212/ Talking Culture

Music. Hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 212 of the InKicksWeTrust podcast.

I am here with four-fifths of the InKicksWeTrust team. Kev, how's it going? What's going on, everyone? Juan, how's it going? What's up, guys? And Rich, how's it going? It was good. We're joined by a guest today. We're joined by another Kevin. He goes by, the Instagram is dank, is it underscore Q or dot Q? No, dank, and dank dot Q. D-A-N-Q dot Q. Okay. Rich, how did you and Kev meet? I don't know that I got the story on that.

It was actually through work. Yeah, so he worked with another agency that was working out inside of my shelter. So one of our community partners, he was working with them. And I think Kev, yeah, Kev, you know, me, I come to work, you know, different pair of kicks. And that's kind of how we sparked the conversation. And I was wearing certain pairs. And Kev is like, okay. He's like, you're really into this. I think I wore a pair of 20s. I think it was. And he's like, okay, you really do this.

So yeah yeah from there we just we kind of just you know hooked up and just started talking kicks and kind of gave me his rundown what he's been into and he had some fucking heaters too and just you know conversation and he's been doing it for some time as well so that's that's how we connected man so it worked man he definitely definitely caught my attention i think yeah i think it was the 20s like this is not your typical yeah yeah yeah

it was the chutneys i was wearing the chutney 20s i had on i'll forget that and then yeah it just kind of sparked up spark that uh that friendship man yeah and he was able to hook me up 2016 bred ones uh nice he was able to get get those from you no problem yeah man you know pulled some strings and i once we got talking to i was like this is the guy i'm like this guy is tapped in for sure like you know and appreciate

him though because he's very humble about it it's not even like he was out there bragging about sin so yeah he ended up securing that and the royal ones he got me as well the year when those released as well that last release so definitely took care of him nice and i hear i rich said you you worked at footlocker as well so we were talking offline and yeah there's definitely probably some cross over between the two of us so yeah definitely excited to get into it with you kev thanks for.

Us thanks for having me all right so we will start this off like we usually do with our weekly wears and pickups so in kicks we trust kev what do you have for us this week okay so i know it's been a while since we recorded last but i'll go through it pretty quickly and then i was i was away for the all of last week pretty much so we were in the blue mountains so i was i had my boots most of the time north face boots rocked those most most days and then while i was indoors easy

slides but other than that i rocked air max one at most safari the retro pair tom sacks the gps that's sulfur pair air max plus tn the supreme pair dunk low undefeated canteen colorway reptile air max ones and today i rocked jordan 3 the 88 retro pair. Other than that, in terms of pickups, I did pick something up. So I actually had a low ball bid in on StockX for quite some time, actually. And funny enough, it got accepted on Boxing Day.

So I guess the seller was looking to recoup some Christmas money. And we talked about this before, just like, you know, throw some low ball bids in, you know, around Christmas time. Somebody will probably accept it. And of course it did. But I've been talking about this model for quite some time, hoping to get a pair either on sale or for a cheap price. And I was able to get a pair on StockX. So it's this Vomero. So I was able to grab a pair.

This colorway, I think it's called dark stucco or something like that. It's like kind of like a grayish, olive greenish kind of colorway, but super clean. Got it for cheap. I think it was like $135 after taxes and fees and shipping and everything. So put in a super crazy lowball bid, but happy to get those. And yeah, definitely excited to rock these and officially Vomero gang now. So I know I've been talking about this for a while. So that was my week for

wears and my latest pickup. Runner gang. Hey, Kev. What's up for barrel gang? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Next step is Ons. Hey, we might get there. We might get there. New year.

Good week, Kev. Yeah, good week, Kev. Juan, what about you? I was also away for a while. So happy new year, everyone. Having really, like, smoking. I was in Vegas for the holidays. So we had decent weather there. So I actually wore sneakers.

The travis scott eating olives the mocha one low travis favorite sneaker sometimes and then other times not i wore the clot you know those cork ones the anniversary clot dunks oh yeah yeah that's kind of like what does yeah and you could like change you can change the oh yeah change the nike thing yeah different colors yeah right right and the solehi crocs that i got on sale they were like 40 bucks so i just bought them and i took them to vegas with me and i

copped before i haven't got anything in the new year yet you know still early but the wizard of laws those sbs i got those oh nice yeah i actually got it because uh see it was at ccs and everyone always says it's kind of like scamming because you have to get the plus i don't have a plus i don't have ccs plus or anything but i entered the raffle and actually won so i guess it's not a scam so.

And yeah other than that i'm looking at certain pairs but i'm trying to like not buy anything in January because I know February is going to be heavy with the releases so yeah we'll see how that goes and we'll stay tuned for that, February is going to be a problem yeah it is, I'm hoping those Galaxy phone closets are readily available, I doubt it, Trev. I'm not holding my breath. I'm really not.

Good week, Juan. Yeah, nice. Good week, Juan. Ironically, it actually has been a while since we recorded. But when you said that, Kev, I was like, it hasn't been that long, has it? I've only had like five wares. Right. It's been like almost two weeks. Yeah. So my fiance and I like to participate in what we call Rotmas after Christmas, where we literally just rot on the couch until we go back to work.

So i've worn almost nothing since we i think we recorded on like the 27th or the 28th of december so it's the eight like that yeah so it's been like probably about two weeks but anyways i wore a lot of my air max 90 infrared the beater pair it was almost exclusively what i wore the last two weeks a couple other wears in their air max 90 laser blues air max 90 mars landings air max 90 duck camos and i wore i went to the raptors game yesterday or

sorry on monday calves the air jordan won bread okay that was about the most exciting thing that happened in the arena that day well the raptors were that exciting yeah yeah well obviously they were they were terrible they got smoked and i don't have i have a pickup but i think it's in transit one or it's going to be in transit by the time this comes out so i will save that for next week yeah i think by the time you should get it because

then you're releasing it yeah it's close yeah okay yeah we'll we'll wait till we'll wait till next week to talk about the pickup nice good week though airbags 90 heavy yeah yes yes lots of company. Guess kevin what about you uh what have you been rocking in the last weekend uh what was your last pickup so i haven't picked up in a while but as far as what i'm rocking as daily i got the Romero's, all black. That's what I wear to work. Comfortable. I don't know if you guys are...

Seeing the nike go fly e yeah so i wear those at work again as i get older i just need i just need something comfortable i could slip it on i'm on my feet all day i did go out a couple times i did a little party with my groomsmen i had the lost and found ones on, and i went out with my brother and then i had the ama manier fives on which which colorway the The black ones. The black ones. Nice. And when I went out with my fiance, I had the Amar Meniere threes on the white

ones. Nice. Nice. Clean pair. Yeah, it's a great pair. Join us in the runner gang, Rich. Join us. You need the runner. But the opposite of what you did, Kev, I had a high ball. I had a high offering on those threes that I forgot to take away. Oh, fuck. You don't get a notification saying you bought it if you're checking your email then I see and I purchased it and I was like oh yeah.

