236/ All The Curse Words

Hi everyone, and welcome to episode 236 of the InKicksWeTrust podcast.

I am here with four-fifths of the InKicksWeTrust team. Juan, how's it going? Hey, y'all. Still had to stop for a second. That didn't seem right to introduce you first, Juan. I know, it's weird. I'm not on an airplane. I'm so glad I'm back. Look at that, you're grounded. Right? Collie, how's it going? Good, but I'd like to point out how Trev said he's here with four-fifths, so he's here with himself. He's three-fifths because, you know, you don't count yourself.

Yeah, it's good. I mean, the Egg McMuffin, have us in breakfast. Ready for the pod. Snack wrap time. Oh, yes. I'm excited that the Snack Wrap is back. I'm not, no. I got Sausage Egg McMuffin, Hash Brown, and Chinese Donut. Is that from McDonald's? Yeah, it's from McDonald's. Okay, no, we don't have it around. Agent Dosed it. Is it true that you guys don't have the big breakfast in Canada? Like they got rid of that for y'all? What is that? I don't... The hot cakes, the sausage.

Hot cakes, sausage, an egg, and a biscuit? Damn, I can tell y'all don't have that. And I can see your face. We used to have that. Just Trev probably never goes to McDonald's. I think they got rid of it. We don't have it in mainland, but we have it in Hong Kong. I heard that y'all don't got it, but I know Rich knows what that is. What's that, sir? The Big Breakfast at McDonald's. Oh, yeah. Apparently, y'all don't have that in Canada. That's not here in Canada?

I heard from family. They're like, my family was dying to get one because... But they don't have the big breakfast anymore. Like, you gotta get the hotcakes and sausage separately, and then... Yeah, you gotta buy that. That's crazy. Yeah, the hotcakes and sausage, I think it's... I think it's together. I can't remember. It used to come together, yeah. But the egg and the biscuit aren't with the hotcakes. Nah, they don't got that shit. That's crazy.

You got everything separate, but not together. You're spending a lot of money, then, to put that together. The big breakfast is the best thing. Welcome to Canada, bro. I don't know about that. The McGriddle. Oh, yeah. The McGriddle kind of solved the problem. I don't like the McGriddle. It can be too sweet. It's too much. It's too much. I like McDonald's, but I've never really been a big breakfast person at McDonald's.

Nah, the pancakes and the hotcakes and sausage. Yeah, the hotcakes and sausage and sausage. That's all I need, yo. The only thing I don't like about the hotcakes and sausage is It doesn't come with a hash brown. But if you want a big breakfast, the big breakfast that comes with a hash brown, see? If I'm on a road trip or something, then I'll do a McDonald's breakfast. But at the end of the day, why are you all buying breakfast at a fast food place?

Breakfast is the easiest meal to make. Crack two eggs. Yeah, but if you haven't got time to cook in the morning, you're on the go. But wait, hang on, hang on. You get hard-boiled at home. And he's telling us about McDonald's. breakfast. Right? Exactly. The blasphemy. Hi, hi. My wife wanted it. Here we go. Let's bring out the fucking violin. Colleen, stop it. Thank you, Trevor, for catching that. Fucking hypocrite.

It's the easiest thing to make, guys. Meanwhile, he's eating a fucking salad. We love it. My wife wanted it. I was like, fine. I just... Blah, blah, blah. The easiest thing in the world, Colleen. Your words. It's like them Crocs that you had on. Trying to play it off. Coffee's easy to make at home too, but yet I find myself at a coffee shop two to three times a week. That's one thing I will not go and buy. I'm sorry. I will not. I refuse. My coffee pot works quite well and tastes a lot better.

See, I want something that doesn't taste anything like a coffee, and those are hard to make at home. Nah, man. You get the little fucking, you get your creamer, and then you got like the, what the fuck is it, man? You can add those little sweetener things to it. Like we have a caramel. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Salted caramel things. Yeah. The syrup. You go add like a little teaspoon of that shit. Trust me. Fucking the shit. Oh, yeah. I know the coffee creamer like to like that's.

Yeah. You get your creamer and then add the little syrup to it. Banging. Banging, banging, banging. Anyhow. Anyhow. Rich. Yes. I'm back. I'm back. I'm still on the shitter, people. This is fucking. Yo, this has been the two weeks have been brutal. Brutal. I need some probiotics. Bro, I don't know what the fuck is going on, but this shit is not passing, man. I lost fucking 10 pounds, bro. It's crazy. Yeah, 10 pounds. I lost six pounds last week, and I lost four pounds this week.

Shitting. You think it's something from your trip? I don't know, man. I don't think so. I think I caught something when I got back. Okay. Yeah, and it's just fucking with me, man. So I feel better. Last week, I had the fever and the body aches and shit like that.

This week it's just my stomach is just kind of a continuation of it so I can't have any dairy so I found out that dairy is yeah it just, turned my stomach man so I might just need maybe another week or so but I gotta build back up that bacteria in the gut right just because like it's gone so yeah, probiotics man yeah I'm gonna start doing that but we'll see how it goes but yeah this last two weeks have been, insane insane but hey the beautiful part is I lost all the weight I fucking

gained and some There you go. Silver lining. Silver lining. Yeah. Glad to be back, though. Glad to be back. Yes. Sorry, this episode is late. We just could not nail down a recording date that worked for everyone last week. Yeah, summertime. Summertime. Summertime gets busy. Yeah, my next two to three weeks are basically completely booked up. So, yeah, we're in our busy part of our summer. Oh, yeah. We're going to try to give you all what you want.

You know, we're always going to do that. So here we are Best or late than never as the saying goes Yes, exactly We got Kali so we want to take advantage While he's on summer holidays So figured we'd do a round table today Just to get something out there for you guys But we'll start off like we usually do With our weekly wares and pickups So Juan, I guess you're going to begin. Hello. For pickups, I don't think I did pick anything up.

