The Air Bakin was a pretty wacky shoe. If you ask me, they’re almost unwearable. They’re high, about a foot off the ground, and are either burgundy (I think they’re burgundy) or puce. They’re air, but they’re an old model, so they won’t feel resilient or anything. This was the shoe, or one of them, that got recalled because of the Arabic script on the “Air”. Fair enough I say, send these shits back to the stone age. The only dogs who can pull this off are either packing trail mix or a gun.
Otherwise, it just doesn’t click. I have to hand it to this pair, though. They are quite spanking, clean and fresh. I haven’t seen many with this gum rubber outsole, or even in yellow. Stay away from those reds, they are played out, man. This shoe, at its best, is a waterproof, sturdy, high top air max 97? Up to you if you think you can pull it off.

PS peep this guy’s other auctions, esp. his prices. $2K for a pair of IIIs? $250 for a rookie Garnett jersey? All right. If I was wealthy beyond my means I would definitely buy only overpriced stuff on the bay, from guys like this, just to ruin it for everyone.

PPS Gasol looked good last night. Kobe’s points dropped down real low… Is this a sign of things to come? How are they going to handle those weird twin towers come late March? I’m sure the triangle offense contains some sort of answer, even if it is just kick-out. There are onions in this sauce though…

A bit of a short post, although I don’t mean to be neglectful. I’m just in the middle of moving and doing a few other things. I assure you this lapse has nothing to do with my work ethic, the seasons, or frequency of heatful auctions, but the return might have a little to do with the fact that there’s a Heat game on. Sweet…

1. The chlorophyll trainer is cleaner than most air maxes. It’s hard sometimes to believe John McEnroe wore them because they’re so much boxier and stronger than he is. Though some of my faves wear the SBs, only these colors are doable in my opinion, however, to be honest, these and the energies (good luck finding those) might be a little too unhumorous for regular wear in the 2008.

2. Year of the Mouse Court Forces? Is it Year of the Mouse? And if it is, do we really want to bring it in with Court Forces? That’s like having a muffin on your birthday. I really love all the Year Of Forces, they’re some of the best looking all white forces, and the term is one of my favorite eBay qualifiers. I guess if you don’t really like your girl, you can buy her these.

3. Not really a sneaker, but if you won this auction, laminated this, put it on a string and wore it, you’d get more stares than that footaction manager who’s been rocking the XXIIIs since March.

I really, really wish I wasn’t watching a Heat game now. Luckily CC has been sending me Seinfeld quotes throughout this update.

Best..

Yummy Bunny Court Victory — size 10 - If you are looking for the tip of the top in fruit pebble douche-baggery sneakers here you go. You’d probably want to offset these with a nice linen suit (in the summer), herringbone hat (all seasons) or a beltless executive trenchcoat in inclement weather. This way if you go the pharmacy, you’ll be treated with respect. Forget about walking into CHEERS though.

Used Supreme Dunk Highs (blue) — size 10.5 - These things are creased to shit and already over $100 with more than 4 days left. I would love to get a used pair that I can throw on to walk to the mart or mow the lawn, but can we plz get a used pair under a hundred? There’s a duality here: if shit’s under 100, then its basically free (basically), but spending over 55 bucks on ebay on shoes.. damn. I think I’ve done it twice? Dropping cash in person is nothing but like on the bay.. Kind of a mental commitment. Weird way to live…

Nike Kennedy — size 8 - This guy says that if you request he will clean these up to eBay standards. What a dick.

Whoops, no heat in this post. We taking the Sabbath off, doggee.

Just surfing around…

VERY weird. Didn’t these used to go for over a G? This thing was a hyperstrike, 24 pairs. Now look at them. Still a good look for Ramones sexpunks in bands though. nh

One of the illest colorways for about a minute. Doesn’t look especially hot anymore but damn was this fly back in the day. I never copped these but i had a pair of Air Max Storms that I wore the hell out of them. Definitely one of the better packs Nike has made in the last ten years. The quality was pretty fly for all of them, stitched right, not much mesh, dark midsoles, everything. They looked like they could weather a storm. Or even a storm II. Hard to say if they could though. The Huaraches were the least visible of the three and consequently the best ones IMO. They were the mids, not the fab five, but close enough and with a hole in the ankle, like a true Huarache. Huarache Machi!