But I mean if you had the bid in there it probably means you wanted it but it doesn't hurt any less when it comes off the credit, that's where I was at I haven't picked up in a little bit though, the threes were the black cement threes right no the Amar Maneer ones I don't know what it is I mean still great words good week very good week and Rich what about you.

Where's but my g so for guest kev jordan 19s so that that black og pair brought those out those got a lot of love actually on the post it's apparently not see often so 19s water wu-tang dunks should have told me one black cement threes been given those a lot of burn as well i wore the puma that puma clyde that collab pair that i had talked about our last episode.

Timberloons of course you know got a bit of snow and it's just cold i wore sneakers a couple days and i'm like bro it's not doing it my feet are just like ice so oddly enough like timberland construction booths keeps my feet warm so tim's have been on yeah tim's been on deck of course the crocs i'm still shoveling in the bad boys out there so still doing that and i think that's it in terms of where it's actually i wore sorry the air max 95 that toronto

pair broke those out too and then the ray gun air force ones like i said there's another pair that i've been rocking pretty consistently pickups so crocs they actually had a sale over the holidays two for 60 so i was like you know i gotta get something yeah so i ended up getting my wife just a pair of like just a slide anyhow but those are nice yeah comfortable as hell too yeah kind of jealous actually because the pair

i got i got a it's like a clog nothing crazy but they're not fucking comfortable like oh no they're they're just flat right where if you look at hers it has like kind of like that kind of design yeah so it just it just absorbs so this is like literally just walking i'm working barefoot, But I'm stubborn. So I paid for them. So I'm going to wear them. So I've been rocking those. And this pickup actually was yesterday.

Shout out to the homie Aaron. I didn't get these from him, but he had hit me up and said he had secured this pair. Love my 90s basketball. It's a collab. Really, we don't care so much about that, but really dope pair. It is the Ambush uptempos.

And the Lowe's, they're just nice. those are nice yeah those are nice they're comfortable like look how like thick the the damn the tongue is like the details on this thing is crazy like i didn't realize it laces a 3m they actually lace like through like through the air oh yeah i never noticed that before yeah it is yeah it's not the the generic lacing on the uptempo so it actually goes through like the air stuff and then the tongue is like you know has the ambush

it's like low still got your little pull tab there but I think this just works like in a low I actually prefer the low over the high I agree I was gonna say like, possible it looks good I like the low better than the original hey I like the low better man the low is actually fucking dope they transition very well into a low yeah and just more comfortable super padded so comfortable my plan was to wear them today I didn't go into the office but

I'll be breaking these out tomorrow so yeah ambush and here's the the shit kicker they actually hit fucking Dixie.

I didn't get them from Dixie The guy I got them from He got them from Dixie So I got them for $150 That's crazy And I think on StockX they're going for like 4, but shout out to the black colorway though just the black colorway at my understanding is that what hit the outlet this is probably the best colorway to be honest with you yeah but aaron actually got a pair the day before i did and oddly enough the the guy he got it from it's a guy i got it from so the guy ended up getting

two pairs aaron ended up buying one and i got the second one not even knowing but can you check in february if that's available and then i'll buy it but i can't buy anything after i just told you guys i'll just buy it for you water we'll just say We'll say we never talked. That's fine.

What are you talking about? Oh, you accidentally got something? Talk to me in February 1. I appreciate that no one this year said they were going to do no cop in January because we all knew that we'd either just go way over in February or March. I think, Kev, you mentioned it. I want to say on our Shoe of the Year episode, you talked about that. Yeah. I appreciate how no one mentioned that.

We'll just try and be good. I had no plans. There was nothing in January that was on my list this is just kind of a pair so i'm not passing up on yeah and i'm tempo that ambush the quality is great it's you know what's funny the gr pairs we're getting are shit and the quality stuff is the collabs which is just like bizarre to me that you have to actually get a collab to get something decent in terms of quality it's pretty sad i'm not even gonna lie that that's

where you gotta gotta go to get the quality shake because i've had that uptempo the the retro and it's nothing comparable to that collab in terms of materials and shit like that so kind of sucks but outlet finds are always great man so, yeah salute to the homie crazy crazy crazy crazy especially for that price point so excited about that so I'll be breaking those out tomorrow, But yeah, that was my week. Good week. Great pickup, man.

Yeah, man. Just one of those things that falls into your lap, you know, like kind of like, oh shit. Those are always great. So yeah, like Juan said, February's gonna. Be tough. It's gonna be tough. Black Metallica fires, holy fuck. I know. Everyone's saving right now. Everyone's saving right now. Yeah, and that's what I was trying to do.

That's why I was like, I'm not buying nothing because I knew come February, but like I said, for that price and what it was, I was like, I have to, got to pull the sugar so solid yeah no great pair good price all right well let's get into it with uh our guest kev so yeah like as as we've mentioned you know he knows rich through work but you know been in the shoe game for a while even though he slowed down quite a bit but we'll get into his story just to to hear about uh

you know how he got into sneakers so why don't you tell us a little bit about you know where your sneaker journey began like some of your favorite brands models and colorways that got you into sneakers so i mean it is the same story you probably heard a million times you go to the mall with your parents and they say no, you have to figure out a way to get them. So the shoe at that time was actually a penny one. Ooh, shout out to the homie Midsoul Collective. Let's go. Penny one.

It was a penny one. And I do have them now. Got you. Got you. That's where it started. So growing up as a Nike guy, for sure. They had the majority of the players. They had the majority of the shoes that I wanted.

And then when I started to work at Foot Locker, I think I was in grade 10. 10 or 11 then i had access to everything yeah so that that completely changed it so my preferred my preferred brand is always nike and with nike i guess jordan comes connected at least in my opinion specific model that was really really really into the kobe's okay regret i regret, getting rid of so many but like the price that they were going for sometimes it's hard

to say know yeah and i'm sure like when you were like when you were working at footlocker like trev he was picking up kobe's i know for trev he was picking him up for super cheap super cheap right and you know obviously like with his passing you know it shifted in terms of you know the demand for them now right but when we were like when kobe's first dropped and people were buying them at footlocker they were going on sale you know like you never would have

to like line up a raffle for Kobe's or anything like that you know what I mean no unless it's like the Christmas day.

Yeah yeah they're pretty easily acquirable but what people didn't realize is the Kobe shoe actually had a lot better technology than a lot of the other shoes for example like he modeled it after some of the shoes were modeled after soccer shoes so they're lower so you can move faster and cut faster I did play basketball for a long period of time as well so for a long time Kobe and then Jordan Jordan the retros I was into it I do not think there's a number that I didn't have okay,

yeah over my tenure i don't i don't think there's a number that i didn't have. No i'm lying maybe the 15.