And I remember telling you guys, which is surprising, I'm in the hunt for space. And is it for more stuff? Or is it just space? I don't know. However, I did drop off like 50 pairs of shoes at a friend's shop. So I do want to shout them out. They have been really helping me out.

So yeah, I'll shout them out. Sold out. or the city and now i have space but not that much because i have things in sight and then you guys saw the release calendar for jordan for august i will probably be participating in those releases but for wears i've been traveling a lot and you guys see some of my posts i don't really post all the time i'm on an airplane because sometimes people like comment on my shoes and then everyone

was shocked when i wore dress shoes it was like the shocker of the century when i put on some dress shoes i do own a pair i wear them because i am a working professional however for when i'm wearing sneakers i wore the city market dunks i also wore community garden dunks shoes that are creeping up on my regular rotation of the jump man jack the it's like a darker brown pair and then even the bright cactus one and then i also

wore a lot are the rookie of the year low Jordan wants and then my Travis Scott.

Medium olive ones get so much wear as you guys notice but that is my awareness I will be on the road again in a few days but we'll see what's up good week long thank you Trav you're on mute I didn't hear a single thing you said, now do you I was I was asking do you have a pickup or the one that I sent to you oh yeah that's not fair though I don't want to I don't want to ruin it you might you I know you like to announce it once it comes to your place.

So I don't want to like, you know. That's you. I can wait. I can wait. It's all good. Keep the tradition alive. Okay, we'll wait. We'll wait on it. You've always announced it once you got it. So I just left it that way. You know how we always do it? Like you, me, and Kevin always wait until you got it in hand. But yes, Tram has something. And I'm happy for him. Now, just before I move on, did you take a look at it? No, I didn't look at it. I just made sure I had it because sometimes I'm just

going to take out the tag, the eBay tag, and that's it. But I'll look at it. And then we had like thunderstorms rolling. I just wanted to make sure it was like it was good. All good. Just decide. Just thought I'd check if you'd taken a look at it. So, yes. Put some guesses. Can we make some guesses? You can make some guesses. Sure. You're always positive. No, no. No, Trev needs this for a function. So that gives you a... On clouds? On clouds? No, but I have a story about my aunt.

So then it's an all-black shoe or an all-white shoe. Which there's too many shoes like that. So we'll just wait till it comes. Well, it's none of the three that you guys picked. Ah, jokes. But ironically enough, I have officially worn a hole through my own shoes. For the first time in, I don't know, 15-ish years, I have actually worn a hole through a pair of shoes. So, yeah, I need a new pair of those ASAP. A good week, Juan. Yes, sir. Kali, what about you? What have you been rocking

in the last week? Any pickups? No pickups. One thing I really wanted to go for, I've been just pretty much staying home and chilling. But I did wear the Air Max 95 in the Toronto Auditions, and I did wear more up-tempos when I went out a few times. That's pretty much it. Two pairs. So nice and quick. Nice and simple for you. Okay. I actually had quite a few wears since we last recorded. So as I said, my on cloud fives, I wore those a couple of times before I noticed there was

a hole in the side of them. So those won't be worn anymore. Air Max 1 Atmos. Air Jordan 3 Free Throw Lines. Air Jordan 4 White Cements. Sock Darts. Sock Darts. Sock Darts, yes. The Safari pair, I think, is the one that I have.

Such a good like gym wear and they're very comfortable so yeah had those on a couple times actually Nike Free Run 3's I think I talked about these last week but same thing just like a great pair with a blue midsole and Volchek and laces, very generic but super super comfortable Air Max 1 Pata Aqua Noise nice something's an oldie but LeBron 9 Fireberry Oh, I remember those. Yeah, yeah. Brought those out. It was uncomfortable for the hot weather.

Also on the same day, I brought the LeBron 12 low LeBron old Palmer. Yes. And today I just wore a GR pair of Air Maxes. It's like a red and black. It was, remember I said it was the bread, but there is actually a bread Air Max one. So it's not, it's the not bread Air Max ones. Okay. And like what we mentioned, I do have a pickup, but we'll wait for it to come in. But yes, it's none of the three things that you guys guessed about. Although a new pair of Ons will be coming shortly.

Of course, Trev, of course. Gonna need a new pair of those ASAP. That is my week. Good week. You and Rich, what about you? What have you been rocking this week? And I'm sure you have a couple pickups. Oh, I got a couple. You know that. I've been busy. despite these last few weeks, man. I've been busy. But honestly, some goodies. Some fucking goodies. Where is it? It's been a while. I've been on for two weeks. Been wearing that Concrete Boys Air Force One, the little Yachty joints,

the white pair. I still want that patent leather one. Didn't get them in Canada. I should have hit you up one, too, to see if you could have got those for me. But yeah, where are those? Terror Squad Air Force Ones.

I wore the Moorp Temple, the Volt pair. that was like i think about a week and a half ago the duck camo air max 90s got those back that was actually a pickup i got a few weeks back i don't think i showed that on uh on the pod air max 95 neons i wore the sharpie foam posits oh that's actually a pickup so shit should have brought those down but anyhow you know what the sharpies look like so sharpies foam posits from the sharpie pack or the galaxy foams what else did i wear i

think that's it panda dunks of course that's the after door pair oh i wore the air max 95s that toronto pair wore those last week friday i believe, the soul jordan threes were those uh what else because i've been wearing a lot of shit shorts weather trying to go on that to Rolodex I think that was it for, for the wears for pickups man like. Grabbed these actually yesterday, a bunch, a little lot. Very happy to have them. Got them for a really good price.

I will start with... Which thing is the sneaker store buying lots now? Yeah, 2010 Foamposite Royal. Been on the hunt for these bad boys. Had these, I think, twice already. But yeah, the new retro, not loving them.

