Miami and the Keys. It's my "exotic-locale" shoewear, and when you take a look at the picture you can see why:
Make a statement with these babies
I went to the mall for the usual holiday shopping and realized how much of a circus it is. I'm going to write an article on that too before break is over. I never used to realize how many varsity jackets were worn, how many high school kids try to act hard, how clique-y the mall is, and most especially, how many little kids there are trying to dress and act in order to reach a maturity level they won't be accepted into for another five years. I guess that's because I was a part of it back then, but at least my varsity jacket had patches for football and track city and division championships, plus my "KTrain" stitching on the back, instead of just the letter and maybe a marching band and/or flag corp ones these kids show off boisterously as their source of pride.
Another thing that doesn't piss me off but more annoys me are these kids who walk into shoe stores and spout out an incredible amount of knowledge about shoes: the latest ones, who wears em, the trends, brands, pricing etc. And they don't buy any. You know those kids I'm talking about, they're always there. But I guess everyone has to aspire to a goal.
I always look for unconventional shoes, ones that'll stand out like Yao Ming in Texas. Lebron's shoes are horrificly ugly (though he doesn't probably give a shit since he's getting paid $100 million+) and the new TMAC 5s are nice, but have wood paneling in them that makes them resemble a dashboard rather than shoes. For a long time I wanted Michael Vick's shoes, but they looked a lot better in the Eastbay catalog than in real life, so scrap those.
Just plain fugly, Lebron
TMAC 5s are just meh with the wood
Vick's shoes are dynamic like he is, but not dynamic enough to get my money
I found a sweet pair of Nikes that went for $125 at Finish Line that had a vinyl-like covering, and was set to buy them and a few nice Michigan shirts, but it turned out they didn't have them in stock. Why, oh why would you have shoes shelved on display, especially ones as gorgeous as these, and NOT have them in stock? What a fucktard store, I'm not shopping there again. The problem is that when I get my mind set on something, nothing else will compare, so no other shoes in the store appealed to me, and neither did any others at Champs or Footlocker.
I was expecting to go home disappointed when my dad suggested going to Dick's, which used to be Galyans, the HUGE (with a 40-foot climbing wall) sports store adjacent to Twelve Oaks. Figuring that I might as well check it out since I was in the area, I went in. My first impression on the shoe section at Dick's was that there wasn't a huge selection, but goddamn do they have some nice shoes there. The first that caught my eye were the shoes I walked out with.
Reebok's new "The Pump" Pump 2.0 Preseason is the first "smart" shoe I've seen in public. I remember awhile ago there was a huge hoopla about Adidas' development of a "smart" shoe, that would constantly conform to your steps and movement, providing maximum comfort. I haven't seen anything of the sort on Adidas' end. The Pump 2.0 Preseason is roughly similar to Allan Iverson's new "Answer IX" shoe, the one he advertises in his new sweet commercial highlighting all his injuries and tattoos. It's the same technology, but the ones I got, the Preseasons, are a lot more stylish and look much nicer. However, I don't think the Preseasons are designed for actual athletic use, so I bought another pair of generic Nike Flight Furies to work out with. Still, the Preseasons are something in their own right; the technology is more than hype. When I first tried them on and switched the dial from Off to "Auto" I immediately felt the cushion surrounding my feet. Gone are the first painful hours of breaking your feet into your new kicks. Check em out:
The future of footwear, today
I am by no means a shoe aficionado, nor do I claim to know much on the subject, but I know these babies are special, cop a pair for yourself at Dick's or online for $99.99.
I still have a pair of the gorgeous red TMAC 3s, but I still refuse to use those for athletic wear, hating to see such things of beauty get torn up. I've rarely used them in fact, not wearing them more than 30 times over the course of three years, those occassions being Spring Breaks in Panama City Beach and Cancun, and summer vacation in Miami and the Keys. It's my "exotic-locale" shoewear, and when you take a look at the picture you can see why:
Make a statement with these babies
I went to the mall for the usual holiday shopping and realized how much of a circus it is. I'm going to write an article on that too before break is over. I never used to realize how many varsity jackets were worn, how many high school kids try to act hard, how clique-y the mall is, and most especially, how many little kids there are trying to dress and act in order to reach a maturity level they won't be accepted into for another five years. I guess that's because I was a part of it back then, but at least my varsity jacket had patches for football and track city and division championships, plus my "KTrain" stitching on the back, instead of just the letter and maybe a marching band and/or flag corp ones these kids show off boisterously as their source of pride.
Another thing that doesn't piss me off but more annoys me are these kids who walk into shoe stores and spout out an incredible amount of knowledge about shoes: the latest ones, who wears em, the trends, brands, pricing etc. And they don't buy any. You know those kids I'm talking about, they're always there. But I guess everyone has to aspire to a goal.
I always look for unconventional shoes, ones that'll stand out like Yao Ming in Texas. Lebron's shoes are horrificly ugly (though he doesn't probably give a shit since he's getting paid $100 million+) and the new TMAC 5s are nice, but have wood paneling in them that makes them resemble a dashboard rather than shoes. For a long time I wanted Michael Vick's shoes, but they looked a lot better in the Eastbay catalog than in real life, so scrap those.
Just plain fugly, Lebron
TMAC 5s are just meh with the wood
Vick's shoes are dynamic like he is, but not dynamic enough to get my money
I found a sweet pair of Nikes that went for $125 at Finish Line that had a vinyl-like covering, and was set to buy them and a few nice Michigan shirts, but it turned out they didn't have them in stock. Why, oh why would you have shoes shelved on display, especially ones as gorgeous as these, and NOT have them in stock? What a fucktard store, I'm not shopping there again. The problem is that when I get my mind set on something, nothing else will compare, so no other shoes in the store appealed to me, and neither did any others at Champs or Footlocker.
I was expecting to go home disappointed when my dad suggested going to Dick's, which used to be Galyans, the HUGE (with a 40-foot climbing wall) sports store adjacent to Twelve Oaks. Figuring that I might as well check it out since I was in the area, I went in. My first impression on the shoe section at Dick's was that there wasn't a huge selection, but goddamn do they have some nice shoes there. The first that caught my eye were the shoes I walked out with.
Reebok's new "The Pump" Pump 2.0 Preseason is the first "smart" shoe I've seen in public. I remember awhile ago there was a huge hoopla about Adidas' development of a "smart" shoe, that would constantly conform to your steps and movement, providing maximum comfort. I haven't seen anything of the sort on Adidas' end. The Pump 2.0 Preseason is roughly similar to Allan Iverson's new "Answer IX" shoe, the one he advertises in his new sweet commercial highlighting all his injuries and tattoos. It's the same technology, but the ones I got, the Preseasons, are a lot more stylish and look much nicer. However, I don't think the Preseasons are designed for actual athletic use, so I bought another pair of generic Nike Flight Furies to work out with. Still, the Preseasons are something in their own right; the technology is more than hype. When I first tried them on and switched the dial from Off to "Auto" I immediately felt the cushion surrounding my feet. Gone are the first painful hours of breaking your feet into your new kicks. Check em out:
The future of footwear, today
I am by no means a shoe aficionado, nor do I claim to know much on the subject, but I know these babies are special, cop a pair for yourself at Dick's or online for $99.99.
posted by KTrain at 3:15 PM
5 Comments:
dude you should check out nike shox-
they are easilly the most durable shoes on the market, along with being the most comfortable.
sanders
yeah the latest pair i got were shox and they were pretty good, durable, and comfortable, i just overused em. a lot of people have two separate shoes for working out and casual wear but i'm too lazy for that and why not combine the two when you've got a good pair like the shox
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