And was there any reason for that like did you just you just weren't feeling the 15 or i feel like it didn't come out enough like everything else has come out several times so i know they came out last couple years i tried to get that one and now i'm not i i don't have any luck with the raffles i'll tell you that like yeah everything else i've had And I usually stick to like the bright color way. And then my other, so I'm really big into the runners, things that are comfortable on feet.

And with Nike, I really buy it into like the technology that they had. So with the VaporMax stuff, with the Flywire, all of that stuff, like it actually excited me that they're doing new things with shoes from a design perspective. The only time I think I stepped out to other brands is, sorry if you guys are not, I do really enjoy the Yeezy shoes. I do think they're quite comfortable. The runner is the shoes. I think he did a great job with it.

There's only one guy really here that doesn't support it. I wonder who that is. In terms of when you put the shoe on, I feel like it was a great shoe.

I think he took what the Ultra Boost started and just ran with it because even that at one time was a pretty like very popular shoe yeah ultra boost oh yeah yeah extremely popular shoe but yeah that's kind of where it started started with parents saying you can't get that shoe i started saving money i think i went to new york i bought a pair of jordan fours the forest green ones and from there i'm like i was just in love just kept getting more and more shoes yeah no and

you're right like everyone has similar stories Right.

Just, you know, wanting shoes when you're a kid, seeing them either on the feet of your classmates or at the mall, like just going to the mall and just looking at the sneakers, just being in awe of the sneakers. But the Penny one was it for you. I know it was for a lot of people. I know when I first saw that sneaker and Penny Hardaway was the man back then too.

Right. Like he, you know, when he was on the scene, he was just like such an explosive player, even though he was like a quiet guy, his game kind of just, you know, showcased that sort of personality for him. But that sneaker, when it came out, it was just something that nobody's ever seen before. And it was just next level when that sneaker came out. But, you know, you talked about working at Foot Locker.

How have you noticed the culture shifting since when you were working in the stores to like what it is now? I think it has declined, definitely. Okay. I think sneakers has moved more to an online model. Right. So your experience in the store is not the same. Yeah. Like, if you came in my store, I'm going to greet you. I'm going to ask if you need help.

All right when i get you your shoe i'm going to open up that shoe for you i'm going to tell you all the specifics on the shoe now it's like you go in the store they're talking to them so they're talking to each other yeah right yeah you got to walk all the way to the cash register with the shoe yeah but and that's not all their fault from my understanding they did cut the commission yeah i was working on making a really good living because like we had commission and i

worked in a lot of the bigger stores as well so i was driven to help as many people as possible but if you take that away from them they don't really have that many incentives to go and provide better customer care i want to say like would like the training back then would it be different than what it is now like i don't know what what is like now but i feel like the knowledge is not there from the from the staff and i feel like you know back when we were going to stores frequently and that

was a thing i felt like all the staff knew like all the models that were coming on all the specifics like you were saying, you know, you're talking about the sneaker, you're taking it, taking it out, telling them about the specifics. Whereas now it's almost like you don't have that sort of interaction,

even when it's just product knowledge. And it's kind of disappointing because, you know, you expect somebody to, you know, tell you something about the sneaker with all these different brands now that people are kind of trying to go for, and that's just not there. So I don't know if that's maybe something too, like the training is not the same. I think it probably has to do with, and I just always speak, I always go to Nike.

I don't think they have the same relationship with Nike, but Nike used to come in the stores and do in-services. Oh, okay. So they would teach you the knowledge first. There was even, I don't know, I think this was a Jordan representative. So I forgot that model of shoe, but there was a point where they rented out a gym and had all the employees go and test. We actually played basketball in the shoe. Like we got to test out the shoe. Oh, that's right.

They did a lot back then. They did a lot to teach you about it. Yeah. I feel like that was very important back then too. Like just to get the staff on board with the product knowledge. Whereas now, you know, you go in and you can tell somebody is there just to collect the paycheck, to be quite honest. So, and no offense to anybody that, you know, works at those stores now, but I just feel like that rapport is not the same. Like it used to. And it's, I think it's just a change in sneaker culture.

Like Kat, you probably noticed this too, right? When you go in, like it used to be exactly what you said, right you want to greet a customer you want to talk to them like talk about their shoes whatever.

You know all that kind of stuff right you're walking in out of a foot locker now and no one even looks at me right and it's like usually like kev i'm sure it's the same for you right you're probably wearing something pretty decent when you go in there right oh yeah yeah you know it's like like there's no like no one's interested in what this is like and i know it sounds faint but it's like come on like you should know what i'm wearing right like that should

be it's almost like an opening right like if somebody comes in conversation starter exactly like if you see somebody that's rocking sneakers that obviously that person would know about sneakers you would think that that would spark some sort of conversation right like that's automatically like hey this guy obviously knows what he's he's here for so you you would you know that's an automatic opening right for for someone to talk but i just feel like you know that's not

part of their repertoire anymore so but there's been a big i mean like. And not to take all credit away from them, because you'll still find some of the older, some of the people who've been there for some time, and they will still provide you with that good service, good dialect. But again, the newer generation, not really. Yeah, no, you're right. I mean, I definitely don't want to speak across the board, but more often than not, the interactions are a lot less like they were previously.

And you're right. I think it has a lot to do with just the way that the culture shifted to. I think a lot of people go in knowing what they're looking for. There's not that many opportunities for people to sort of like want information on sneakers. I feel like with all the access of information now, the customer kind of knows what they want. And, you know, it's not really necessary for the staff to really get into specifics all the time.

It's more so about like either collabs, specific drops, release dates and those types of things where people come in and ask them, you know, like questions about stock levels and things like that because of just how popular sneakers are.

Right it's not about the the performance and you know specifics about a sneaker but, yeah i mean it has changed you know again you know could be for the good in some cases but you know sometimes for the bad but let's get into a little bit about your collection i know you said that you downsized a little bit but you know when you were you know heavily collecting sneakers and you know building up your collection that sort of thing what were some of your favorite pairs that

you were that you were rocking or some of the ones that you were proud to add to your collection when you were copping? The Jordan 1. Jordan 1. Is that like your model? That was my model. Okay. I probably got, still probably have about 20 different pairs just sitting there. You're speaking Juan's language. Juan is a big Jordan 1 guy. Yeah. So Jordan 1s I love. Jordan 6s, the Varsity 6s have to have it. Yes, sir.

Black cement threes white cement threes have to have it it's just like those for me are like cores the bread fours like you can't like metallic fives yeah like those are just things that you have to have the classics rich assisted me in the biggest way and i still wear them all of nine yes sir still in perfect condition i love those one of the other ones that he helps me with that helped me with that. I don't think he remembers. Jordan 19's East All-Star one. Remember that? East All-Star. Yeah.