I don't like what they did with the shank plate. they did like blue and black which like just leave that black but yeah like immaculate condition man 2010 royal phone positive i did a post yesterday actually with the my royal collection now after adding 2017 royal oh yeah immaculate condition yeah so picked up these gems as well same guy same seller gave me an amazing deal i cannot complain at all and the icing on the fucking cake you think would have been the phones the

icing on the cake the flight oh one that black colorway i think i got my blur on yet let's get that off yeah tough shoot yeah man i had this.

2012 I bought the flight one and I think at the same time the Reebok questions came out the blue toe bought both of them I had this I held on to it for quite a bit of time I ended up selling it like a few years back I don't know why I like if anyone knows I've made posts about these before probably going to be wearing them tomorrow and I got a little post with it but I got this pair for sixth grade. Back, I think, was 95, 96, I want to say.

So this pair is definitely special to me. So been on the hunt ever since. Could never find a decent pair. This guy had them along with the two phones. So, like, the phones for me, I was like, man. And this was just kind of like the icing on the cake. So, yeah, that flight won. That penny war, MJ war, as we know. So, yeah, I'll be breaking these things out tomorrow, man. So, yeah, yesterday, like, was, it was a great day, man.

13 13 is my lucky number not for most people yesterday was the 13th and usually that the good shit comes so you know and true the number 13 forum always got some good things going on so yeah i was just happy to to pick up yeah a little light penny pack man i mean actually the guy too he was an avid collector and he had some og pennies which i'm also going to pick up so those will be uh the the next pickups to come but i won't tell you which numbers they are but definitely excited and

they're just display pieces they're not wearable but for me i just kind of want that that one through four just for like display purposes so looking forward to that we got that done now too right yeah so i'm gonna be wrapping those up when they come in.

So yeah i'm eyeing right now an og penny phone from 97 so i want to actually i don't want the new one i just i just don't like it if i could get it for a really good price i'd probably pull the trigger just to have every rendition of that shoe so the og and then every retro is kind of the hope that i can get for that royal pack so yeah yeah pickups actually you know what i'm gonna give y'all one more hold on okay there's more there's

more hold up gotta make it interesting guys i've been gone for a week trev two weeks so give y'all something. This is actually one of my wares as well from last week. I just remembered, but I figured why not show you guys? I love I love I love a full circle story moment. So got these bad boys back. Oh, Jordan six infrared white infrared from the 2010 infrared pack. This was actually my pair. So shout out to the homie. Save your kicks. I actually sold him the pack probably a year or two ago.

And he was offloading some stuff and sure enough he posted these and I hit him up and said yeah I'll take him back so white infrared 6, back I wore these two these are actually one of my warriors for last week as well so happy to have this back in the fold, same goes man 2010 it's not a varsity red though this is infrared nope it's an infrared pack it looks a little bit varsity but it's not it's the lighting so, gonna do a soul swap on those no still wearable man look at the air bag like.

So it's good to go. So I'm just going to wear them as much as I can until they go. And then they will be wrapped and put up. But yeah, I don't know, Khaled, if you can see, does that look red still or infrared? Yeah, it still looks pretty red. Looks red. Yeah, still lighting, but it's, yes, infrared. Infrared 6. So these are back. Happy to have them. So yeah, that was my week.

Good few weeks for you man oh it's been fucking insane truck insane man and i got more but we'll just we'll go with those well yeah we can't we can't we can't let them all i can't i can't empty the clip but i want to give you give you a few of uh the ones i'm excited to to get back in the collection so it's just nice like i said you know you let go pairs and it's always nice when you can add them back to the collection so i'm definitely

happy especially for that flight one that flight one to me out of all those i just showed you is probably like my my favorite one out of the lot and it's a pair you don't see often so just glad to have them back so yeah oh great week man yeah you know me man well we've got something ripping the hit.

Okay let's uh let's get this started so where did we want to start on this list that we got here, I think, I mean, to keep it with the sneaker talk, man, let's maybe get into what people are looking forward to, like in terms of pairs, right? A lot of chatter going on, so I think that's always a great way to kick off the convo. What y'all got? What you got? There's a folder here on my desktop that has pairs that I'm looking to get that are old and pairs that didn't come out that are new.

So the pairs that I'm looking for it to get, there's three now, because randomly one popped up, and I was like, oh, actually, I like that pair. I might need to get it. My first pair is the Aqua 8, so I've been vocal about that. The gray? Yeah, how do you feel about that gray, Colleen? So at first, I was like, why is it not dark enough? I just don't recall it ever being that light, and I was kind of put off a bit by it.

But then I went back and I looked like it's a 2008's Aqua 8 that was all black. And I was like, you know what? I actually don't mind the gray. It could be a darker gray, which would make it nicer, like tougher.

But the light gray like i'll need to see it in hand to really compare so i will try on sneakers for it and if i really bothers me one in hand then i'll just return it through sneakers but i'm still gonna go for it i do wish it was the play i wish i went for the playoff it's when they came out again but my pair was i thought at the time not gonna turn into slippers so yeah i mean i'm kind of settling for the off over the, playoff but I don't have a shoe,

with purple on it really so that's an excuse for me to grab it but I'll still be going for them. Did you want to chime in on that 8 as well or. Yeah, for me, I'm not a fan of the gray. I think it's way too light. And like you said, if you look at the iteration of the 07, which I had that pair probably three times, a lot darker. And then obviously you had the 2015. My issue with the 2015, I think the gray was great, but fairy dust middle.

Yeah, that glitter shit just, I couldn't fucking do it, man.