Colors were a deep sultry brown with the satin in lakers colors. Whatup kobe, I see you. Maybe I even love you. Scoring 25 in the game, only four ahead of the rad man and less than half of AI’s. But who won? Everyone talks about how Kobe is playing on reserve and doesnt care and wants to be traded. I’ll tell you this, if this was the 1940s and I were Ted Williams (RIP), I’d want Kobe over John Glenn riding that plane. He could pick the antlers off a mosquito in motion. If this was Panama or The Boer War I’d want Kobe to be my general (no homo). If he was the captain of a boat I’d take the orders, big no homo.

Everyone hates kobe, but for the life of me i don’t know why. Is it because he knows what hard work is, and he knows why he’s the best? Is it because you sleep in on your day off, and he gets up at 5 am and takes a helicopter to Staples Center to beat traffic? Is it because you’re a pussy and cant wear crazy eights. Or when he sonned the hell out of Raja Bell. Most confident guy. I guess you can read Freedarko or ESPN for more ruminations, but in 2007 the Lakers are more the Clippers and Kobe gets a lifetime pass from me and hopefully all my friends

Anyways… not too into the neon or the overwrought speckling here. Most of the weird Nikes come out lately have been descended from this pack in one way or another. No black or white, lots of unusual colors, dark and deep, all having nothing to do with each other. This started a little before those smurf dunks or whatever the hell they were. The beginning of hypebeast, what was it? Like some dunks wrapped in carpet that looked like the good side of a bulk barn? Awful. If i had these shoes I’d spraypaint them shades of grey like in Roger Rabbit. I sold the hell out of my Storms to some loser in Germany. T Raumschierre I think.

Whatup jay bil, the only person who can pull these off, unless you click that link

*shoutout to aj, for letting me do ted williams RIP suicide missions in kenmore my 2nd day with sweet ink, on a beautiful august night in 2003. one

A long long time ago, before I participated in a little thing called the morning commute, before the rat race, wool pants, my iron, lunch in bags, and bags under my eyes was a little thing I like to call the early mid 00’s. Back then things were a little tiny bit different. People that weren’t hot girls thought Pharell was cool, no one knew how to dress or listen to music, and no one was on the internet. These shoes were also pretty big.. the SB Paris was a Dunk released concurrently in one city, with others in other metropoli (Tokyo’s - legitimately chill, NY the wackest yet, London, Karachi, etc). Each had a theme, this one’s theme was oils by Chagall, or scarves. Each Paris Dunk’s toebox was different and if placed end to (on) end they would form a sort of Voltron super Guernica e8, sonning everyone who dared walk into your loft.

Somehow though, everything about this shoe has materialised itself into the current era. People think they wear sneakers. They don’t; they wear Dunks. Half the skinny, skinny people who were wearing Dunks two years ago are now rocking $200 prospector Henleys diaper jeans and Gene Wilder dancing boots. They do this while listening to David Bowie, Joy D, etc. I guess this is why they have rattails and why I am not confused.

But I will bet you two slices of Chacho’s pie that the fall 2010 issue of Arena + Homme magazine will have a longer article about custom Dunks than it did this season or next season or two seasons ago etc. The Paris Dunk is the perfect epitome of this. It is limited, it is expensive, it is haute pretension, but it is still corny as hell. Anyone who rocks these and passes me by I promise you I will turn my head to make you feel better and believe me, I’ll mean it. But only Travis Barker would wear these with a suit or out for coffee. I might have said earlier that everyone’s a head.. but if you look around for even a minute you’ll see this isn’t the case. Whatever though its all gravey .. I wore C-Corns to the gym and they smell like a dog washing a dog. Its all good.. this shoe is not as cool as the Tokyo Dunk, but a lot flyer. Still a good buy.

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