That's the blue pair. It's like that blue pant leather. So now the bottom is coming off. I looked at them the other day. I was going to hit you up because I remember you helped me fix my other shoes. We got a guy, yeah.

My favorite, ultimate favorite shoe. I had it. And so the Dornbecker 6's. So one of my managers at footlocker at the time it's like oh yeah my nephew in the states he's getting me a pair and like i can get you a pair too so i got it for whatever the retail was i absolutely love that shoe beautiful beautiful shoe great quality beautiful colorway details on are super sick didn't keep them someone offered me like at the time it was like maybe nine times who I paid.

Sometimes it's hard to pass offers like that, for sure. That probably is my biggest regret with not keeping those. And I know they did come back a year or two ago. They retroed them, but the original was by far better than that retro. Yeah, she was by far better. But if I do find a chance to get the ones that are red shirt I will. At the time, I just couldn't figure out any of these raffles and didn't drop too many places in Canada.

Yeah, no, you're right. There were quite limited too. So definitely hard to pick up for retail like you did originally. But I mean, you can always circle back at some point if you do really want to add those back to your collection. It's like, you know, the culture has shifted in a sense where, you know, we got StockX now, we got all these other retail apps, things like that. You can just, you know, click of a button, you know, they can show up at your door.

But you're right. It's one of those things where, you know, you got it at retail, you sold it for a price that you couldn't refuse. And then you're seeing the prices now. It's like, you don't really want to pay that knowing that you paid retail.

Originally right it's hard it's hard yeah um i got a couple other nice pairs like i got some child's got four i got black patent leather 20s oh nice that's a great ones are some of the old packs i still have them and jordan was doing the packs yeah the countdown packs you mean yeah the countdown packs i still have and then what was this called the when you had the black and gold 14s with white and gold six as well the 13s the 14s and 13s you're talking about 14s black

and gold 14 to white and gold 6s. Oh, there was a white and gold 6, but they came with the 7. A 7. It was a 7. That was a DMP pack or a GMP pack or something. Gold metal pack. Gold metal pack. The GMP 6. But there was a black and gold 14. 14, but that came with 13. Came with the white. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And gold 13. Oh, you know what it was? I think okay. Me and somebody bought both packs and then we took the pick. Oh, you swat. Nice.

That was part of the thing. A lot of people did that. A lot of people did that. I remember that. That's actually amazing that you can find somebody that would take the one that you don't want because I think that was the thing about those packs too, is that a lot of people wanted one of the shoes, but they didn't want the other one.

So the hard part was finding somebody else that would either take that pair or, you know, that was the same size as you that, you know, would want that pair too, right? So I got a lot of Jordan 22s that way because nobody wanted the 22.

But what they didn't know those were amazing basketball oh i love that 22 they were you put those pods the pods in interchangeable pods yep yep that was the goal you don't want it oh 90 bucks no problem yeah i'll take them yep 22s and 21s you have the interchangeable pods that are really good football i definitely remember that though with packs because when the the gold medal pack is the only one i remember because it's really the only pack that's

released in my life's time or my sneaker collecting time but i remember that there were people that were like in line at footlocker trying to sell off i think the other pair yeah i can't remember i think it was the six was the one that wasn't as popular i can't remember oh that's wild i might be really i really like the six but yeah i know you're i think for me i wouldn't i wouldn't want the six like because this is a white sneaker yeah so i the six was the one for me that i'd be trying to

sell off but at the time they're they're really.

Expensive right like i think that pack was like 400 bucks yeah it was pricey i had that pack twice and i i prefer i would have got rid of the seven in a heartbeat like for me the six i was just locked in like the six to me was by far the better shoot but i'm biased in that regard so but if you sell that then it then the pack only becomes 200 bucks or whatever it is right depending on what you what you want to sell and what you can move it for right so yeah i just

i just didn't like splitting packs like even if i didn't like the other pair like i just kept it for the sake of just having which boot pack yeah and it's crazy too because like back then you know 400 bucks it was a lot of money right and you're kind of forced to buy two sneakers whereas now it's like they don't do that anymore if you if they all come separately you know like if you want to buy a sneaker or if it comes in like a pack or whatever like quote-unquote pack

like let's just say the air max one concepts for example they consider that a pack there's three different sneakers, but they all release separately. Right. But back then it was, you know, they came, you know, two in a box. They had a special box and everything too, which, you know, I would kill for something like that now.

Like they don't do that anymore. So, I mean, you know, I know you downsize your collection, but if there was an opportunity for you to get something, is there a pair that, you know, is still like on your list of must own pairs? Off-white one. The Jordan ones, the Chicago's? Yeah, the off-white one. Nice. If not, then the Union, the Union LA one. Oh, the blue one or the black toe? The black toe one.

That's the thing though I would take both I would take either I would take either yeah yeah I know Juan's still looking for his pair he's gonna get his soon too I'm sure he let this go I'm sure he's regretting it but he'll double back but yeah beautiful pair any one of the two of the unions those are classics too and I know they're coming out with another one this year, I'm gonna enter I'm gonna enter the raffle are you okay I don't have that much

and I do have all of the obo jordans i do have all of them okay yeah there's two working at so i have the 12s i have the eight there's a 10.

Yeah yeah and like both colors the white and the black i was working at the jordan store for oh during that period and oh no way my little brother actually worked at the obo store for some time so then we end up i ended up getting all the rest of the stuff which a lot of people didn't really like look at those shoes the way they're made it's actually really really well like they put so the leather like the leather on is actually stingray leather yes yeah yeah so just

a little detail i know they like overall they are pretty basic shoes they're all white they're all black some accents but like some quality parts to it yeah the qualities and the details materials for sure they have like a smoked out sole like on the black orange right and then you can see the ovo on the bottom kind of thing yeah the quality was super dope. But I remember when they first came out too, they gave them away like they used to have Drake Knights.

Do you remember this? The Raptors games, Trev? Yeah, where you have the shirts and stuff. Yeah, and then they gave away a pair or a couple pairs, I think, of the 10s to some fans in the stand and he's got the playoff game t-shirt. But at the time, they hadn't released yet and I think somebody that got them in the stands or whatever.

I think they you know somebody tried to post them on ebay or something and they were going for a lot of money before they actually released they were like sample pairs or something like that and people were trying to get them and you would see them at sneaker con and people were selling for thousands and then they released and then all those sample pairs were like you know basically regular regular, regular price again right or like they were

actually samples but you couldn't tell the difference because they you know yeah they just they all came because those guys that still have the samples and like the price difference and i'm like dude it looks like the actual release like i don't care about a sample tag if it looks just like the shoot you know what i mean like doesn't make a difference but what i will say with the ovio stuff i love that he picked those obscure numbers

that people really don't that's what i appreciated about like a jordan 8 the 10 that gets never gets loves and then i mean the 12s you could you could argue but between the 10 and the 8 those are pairs that really people don't really really look to so i like the fact that he picked those numbers. Did he do a 14 as well? There was like a blue one, right? I don't think that was a blue one. I think that was a Duke exclusive.