But then now it doesn't bother me the gray doesn't bother me as much as the glitter bothers me really i actually really i would actually know that glitter over the gray man no the glitter made it seem like it was a gs size blown up to an adult adult side like it literally reminded me of some of those like jordan flights and stuff or like that we had in the gs section of footlocker that was like meant for a little girl they had like pink sparkles and stuff on it and when i

saw it i'm just like no man like i can't be doing that yeah and i think i think a lot of people kind of look past it because the og pair had the similar that that similar speckling in it so i think that's why a lot of people kind of were like ah they'll let it go at the time like i just i wasn't with it i was like ah and i got them too back then and i just and i think for me because i was so used to the 07 right so it was like that's kind of like what i knew in terms of like the

shoe and it was hard for me to kind of look at the 2015 and be like all right i could do this like but the speckling midsole to me i couldn't get past it but then now with the new one now i'm kind of like i'll take the speckled midsole over that light gray man because it's too it looks weird it looks weird i love the the new bark or whatever the fuck they used on it like that dark black i think that's that's probably like the only

selling point for me with that shoot, but I just, I don't like that light gray. It's way too light. It almost looks fucking reflective. You know what I mean? Yes, exactly. And I think that's why I don't like it, because that's what it's giving me. It's giving me, like, you know, the light's going to hit that shit, and it's going to be like, yeah, you can fucking see me walking down the street in the dark.

Like, that's what I don't like about it. It's just way, it's way too light that it almost looks reflective. That's kind of what it gives me. But I love what they did with the new buck. Like, that black, that deep black, it looks really good. But I just, the gray, man, I'd have, once again, I have to see them in hand too, to kind of make that decision. But I have an opportunity to get the 2015. So I, you know, the price is really good, I might pull the trigger on the 2015 and just go with those.

And then, you know what, if the new one, if they drop and I see them and I'm like, hey, I can get past it, I might just pick them up too as well. I mean, the Aqua 8 is my favorite 8, so I wouldn't be opposed to it, but the thing with it is... I could look if I have the 2015 Rich, I'll let you know. I might have a DS, so you might not have to worry about it, but let me take a look, because I I remember you said put one of those black and red 6 on the side while splitting my place.

So that I already put it to the side. Yeah, let me know. Yeah, let me know. Because I found a pair. But if I could get a DS pair, then that's even better. Now, if you've got a 2015 pair, would you keep the sparkle on it? Or would you retaint them without it? You've got to keep it. Yeah, I would keep it. I'm not, I'm kind of like a stickler for things in its original form. Like, I don't like to alter things. I think like the way it comes is like, don't buy it then.

You know what I mean? Like if you don't like something and you got to alter it, my thing is like, don't, don't buy it then. I seen people do that with the Soul 3 where they painted it white. The Soul, the Soul 3 2.0. Cause it had that kind of like that, that off white kind of midsole and it doesn't look good. Like it actually doesn't look good. And I think they probably did it just, you know, because their OG had the white midsole. Yeah.

But yeah, like if it, just leave it. I wouldn't, you know, I thought about it and I was just like, nah, I wouldn't, I wouldn't touch it. It is what it is. You know what I mean? So that's kind of where, where I'm at with it. But yeah, I like the black part of the shoe, but I just don't like that gray. It's just, it's just way too light for me. But who knows? When I see it in person, it might change my mind.

Now, Kali, are you going to go for them on release day? Because a lot of shit, I don't know how it is in China. Is stuff out there sitting? What does it look like in there? No, nothing is sitting. The only thing recently that's set that's like an OG is the white grapes. But the thing is, if it's any OG colorway black shoe, it sells out.

The white shoes, people, yeah, sure, it's an og colorway but it's a white shoe at the end of the day but the black shoes everything it just goes so the good thing with sneakers is you can return anything yeah yeah so it's not like before they said oh if it's you know a launch shoe in canada yeah you can't return it like here you can return anything which to me that's still insane like yeah how do you look at somebody and say that you can't return the fuck you mean i can't return

return a shoe like that that's the point of the receipt you know what i mean like so that was crazy to me but i think yeah i mean it doesn't hurt Kali like you know get it if you don't like it then you can return it but, I should have done that with the Air Max 95 Neon because I wasn't fully sold on the big bubble like I liked it and I didn't like it and I was like maybe you know, wait and then now I'm kind of kicking myself for not trying those yeah the Neons

I mean the Neons too like to shift gears a little bit but yeah the Neons are good like the big bubble I don't find them comfortable though I'm not gonna hold you like I wore them a bunch of times, and it's just yeah they're just not comfortable I don't know what it is.

You're sized up too right I didn't for the Toronto I could have sized up to 11 I should have, I went 10 and a half Yeah I went 10 and a half but the Toronto ones To me are, There's more give so those are comfortable Like I wore those quite a bit I actually took them to Vegas Not Vegas sorry to LA and I did a lot of walking In them so I think that broke them in But the Neons like I've wore them tons I wore them for like an entire day And my feet were fucking done Not even my feet,

just my toes. It's just so narrow at the toe. It just did a job with my feet, man. So I'm hoping just keep wearing them and they'll break. But yeah, I mean, back to the Aquas, like, yeah, I don't think it hurts to grab them. And if you don't, then return them. But yeah, I'm just not sold on the gray. But the gray is just, it's way too light for me. And Jordan Brand, man, we ain't been doing bullshit like this. This is the bullshit with Jordan Brand when they tweak it.

And it makes no fucking sense when they do dumb shit like this. I don't like that. I think they could have made it slightly brighter than the last retro right and then you remove the speckle so it's different no they gotta go full jump out the window like with it so I just thought it was I get why they do it but at the same time it's frustrating especially something like the you know I think a lot of people want that shoe so. I don't know. We'll see. Next one on the list.

Air Max DNA Pata popped up and I kind of like it. I have a grudge with the Air Max, not the DNA, the Air Max DN because I bought the Black Pearl on release and then didn't even last me just over three months where they said the warranty is not around anymore but the bubble popped. That's right. The airbag was blown out And I did beat them to the ground and whatnot still after that. And just threw them away. But like, you know, this shoe shouldn't only last two, three months.

And this is the first time I've ever really had a bubble pop on me or anything like that. But it's also due to the humidity. I wore them during the rain and all that stuff there. So like, I get it. But still, like, I was like, I'll never buy another pair of Air Max DNs again because the quality issue I had. But now the DNA came out and I'm like, oh, I do like those Pradas.