Oh, okay, okay. Yeah, it wasn't released. Yeah, it wasn't released to the people, but there was a Duke, yeah, I think a Duke 14 pair. 14 and an 8. Yeah, I seen he just did a 9. They had to release some pitches for the 9, and those look tough. OVO 9. Yeah, I don't, I think it might be like a P or whatever. I don't think it's something that's going to be released, but from what I've seen, that pair looks pretty dope.

But once again like i said those those obscure numbers right that he's doing is always nice nice to see him yeah these are all pairs like rich rich loves he's like uh my alley yeah those are right up your alley exactly i know because we always see jordan ones we see jordan fours jordan fives you know like all these whatever but when you see a jordan 10 collab then you're like okay you know that's something different right yeah it's perk up when you see that different you know so it's

nice to see yeah but that's dope so kev you still got some shit in the tuck man yeah you know what it was so so now i have now i bought a house far out far east but then i had half of the stuff in a closet in hamilton half of the stuff in my parents in toronto half of the stuff that my brothers and ajax and so when i moved into my own place i realized like i have way too many like way too many shoes i never stopped i just had them spread out just spread out different places

yeah that's crazy you never realized how much you had until they were all in the same spot right yeah yeah that's dope though but i mean like we we talked a little bit about you know how the landscapes changed and cultures changed and things like that too but you know we're seeing a lot more retros especially now you know now it's 2025 and everyone's been talking about this year since last year right like we've seen leaks of what's coming out everyone's.

Talking about you know all these classic colorways you know what are your thoughts on you know retros you know that are coming out like i know jordan's opened up the vault now you've seen the list we We just talked about how February is going to be a tough month for a lot of people, but yeah, just opening the list.

Great fives coming out white cement four is coming out uh metallic fives blue game 12s awkwardly blue games so awkward you know like cool right now and i think it's it's crazy like you name it all the class and this is right up your alley kept because you talked about you know liking those classic colorways so you know what's your preference over like you know seeing these retros come back do you do you like that jordan is kind of opening up

the vault and bringing these back for some of these newer collectors yes i definitely love that they're bringing back the retro even just for me like if there's something that i missed out on that i wanted or something that i sold that i regret selling just gives me another opportunity the problem i have with it is when you bring it out every two years right because i might not even i probably might have worn him five times within that two years so it's still

new to me yeah yeah so i love the retros i just think like the spacing the spacing intervals because if i'm not incorrect the black metallic 5s, that wasn't that long ago. No, it wasn't. Yeah, 2016. Red 1s was also 2016. Red 1s, 2016. 2016, the Wasted Man 4s, I think they were around that time. 2018, I think. 2016, yes. 2016 was the Wasted Man 4s. That's 2016, right? Those gaps are accepted. That's still like 2016, that's a decent gap.

But the Cool Grade 9s, for example, that wasn't long ago. I don't think that was. I have a personal story that breaks my heart about that shoe. It was 2012, I believe it was. They came out the same time as the Olives. Okay, okay. But I get what you're saying. When it's close together like that, so Blacksmith 3s, I know that was last. 2018. That was 2018. I mean, for a few reasons, but I kind of I had the same feeling. I've worn my Black Cimates 3s a lot.

Like, that's a go-to for me. Just very easy wear. Mm-hmm. I'm kind of in the same boat where I'm like, I don't need any pair yet. Yeah. You know, and I feel that way about the, the bread ones that are coming out. I know they're coming out in 85 cut. I've seen the quality. It looks, it looks good at least from pictures, you know, from a picture standpoint, but it's like, do I really need another one? Because I still have the 2016 pair, which is in great condition.

There's no like worry about them crumbling or anything. I actually like the look of the leather on the 2016 too. So I wore mine on a few days ago Kev when I went to the with the exception of the fairy dust which that's what I was going to say, I open the box I see a lot of fairy dust but here's the thing for the Fugazi pairs if it ain't got that fairy dust so it's a good and bad thing because you know if it don't got that them shits ain't real.

They definitely have to, they're one of those shoes you definitely have to just give them like get a wet paper towel and just give them a quick wipe before you go out yeah yeah i agree like i'm looking at my pair and i'm like i like this tumbled leather on it much better than what they've done in the previous retros before that one jordan one right gonna last forever if something really needed to be done you could just

get this like a new sole on it but again like it's stitched so even if the glue starts coming off it's not gonna come apart like others would right so i'm like i really don't need that that pair despite that it's such a classic pair but you know what it is though it's like Kudos to Jordan Brand and stuff.

We always complained about not giving us the OG or close to it. It's like they're playing the game, right? It's like we're going to tweak certain things. You look at that Blexam N3. Okay, the elephant print is a lot more embossed. The shape is off. All right, we want to release this in a couple years, so we'll give you that closer to the OG cut. We'll make it look like that. To me, it's like a cash grab. It's like they know what they're doing.

It's like we're going to fuck with it enough where we can still put it out a few years later and make it different. You know what I mean? And kind of give the people what they want. And I feel like they're fucking with us in that regard because they know exactly what the fuck they're doing. Look at the Red One. Oh, okay. We released in 2016. The leather's more tumble. We're going to go with that 85 cut. You know what I mean?

It just plays into that game of like, yo, we just want to keep reeling people in and reeling people in. And it's just working. I'm not even going to lie. Yeah. It's working. It's funny you mentioned that too, Rich, because it's like we do it to ourselves because we nitpick as, you know, sneaker, as sneaker and enthusiast, nitpick. Oh, the shape is off. Oh, the color is off. Oh, you know, the elephant print is not the same. And when you do that, Jordan is taking notes. They're listening.

So like, okay, you want that? No problem. We'll release it again in five, six years. Okay. But you asked for this. So you can't say, oh no, this is not what I want.

Yeah, exactly. You can't say I don't want this. so they know they got people in queue for those specific things right and we're actually you know getting into the the years now where it's like 35 year anniversary 40 year anniversary so they're tapping into people that are like in my generation that are looking at these og pairs and they're like oh i wish it was the og shape i wish it was the og color you know like the infrared's not the same like you know those types of things where we

nitpick and they're giving it to us now and they know that people in our generation have disposable income to buy that stuff too and they don't mind doubling up tripling up tripling up yeah having multiple pairs of the same sneaker because that's what they like that kev was just saying oh i like to go all bread colorways because that's the colorway that i like right so they're you're right rich they they know what they're doing it's very meticulous

but they're doing it on purpose yeah and the bread one is a good example of that right Oh, we're going to give you the 85 cut. So this is as close as you're going to get to an OG pair, right? Yup. And now everyone's like, oh, their ears are freaking off. It's like, oh my God. I need those. Yeah. And also, you know, like, because we've gotten into the space too, where everyone's going to sort of like the vintage route, right?