So you know we'll go for them see and get them in hand and then if not i'll return them but yeah that's the next one on my list don't know when those are going to drop but even if they do drop here soon they will to be fair though you could you would probably wear that dn8 less than you wore the dn probably but we'll we'll see if it's a like like you wouldn't wear it every day probably yeah i didn't i bought the ddn as a beater so so that might be a little bit better,

that's it i did see some images of that i thought that was interesting because i i actually did like the dn i just never got down to a price that i felt i was comfortable with paying for them and the dn8 looks pretty nice too like that that better gift shop collab they did i really like that i was disappointed i couldn't get that in my size yeah i like that pair i seen uh remember john was wearing them yep yeah that's the only reason why i like the pair when i've seen it in person yeah

and then he was even telling me like what other because he was telling me that i could probably scoop my size in like these uh places but then i was like it's not it was like 10 or lower and i i saw when we were talking about it at uh glizzle mania and he was i was like yeah i'm really looking for a size i was saying both i was i like the when i finally clued in that they had them i don't think they had anything above a size 11. Uh, so that's a problem. Yeah. That's a problem for me.

That's another problem. In terms of like, oh, go ahead, go, go ahead. You're not done. Yeah. I was going to say the very last one, the one I'm most excited for rich mentioned he's wearing the air force terror squads. Yes. I like terror squad, but I can't do a panda terror squad. But when they showed that white and red terror squad, I'm like, yes. I need that. The leather on it looks amazing. Air Force One? Yeah. You didn't see those? No, I didn't see those.

Oh, I'll drop it in the chat. Yeah, put that in there. It comes out. When are they dropping? I need those. Trust me, man. You need these for sure. There we go. Drop in the chat. Yeah, because I love the black and white pair. Oh, this pair is tough. Like, it's... Wait for it to load. But yeah, that white and red, this is a high school shoe for me for sure. Because even coming out of middle school, Air Forces were amazing.

Everyone wanted that white with the baby blue ball. Oh, yeah, these are tough. And then the white and red with the perfect paneling of that red. And it's on a patent leather. It's like a nice dark, deep red. And the Care Squad logo on the back. Yeah, these are tough. Perfect summer shoe. This is like a cherry. This is like a candy paint, like red, man.

But it's darker. like a dark yes yeah like oh fuck yeah i need those 100 100 when are these dropping i think august but i i mean you never know they push things back and like right now there is i think nike's having some production issues or they're like they had a bunch of quality control issues because like they pushed back they did a shock drop and a release for the like you shouted of backboards, but then they pushed them back again like a mass relief.

There's been a few other shoes that they just took off. Right now on sneakers, they have the Pata running suit, like the here. They have the clothes, but they don't have the Pata DNA or anything. I think they're pushing things back, releasing some things and holding things. Why is that though? Is it the terrorist? Maybe. It wouldn't be the terrorist here in China. Well, yeah, China wouldn't be. Yeah, that's true.

I wonder why. I mean, when they've outsourced the production to Vietnam and Cambodia and Indonesia and Bangladesh, you're not having the same production as you did when you were in China. So it can be a whole mix of things.

Were those the three calling those are the three not really much more i mean i i haven't really looked past like september releases so we'll see what the end of the year but like some of the big ones i said to release this year like you know you mentioned uh i'll let you mention it later but the ones you've mentioned i'm like i don't really need i'm kind of in a similar boat where like i feel like there's more things i want to circle back on than there's things coming out this year

but some of the stuff that i'll highlight shattered backboards i don't know if i'm gonna go for them or not still haven't decided i don't i just like i they're nice and all but i didn't get them the first time when i had the opportunity to get them and i like nice you just don't think i need them necessarily as honorable mention on that the jaw threes.

They did the that yes they're calling it like the graffiti pack where they they they like spray painted the a which isn't necessarily there with the swoosh that is so dick like that's really unique and something really cool and like they have a couple just very generic colors that go with a lot of stuff so that's something i might keep an eye on see if something goes on sale and the big one for me is the air jordan one low

nigel sylvester's stole mine he stole mine i think all of us were going to, I think either me or Rich were going to tell you that. Oh yeah, that was on there for me. That's on my radar, man. I like the original mock-up colorway, the original colorway they said they were going to release, but then when they made it like. That's like the black tote color blocking, right? That's the one you're like talking about? Yeah, well, no, it was like a cream, I think, or like a mocha before.

I deleted the picture that I used to have, but originally they had like three or four different colors. They said we're on that. Oh. Yeah, it was more of a cream. Yeah, it was a black tool colorway. Yeah, I know. I'm on Nice Kids' website, and that's what they had. But the picture that he showed is more like an all-black, which I know the one that you had, Rich, the highs, very nice pair, all that kind of stuff. But it was white, and we all know how I feel about white.

Now, I know seeing your pair in hand that they're great because you can't tell if they're dirty or if they're mucked up or anything like that.

So it's a really good and versatile pair he just visually always looked white to me and the black pair to me looked a little bit better so the one that he's like i'm gonna release it in a low which personally yeah actually call it that's the exact picture that i that i saw just uh when i was looking at the list of what's coming out later this year so yeah that aged like cream panda kind of black toe look to me made such a big difference but

when they made it an all black like like that was like still a nice shoe but i don't need that color way in my rotation yeah like i just prefer the all black personally so yeah and like i really like i've really been into air jordan one lows or sorry yeah jordan one lows so yeah that's probably the one on my list that i'm really looking for the rest of the everything else is like a circle back for me like everything else is stuff i want to circle back on so i'm with

you on that especially because it's a great time to do that right just because shoes have kind of slowed down a bit so i was been looking through like on them and like they're not going for that much like you guys will hear about my story when we when i get the pair and then i shipped to one but like i got a great deal on them for real yeah like a really really good deal the one market tanked so hard out of all the models the ones have been.