Like they want everything to look vintage or look as close to how it was in 85. And, you know, you've seen recently how, you know, shout out to curated Van Tai, you know, He does a lot of buyouts for 85, like actual Jordan ones from 85, and you see how much those go for, right? And they're beat up too. Now, you can get that sort of look with the 85 without breaking the bank and spending as much as you would on an actual pair from 1985, right?

But I mean, it's all marketing. It's all gimmicks too, right? We fall into their trap every single time.

We want better quality. They kind of, you know, tweak that here and there where they can, but, you know, we're still going to complain about something else, and then they're going to change that and bring it out on the next retro, right? It looks like a very heavy lineup for the year. It's crazy. It's going to be nuts, man. I'm scared. I'm not going to lie to you, because there's certain ones I just can't say no.

Metallic Fives, I'm locked in. Like, Metallic Fives is like, that's like, no bringer with white laces yeah everyone's going white laces i'm doing black no i'm doing black i'm different i like the black i like i'm doing black i'm not doing white man i'm like no i'm sorry i'm not going but if i did i would go white you're going i'm going black i'm keeping it trill man miss me with all that shit yeah but i mean we have we have all these you know

retros coming out too but what about like the new silhouettes like kev talked about his fly ease right like That was a new, you know, sort of a new design. You know, you actually can just put your foot into the sneaker, right? Without using, you know, your hands, you can sort of slip it in and also slip it off, right? And they kind of fold, right? Are you wearing them right now? Yeah. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, yeah. You just put your foot in and then it just locked right in.

It's crazy. Like, shout out to Captivated Soul. I know when he got into an accident at work, you know, he was recovering. We actually bought a pair of those for him for his recovery.

Yeah. so he was kind of like doing rehab and stuff like that so he wasn't able to you know put on his shoes easily or whatever but we got him a pair of those and i remember when i got him in hand and i was looking at the just the design of it i was amazed by it i was like why haven't we come up with something like this sooner it's pretty crazy actually but speaking to that though like do you like to see things like new silhouettes and new designs and technology i do i love new technology if

you bring out a new shoe i'm gonna buy it yeah that's the thing anything at runners as well. So I have all of the, their highest quality runners. So I like to test them out. I take them out. I run on the road. They break pretty fast. Yeah. And I think that's, you know, there's a fine line, right? Like I think a lot of people want retros. Yeah. Yeah.

I think there's like a fine line too, because a lot of us want retros, but at the same time, we still love technology and we love the advancement of technology too, which is kind of what got us into sneakers back when we were, you know, like seeing some of the new technology. Now it's old stuff, like air bubbles and, you know, like whatever it is, like fly, fly wire and everything like that's all kind of old news.

But, you know, as, you know, the time progresses, you know, it's nice to see that, you know, Nike's trying to bring new stuff into the mix too, especially with things like the fly ease or whatever. They also have fly ease in different models too. I think Jordan ones have a fly ease or there's other models too. Oh yeah. Not just their own, like, you know, not just the fly ease there's, they've implemented the fly ease technology into other models too. And I can't remember what it is right now.

Air Force ones have it for sure. Air Force. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I've seen it on other, on other models, at least when I was browsing on, on like Nike.ca, but yeah, no, I just want to get your thoughts on like, you know, new silhouettes too, because I feel like it's been lacking in terms of new stuff.

And when we do get new stuff, people aren't as amazed by it as you know how as we once were when you know when we were growing up but i think it's right now we're just so retro heavy people are just so into getting what they couldn't have back when they were kids right yeah and even like the newer generation they like, they reverted back to vintage things so right yeah.

But I do, I do really like, so I waste a lot of money trying out all of the new things. So like, for example, like the Vaporfly, the road shoes, which I don't know, 360 something a pop. Oh, wow. I'll take them all, see how they are for running. The Nike Invincible, the Nike Invincible Zoom X. I want to see how this technology is. I want to see if like when I'm running, is it actually going to take the pressure off of my knees?

It's actually going to give me kind of spring. so i do probably too much testing out of the new shoes if i could find a cheaper way to do it yeah better i heard on clouds are pretty or on is a pretty good brand oh my god as soon as these on clouds should so on is on my list it's on my list but i have a wider foot they told me it's not necessarily for the best gotcha okay yeah well it's interesting because like those some of those running shoes are pretty high tech and

some of those ones you're talking about that are like you know three 350 retail for them that's canadian right like they're pretty like some of those those shoes are supposed to be super super comfortable right and and a lot of them are but after a month you see like the sole is breaking off or like because i think a lot of them are meant for like really limited use as well gotcha which is also kind of like uh like Especially for a generic use.

Can't afford to be replacing $300 running shoes every month or two, right? I do get lucky and I'll find, because again, it's not even something that people are going to buy often. I do get lucky sometimes. When I see it, I'll buy it. Yeah. I love new technology. I think Nike is very innovative in terms of, I don't know if you guys remember the Flywire shoe.

Yeah of course where like that was supposed to emulate like the ropes on the side of a bridge and the same way like it keeps the bridge stable like that was meant to keep your foot stable.

Just technology like that like even though it might not work exactly like that i i am always willing to give it a try yeah because they they went they went pretty heavy into to flywire like they kind of went all in on that they put it on basketball sneakers too like they play flywire everything i remember you just like that was like their selling point on a lot of different sneakers and usually when they go you know into some sort of new technology they kind of like double down and they try

to put it on basketball they put it on like you know tennis or whatever sports right just to sort of double down on everything. But yeah, I think, you know, with running especially, I think running is one of those things right now that's super popular. I think a lot of people are getting into running too.

And it's nice to see, you know, different models, different technology, you know, different advancements, I guess you can say, with running, because I think it's one of those things that a lot of people are getting into. So I think, you know, not even just Nike, right? Like you see, like Trev talked about on... On Asics, Hoka.

Asics for sure. Yeah, Hoka is another one too. I was just going to say, you know, Saucony, like there's all these other brands, but they have their like actual running technical models too, right? Like these are the ones that are not like, you know, just for casual wear, but people are like, you know, rocking, like, like you said, like they could be 300, 350, even more for these running shoes. Right. The funny part is like every brand you name, I probably have a bin with one of each.

Because i like to try them out that's my problem yeah yeah so i mean now that we're in the new year too are there certain brands that you want to see shine more i know like nike has been getting a lot of flack recently just you know not putting stuff out like all these other brands kind of taking their share you know and i know you're nike heavy guy so are there brands that you want to see shine more like in 2025 and going forward i'm enjoying asics as well right now just the comfort level.

And again, I'm going to like the technical aspect of it. So I'm a guy who pronates when I walk and majority of their shoes, they have the technology in it to correct that. Okay.

So asics i'm really into new balances i got a couple but then again when there's a super nice new balance i just can't i can't get my hands on the colorway i go in the raffles i don't yeah yeah yeah and it's funny too because like new balance now you got a raffle for them right like you've got to get them online like people are reselling them like we went to sneaker con recently and there was like a table of asics and new balance a guy selling aces new balance

for like resale prices and i was like man this is wild like i didn't think it would get to that but you know it's it's it's what's on trend right now and you know that that sort of look that mesh runner look people are really into that right now but you know you have to also take into account that you know these are really good quality sneakers too right like their retail prices uh for some of them are 300 plus already so i'm in that price yeah that's not a new thing

right like yeah they've been that right exactly from working at footlocker right like, kyanos are have been two hundred dollar shoes for a long time right like they were two hundred dollars 2010 which keep in mind what it what were jordan's going for in 2010 right 180 160.

Yeah so like they've always been that price right and that's and that again that just goes to like the technical aspect of it right but new actually new balances caught me off guard i had one to pick up a someone asked me to pick up a pair for them and it was a toddler shoe the 90 60s in a toddler size oh no way and it was like 110 that's crazy toddlers toddlers yeah that's crazy i was,

Yeah. The fact, yeah. The fact that they're even available in toddler sizes is one thing that's crazy, but the fact that they're, you know, over a hundred dollars for a toddler sneaker too, that's, you know, that blows my mind too. But yeah, I mean, it's definitely shifted. You know, we've, we've talked about this a couple of times in this episode already, but you know, like, what, what, what do you think the direction of the sneaker community, like what, what, what is that direction going in?

And I know you said previously, like in terms of retail, that retail experience, it's kind of declined. But as a whole, the sneaker community where we stand now, like, what do you think that direction is? Is this still going to continue to move forward or do you think we're still declining?

I think overall it's going to be able to move forward just because they're still putting up quality items. So there's still stuff you can appreciate. I don't know.

Like the my only issue is like the access like how do i get access to these things without paying triple the price right like resale prices yeah yeah and i don't know if that's just my issue because i used to have access to everything like even for years afterwards you were spoiled see that's the thing you were spoiled so it might have been like this the entire time and it's just maybe my reality is different because i used to send a text message and i can have four peers waiting

for me right yeah no you know what you're not wrong because we came from a time even like when even if you weren't working at footlocker they made it accessible in a sense where they did pre-orders right pre-orders there was things like that sneakers weren't like selling out you didn't have to like line up you know quote unquote uh for sneakers there wasn't that sort of like hype around a lot of different pairs if you wanted a pair you knew where to get your pair or you knew somebody that

worked there that can maybe set aside a pair for you but it wasn't something where like someone would go in and buy a full size run because they knew they could resell it like that reselling thing kind of just blew up you know during covid times when people were you know they you know i don't know what it was but they you know they just wanted to sort of or either hoard sneakers or they knew that they could make money off of people that really wanted sneakers so

they would just sort of take over the market in a sense right like they would just have all the pairs. And then they would dictate what the market would sell it for. But I think the access thing is with the popularity right now, just like how mainstream sneakers has become too. I think that's another thing as well. So, you know, it's not just where we live, but it's all across the world. So, you know, you can buy things online.

You can buy things at different, like resale shops now. Like where, where, you know, where can you go now that you, that there isn't a resale shop in a mall or like on the street, like they're everywhere now. Right. So I feel like, you know, these stores kind of popped up, they would buy sneakers that were at the mall and then just stock them at their store and then they control the price of the market, right? So you're right.

The access is definitely a lot harder, not even just because you don't work at Foot Locker anymore, but just because of how popular sneakers are now, right? That definitely plays into it too, because I don't have the aesthetic. Oh, it definitely helps if you work there because, you know, you have first dibs, right?

Or you know people that are there that can help you out too but i think it's just you know with the popularity it's not just people that live in your city that are buying sneakers from the store that the store that you're buying from now like people can buy them online now from you know whatever so the stock levels are kind of spread out across the the country now as opposed to just being able to go into a store you know that you know this footlocker's got however

many size runs you just got to go there to get it if you want it whereas now everything's more online based so you don't necessarily have that opportunity to just go to a store get it because someone could buy that stock online and it won't be available in the store yeah right it's funny you say that because it's like now the problem is is that places are selling out of things but they're all just being housed in stores or in warehouses right like

yeah you can't find at one point remember you couldn't find a white white air force but they were they were resale yeah it's true it's true right very true some and i think there's just yeah like you're saying there's just so many more stores now as well so you got jd sports you got champs for a locker nike now in every mall they had food action before then i think that that died out right but i died out but But they were popping up, right? Yeah. Then all the resale shops. Size. Size.

Well, there's boutiques, right? There's all these boutiques now. Where back in the day, it was really... You had Foot Lock, Pernier Champs.

Yeah and then when i i when i first moved to hamilton i thought i was in heaven um but you know the story was uh laced yes yeah yep yep that's a homie jake oh yeah that was the best shop in the world they had everything and it's still there kev it's still there it's still there and it's still got everything it's still got i was like i was like maybe shoes aren't popular in hamilton because everything that had sold out on the other side like they had everything there

yeah yeah and like that that was exciting but that was the thing too right like you mentioned there you had your spots like there was gems that you you know that you could find in the city where nobody else knew where to go but you would go there they would still have pairs available yeah you know you know obviously if you're going to like eaton center scarborough town center the bigger malls that everyone goes to it would be harder to get there but you'd have your like smaller city

stores that did get stuff and you just had to make your way there to get get a pair.

And because it's more mainstream i think it's just more people are aware of it now right like we used to be such a small group of people right like it was it really was a small group now it's like not even like you know think about if you're at a family party right you're like oh i'm a sneakerhead like your aunts and uncles have probably heard about what that is now right like they're familiar with the term and like they're familiar with what

that means sort of thing where like before you'd have to explain oh like i'm into sneakers what does that mean well like i have 100 pairs of like basketball shoes you have 100 pairs of basketball shoes but that's crazy but you only have two feet you only got two feet i was about to say that's the famous line yeah i only got two feet i only got two feet yeah but i got 365 days a year so for every day i got a new pair so i think i i think i i i did do that one year actually,

what a different pair every day yeah wow yeah that's still that's incredible yeah that is cool yeah i don't think ever i don't think i've ever amassed a collection that big but working at footlocker i feel like it's it's it's easy to to have access to things like that plus a discount you know like but yeah yeah not everything was crazy i might have had like 15 different press nike presto right but still yeah yeah still though it's pretty impressive,

It's impressive for sure. Yeah, definitely impressive. But yeah, I mean, you're right. The sneaker, the direction of the sneaker community, I want to say that it's changing for the better, especially because now we're worried about access, but I feel like a lot of stuff is sitting more where it hasn't previously. So you can walk into a store, there's still Blacksmith 3s there. You want to get a Blacksmith 3? It's there, right? But that's the stuff we like. Yeah, that's true.