Coming down the most which is good for people that like ones it seems every pair I want to circle back for is all expensive. I know Juan loves that, but that's kind of everything too, on the other hand, though, right? Everything is kind of in that point where... I wouldn't say that. A lot of things, though. Most things, yeah. Everything I want to circle back is gone up or held price, like playoff eights. It's pretty expensive to go back for a pair of those.

Welcome to what it's like having a big-sized foot. Everything we want is, there's a premium markup on it. 100%. That's dope. Anything for you, Rich? I think I'm in your boat, too. I'm circling back just for a lot of stuff that I've had before. I think, even with the real pickup, the phones pickup, I had a shitload of phones. Those are kind of coming back, too. I just kind of wanted to circle back for those. So a lot of older stuff I think for the new stuff, Steel 10s,

is one that I'm looking forward to. I think that's in August. So kind of excited for that. I know a lot of people are giving it a lot of flack just because they got the toe cap. The toe cap. The toe cap. Which I don't care. It's kind of nice to get another rendition of the shoe. I mean, it released like that originally before. So to me, it's like, okay, yeah, give us something different. They retro-to-steel 10 how many times? So it's nice to kind of get it with a little twist.

And then I think we're getting the Jordan 94 box I think that comes with it, which I also thought was a nice little touch on that but yeah they're still 10s the Aquas I already discussed that but. That's another one too I'd probably like I said have to see in hand first I'm just trying to focus on the stuff that's like close as opposed to later in the year fourth yeah when are those dropping the undefeated to undefeated fours.

Because I think that's on everybody's radar. Is that the one you said, Kali, like you really don't? Yeah, I don't really need it. Back in the day, I would have been like, oh man, I need it so much. I think I was a sucker for the packaging and the velcro tongue, the accessorized part of it. But I can't do fours anymore. My pinky toe just isn't allowing me to wear them long enough. Yeah, but I mean now too, right? They've gotten kind of like...

They've gotten a lot better. they're a lot more comfortable but like well because you have the floors you have the sbs right how are those? I have the sbs yeah do they still bother your toe?

They still bother the pinky toe really? I say the sbs bother my pinky toe a little bit more than the reimagined breads do oh shit okay, it's retooled the shaping is good the padding is what makes it a lot better around the ankle and the whole foot and everything but the shape the toe feel is still there if you're gonna walk all day, and it's still a four.

Interesting because i find uh sorry i find the the white cement fours got those and they're comfortable as hell like i wore them entire day and like my feet were fine like you said compared to the older fours like even that the 2018 bread breath for i know a lot of people they're just i mean i love it i don't i'll take those over the reimagines but i agree like the padding on the ankle makes such a difference like when i wear like that 2018 or whatever that year was the bread

for compared to the white cement now you totally feel the difference in terms of how the shoe feels like that bread i can't wear those for for long right that's not like an entire day shoe but i yeah i find it interesting that uh the sbs because yeah they like kind of the tooling everything kind of made that a lot better with the shoe so the reimagines are comfortable though. That is a comfortable shoe, I will say.

The Undefeated is one too. I'm kind of curious to see what the numbers are going to be on them. Because we know what they give us this stuff, but then super limited. So I'm kind of curious to see. I'm not really getting my hopes up for them. If I'm able to get them, I'm able to get them. But that's one that's definitely on the radar too for me.

But I'm with you too, Kali, on that pad of that air max it's the what's what's it's the powder dna dna yeah that's the one you had posted right i think you had asked me like yeah i sent it in the group yeah i like that pair and then that's the one john was wearing right one same model yeah yeah yeah i like those yeah shout out to the homie john man uh heads ain't ready uh he was rocking that at the gluza mania uh and that's when i was sold i was like yeah these are fucking dope so when you sent

me the padawans i was like yeah i the top especially with the black and that big blue it almost looks like penny writing on the yeah like yeah it looks fucking touch makes the shoe yeah it looks dope man so wouldn't mind those so but yeah those are probably like the main three like the steel 10s i'm excited about that's another shoe for me just like nostalgia purposes as a kid so i'm looking forward to that drop the aquas

like i said i'm not a huge fan of the gray but we'll we'll see when they drop what those are looking like. And once again, too, like for me, it's like we're in a great space where we don't really got to pull the trigger right away. You know what I mean? Like, but like you said, to your point, Kali, I think with a lot of the black shoes, they tend to move. So I wouldn't be surprised if if they sold out. So we'll see. Because my plan was if I did get it, it would be like,

all right, I'll just wait till they hit the cell rack, like everything else. So we'll see. And yeah, undefeated. And then for me, just like I said, doubling back just for some older stuff is kind of, like I said, it's a great opportunity to be able to, there's not too many distractions with the drops because things are either able to get them or their city. So we're not really pressed like we were to kind of, you know,

jump out the window right away. So it just allows a space then where you can kind of go back and focus on some older stuff or things you want to kind of double back for. Because as we know, we're in a state of like, just like constant, just copping and shit. Like you don't really have time to process, right? Like a lot of times there's pairs you're not even thinking about. And then now that shit has slowed down, it's a good opportunity just to be able

to kind of, you know, say, oh, you know what? I want to go back for those. So, and then the Nigel, of course, like I said, I like the pair. I agree though, Kali. I think that mock-up, mock-up was nice, but I ain't mad at the black. I like it because it's like a flip to the original, right? The high. So I think I just like that they did. They went with that all black. So that's a pair of them. But didn't they release like a friends and family pair in the highs all black?

I think I don't know if they did quite possibly. Yeah. But yeah, the black high was nice too. I like it. Like I like it. I just think it's a flip of the original. So I like the low. So I'm definitely going to try for those. And those are dropping what? Like August?

That first week of August is it i think so so yeah those are those are kind of mine like what's on the radar like in the the near future so as it was for drops starting now i'd say one did you have anything you were looking for aside from that uh nigel during one low probably the well shattered backboard yeah but like i've been telling people i like really wearing jordan one lows now because i can just slide in them but i'm probably gonna buy them and then another shoe that i know

i think it's probably gonna be easy anyway because not everyone's going crazy about but the uh those trainer ones that they are gonna include with that sb the arts and rec whatever i just it just remind me of like safari whatever so i look cool but other than i'm not like too like super excited about anything maybe that that nine do i want to see like when it happened like when i get it like you know we'll see because i i did fail on the shock drop for the shattered backward.

So obviously there's still some interest i know the market's down but people are still interested in jordan ones even though they said they're gone they're dead not true but there's still some interest in it i'm always interested in jordan no matter what yeah.

That'll always come back at some point regardless right yeah jordan ones is always going to be one of those staple shoes and that's it for the jordan one lovers yeah it's easy to wear man like you know i i agree it's an easy shoe to wear so and they're comfortable to me i know most people say they're not comfortable they don't bother me well no yeah i definitely find them comfortable too so yeah they'll they'll come back i wore i wore the shadows in i think portugal

and walk 15,000 steps. I'm pretty sure they're comfortable. That was just before you discovered On. Yeah, yo. I'm too pissed. I wore those at me too. When I was in Barcelona and I had no issues with those. I might be like, Trevor, run mine to the ground like a Honda Civic.

That's funny. Now, we didn't have this on our list, but we're kind of about halfway through the year so far. See, Trev, you're on the same wavelength. I was literally going to say the same thing. I'm pretty sure we talked about this last year too, but early in the year, but any contenders for sneaker of the year for us so far? Then Nigel. Nigel's, man. I'm going to say. Yeah, I don't think there's... Right now, yes, Nigel's. I'm going to say. Right now.

Nigels. Okay. I'd say there's nothing that has blown me away. Nothing that I've been like, oh, it's such a great shoe. I missed on getting that or anything. Nothing has been innovative other than small things here or there. It's hard for me to say what a sneaker of the year would be so far this year. I just personally... What's the criteria, though, Kali? Like, what is... It needs something to be new or, like, innovative or something like that.

But there hasn't been much innovation of a new sneaker that really blew me out of the water. Right? So, it's... I don't know. I just... I don't... I know the Brick by Brick should probably be going to win sneaker of the year. I just... I don't see it. Like, I just... Sure, the story behind it's good. But I think it's more hype than anything. like that's not an personally it's not an amazing colorway to me it's just like an orangish reddish.

Jordan 4 no if you didn't have the nigel story behind it if it was just a random like gr it wouldn't but people wouldn't be crazy yeah i understand like but for me uh for the reason why i picked that is because people that i know that are not into sneakers started paying attention like you know people were like 86 or whatever but they were just like hey one they're asking you about this like this jordan like who's this guy and that's

pretty cool because i like talking about like sneakers especially to people that are not like collectors also they just want to learn and we got to talk about but it was a lot of random people that a i worked with or like i know outside of like sneakers that randomly messaged me and i'm like that's rare because some of them will be like hey you probably have these because but it was people that weren't into that's why i think it's the year of the year because of the interest in it and like

of course the storytelling and then the way they're released and whatever was pretty cool yeah i i think and i hear you calling too right but i think when people shoe of the year they're not they're not looking at that particular criteria like in terms of like the innovation and stuff like that i think people are looking more or less like, what would I say? I think hype definitely plays into it. I'd be lying. I'd be lying.

If hype wasn't it, I'd be lying. Like I'm not going to sugarcoat that, but I think hype definitely does.

Might be the criteria colleague it literally is it's not sneaker of the year anymore it's the most hyped sneaker of the year like it's yeah i guess we went from being hypebeast haters to like everything in sneaker now is about being a hypebeast it's literally social media has flipped it yo and for for for our listeners man like yeah i think we have a hot take here i think yeah i think sneaker of the year it's hype like is is there actually a criteria to it or just look at complex

last year sneaker of the year right like all the stuff it was all hype even like the Sauconies they put on that list like everything was hyped up it's hype I mean once you say Sauconies is even on the list like to me is like insane the colorway was good it was like it was nice too but like J-Tips that's the stuff that's on that that list like J-Tips does a really good job with his pairs still I don't even know who J-Tip is I just know his name like why is he famous like.

Probably kills me man i was joking around later everyone's like oh joe fresh good joe fresh good i'm like bro you go to the grocery store and the guy has clothes in the store what makes that so like yeah i don't i don't know i think i think i mean for the nigel for me like like juan said i think just kind of the impact for me i look at that shoe that it had the storytelling obviously like for me it has to be the storytelling it has to actually be a good shoe too right i think what the Nigel's,

like the materials, the color, I think is really nice. You know what I mean? Like. For me, though, it was a bit much, right? Like, the color was very too bold, where I was like, nah, like, I'm okay. But I think it's, it's, I think it's, right now, I think it's the number one contender in terms of shoe of the year. And I think Nigel, like, a lot of the shit he put out is, it's good stuff, I think. Just on a consistent level. Which I don't think a lot of people expected, to be honest with you.

I would say, like, at the beginning, I didn't expect a lot of his stuff to be what it was.

So, kudos to him. but yeah i think it's i think it's the number one contender as of now as we sit in july a little over halfway through the year so or one thing i could say i could say maybe the jordan five black metallic because jordans were dead jordan's are dead right and then the black dropped and all of a sudden they're back right so yeah that's that's true too i i would put that up there because yeah like that metallic five it's kind of like that resurgence right because

fours were still always popular everyone was still was on fours right but then the five dropped and then all of a sudden all these other retro models people want them in the og colorways so yeah so and the fives and the fives are still doing well like price wise like they're still selling for almost 500 bucks and then one of the only ones too like of the retros that came out this year yeah or you can say the big bubble so the air max 95s behind 95s now

too right so yeah but i i think what kills that is a lot of people wasn't able to get them yeah so i think had those gotten to a lot more hands those would be up there too but i think because a lot of people didn't get them um a lot of people get the brick by bricks like a lot of people i mean i think people who wanted them got them.