Now that these kids tend to go get a Christmas gift, when I'm in the mall looking for Adidas Samba, I can't find Adidas Samba. I have to find a Black Cement 3, but I can't find Adidas Samba. That's crazy. Is that wild? Yeah, I know. Yeah, yeah. It's very interesting. Very, very interesting. It is, yeah. Because the trends are different now, right? So, I mean, you're right.

That's the stuff that we like. and it's great because you know the guys that like jordans and nikes and things like that we can find that stuff but you want new balance you want a6 you want adidas samba you want all this like you know socking or something like that you you either got to pay up or you got to wait in line right yeah but that's also crazy too because like i'm paying what for a fucking samba like it's fucking nuts like

my brother actually called me for my niece and he's like yo i'm looking for this pink samba and I'm like what the fuck I'm like. I'm like she don't want a pair of J's man he's like no she wants these fucking Adidas I was just looking for Kayano 14 look at that color wear It took me to StockX. Yes. I couldn't believe it. I'm looking for an ASIC. You're taking me to StockX. The StockX. That's wild, man. Which for former Foot Locker guys is absolutely insane because

those things were around in abundance. Like abundance. And if Colley was here who used to work at Dixie, he would tell you like that stuff used to come in in boxes and boxes and boxes from 300 stores for five days. And they'd have 500 to 1,000 pairs of these. Anyways, it's crazy that that's where you're going to find a Cayenne 14 now. Yeah. Crazy. The shift. Yeah. Well, I mean, it's 2025 now. Things are going to change. I know this list that people have been talking about.

The Nike and Jordan list I'm talking about specifically. People were crazy hyped about it. There's lots of pairs on there. Undefeated fours, I think. A lot of people are excited about things like that too.

Yeah so we'll see how it we'll see how things go if things still sit but yeah i'd like to see you know i i know kev is getting ready for a wedding so he's been saving up to make sure that he gets married in style i'm sure his wife you know has a certain you know perspective on how she wants her wedding to go to so i've been there before and i know how that goes so congratulations to you and and thank you thank you wishing you guys all the best for your wedding but let's

see how 2025 goes for you. I know there's some pairs that you said that you must have. So we hope that that kind of goes well for you.

But listen, Kev, I mean, it's been awesome to chat with you and get your story and hear how it was when you were working at Foot Locker and just your experiences with running models and that sort of thing too. So appreciate it. Thank you guys. I appreciate you guys taking the time to speak with me. These are the conversations that Richard come in. I will go in his office and this is what we're talking about. That's what I told you. We're chopping up and just talking kicks,

man. This is what the pod is. Just conversations, man. Appreciate that you could link the two with that. I got a question, though, for the wedding. Are you guys doing sneakers? You know that's a new thing. Everybody's doing the shoes.

Well, maybe in the after party, but I got a nice pair. nice pair of ubercon yeah nice i can't go wrong with that i know for the ceremony some people stick with you know you know the shoes something nice and then maybe for the you know reception and stuff like that you might throw something on so yeah so funny enough i just literally like 10 seconds ago as i was scrolling on nike they have a pair of air force ones embroidered with flowers, i might get i might get early.

Must be new though i never seen it before and i got it they got a bunch of stuff not on with that but but i appreciate you man appreciate you appreciate you joining us man and like yeah it's always nice to have former footlogger guys on especially ones over there like early late, 2000s like it's yeah we all we all have those stories and it's uh yeah i'm sure you know a lot of people that we know too ironically enough what what what you were talking about about like rich was talking

about about the pod is like exactly how rich and i met we met footlocker he would come in you're chopping up like this all the time which just turned into phone calls and like meetups if we were picking stuff up for each other so that's how communities grow right thousand percent yeah i was gonna say a little random but i'm kind of sad that there's like i still check it from time to time there's no more sneaker talk toronto.

Yeah so i haven't seen anyone post on that in a long time but that's how i used to still stay informed with what's going on in the sneaker community but now of course to have this great pod i can listen to and direct everybody else too so yeah again thank you for having me guys i appreciate you man appreciate you thank you for taking the time like i said i know you're in grind mode so appreciate you and kevin i always say kevin's one of

those dudes that's always been since i met him just always on the go so it's good to see you you know still keeping with that man thank you great like i said congrats on the wedding coming up and all the best with that thanks shout outs for any of us shout outs and then we'll yeah we'll cap it out just for me happy new year tell you buddy 2025 it's gonna be crazy you know grab them pockets them wallets

because yeah jordan brand jordan brand coming coming for your heads your head tops as they say.

But and yeah just shout out like i said once again to kevin i appreciate you man good to see and like i said just congrats on everything that you got going on and you know thank you for coming through to chop it up with thank you i'll shout out chef grizzle i didn't mention it but i all right i did mention briefly that we're at the roctors game a couple days ago but taking care of me and my dad every time we go with food so appreciate him for that yeah you know i'm just gonna have

a quick give a quick shout out to mikhail williams and also his wife debbie williams they've been you know cutting my hair uh last couple weeks so i've been seeing them and you know they do an awesome job out here in hamilton so if you need a haircut always look out for michelle and debbie williams their shop is now called saints blade it used to be called vision hair studio but it's called saints blade and a little bit of rebranding but just shout out to them for all the hard work that they do

so and one yeah you guys gotta shout out jr man he has that show that's coming up by the time this releases. So, you know, that's what I want. Shout out JR. Shout out JR, absolutely. And Kev, do you have any shout-outs? Again, Happy New Year to everyone and shout-out to you guys. I really forgot how fun it can be to talk about sneakers and just cultural in general. I'm glad. Glad. Bring you back in, my guy. This is what it's about. So hopefully, if you get a chance, go back and listen

to some of our older episodes. If you haven't, there's a ton of good conversations with a ton of great people. I'm driving a lot, so podcasts have become my life. Yes, sir.

The facebook marketplaces or the facebook groups they've now been replaced with podcast, so no we appreciate it kev thank you for joining us and taking the time we really appreciate it, all right guys as always you can find us on instagram at in kicks we trust make sure you use the hashtag in kicks we trust for a potential feature and as we said if you are liking this podcast or if you are new to the podcast please make sure you give us five stars or

subscribe or follow the podcast helps push us in the algorithm and that way you know when we have new episodes that we'll release every Monday and you can find me on Instagram at Trevsky63 Kev where can I find you? In Kicks we trust Kev You can find me on Instagram Kevin Kman Juan where can they find you? Instagram 321 message me about travel and kicks mainly joining ones but everything's for a game Rich where can they find you?

You can find me on IG gross that is 13 and guess kev where can they find you i'm on instagram dank d-a-n-q.ca awesome as we said we appreciate you joining us taking the time and talking culture kev thank you guys everyone stay safe and be well we'll see you all next week. Music.