There's a lot of people who wanted the 95s and couldn't get them so i think that's the difference but did more people want the 95s than one of the it's regional right it's.

Mean yeah i mean if you look at i guess it's subjective in a sense right like i i don't know, numbers and all that but i mean top five i'm gonna go yeah the brick by brick the the metallic five for sure i think the neon 95 is in that conversation too that those would be like my top three i can't really see nothing else like at least for me like from my standpoint that would be, yeah and what's interesting is everything we just talked about is basically the the consensus in

some way shape or form so in previous years we've had a lot of like asics sneaking in there new balances and sock knees and all that kind of stuff the consensus this year is basically all retro jordans maybe one or two asics in there and that's basically it basics new balance and that's basically it so action bronson did a nine nine nine nine ninety v six collaboration i think there was one other new balance in there but it seemed like just doing a quick Google search, a couple blog articles,

Sneaker News Complex, they're all basically saying the same thing and most of it is Nike Retros. Kobe 6 released a bunch of colorways this year, Dodgers that white all-star pair with the stars on it. Neon was up there as well. Flu Game 12s, Black Cat 3s, Bread 1s was this year as well. Oh yeah, I forgot about those. Yeah, I forgot about those too.

So it's basically going to be the year of the retro there was cortese 95s on some list as well so it basically looks like it's going to be the year of the retro this year, so i mean that's going to be one of the like it looks like that's going to be the one the honorable mention that is not on a lot of these lists and i think a lot of people are forgetting about is the age of one came out this year as well.

Nice looking basketball shoe like i've seen a lot of of men wearing it as well similar trend to what we've seen with the sabrinas as well and that pink colorway she came out with first was really really good so that'll that'll be on my list likely at the end of the year but i gotta give credit to to the to that shoe for sure yeah it'll be it'll be interesting i'm just glad that you know the nike and the retros is back you know tired of the e6 and new bouncing and all that shoe so time for

the reset maybe the converse sgas will take it because that's a nice shoe but i gotta release pairs though yeah i was got to bring that up yeah that's what i said they gotta release it but it hasn't released anything but how do you feel about that pair collie because, innovative in a sense right like that's something i don't even feel like it's a basketball shoe it looks like a designer shoe it looks like my mason margiela's so like the material the letters on point like that's

that can hit fashion trends in a whole different way like and i think that's what i love about him right is that it's more of that or off-court appeal is what i get from the shoe, and i'm a sucker for like straps zippers like anything like that like for me i'm sold, so but as i said he needs to release the fucking pairs.

Like you're an all white pair of those and all black pair and like gray pair like that's it good to go as you're set you go so i'll definitely be scooping when those do release i'm more than likely going to be getting a pair of those we got to do that quick though because they're they're almost missing the mark on it at this point they are missing the mark man i'm surprised they haven't dropped them like when he won the chip like i know they gave them i heard they

were giving them away at the parade but like where the fuck is the release. Like, if they didn't release them, it might have been fine. We still probably would have had things to say about it. But the fact that he wore, like, after they won, he went and got an all-gold pair of them and wore them around his neck the whole night. Like, you need to have that releasing that, like, immediately after that happens or the next morning. Like, that should be the next day you drop.

Well, the latest they can release it is the beginning of a new season. That's the latest. Yeah, but to me, it's like you missed the mark at that point. I guess so, yeah. You know what I mean? You missed the train. It's gone. That hype train. In a sense, right? He wins the championship. Where the fuck is the shoe? Remember LeBron and the championship packs they were doing? These motherfuckers wanted they were releasing those shits right after. You know what I mean?

I don't know. I just feel like, yeah, they dropped the ball on that. In my opinion. 100%. Cause like, it's like, that's like, you want to have that coming out like immediately after. Cause then like, again, we've talked about all these like Toronto shoes that come out this year, right? Like there's like in the last calendar year, let's say, so like the last 12 months or so, you know, you've got the DN8s that we had with Better Gift Shop, the Makeway P6000s.

Yeah, Party 6,000s. Yeah, P6000s. And what's the other one? There was another one. Oh, I'm blanking on it. Was it? There's one other shoe. I'm blanking on what it was, but those are like, you know, you could throw that Shea in there too. It's like a Canadian shoe, right? He has this season. He wins the MVP, you know, MVP of the NBA Finals. They win the NBA Finals too, right? You want to have that shoe when it comes out and when the moment's big, right?

At this point, the moment's gone. Yeah, I don't know. They need to drop that shoe. If it drops, then you could talk about it being in that conversation. But at this point, we've only ever just seen it on his foot. We haven't been able to get it yet. What they should have done is they should have easy-legged one. Super limited, drop one colorway. Super limited, another colorway. Until they can get mass production a year later. 100%. At least drop 5,000 to 10,000 pairs.

But the gold, right? That's a perfect one to do with that. He may never wear it again But he's going to wear it around his neck After they win the championship Like easy I feel the gold one they should have done, Friends and family limited Like 2,000 pairs Super limited for that colorway Because you want to sell colorways that are wearable Right?

So when you have all gold Make it extremely limited So there's that hype around how expensive it would be Absolutely But that's a great one to drop After he wins the finals doesn't have to be doesn't have to be high numbers, 2000 pairs that's it drops but now you've created hype around his model and his brand yeah so hopefully we see that in the upcoming months, yeah I'm hoping because I like them it's a good shoe just, haven't been able to get them just like the boo-boos my wife just walked in

from a delivery the whole case of like Pop Mart things It was... Opening it right now. I'm like, oh, God. Okay. What was the next one we wanted to look at? Maybe since we're talking about signature shoes, we talked about the Angel Reese signature shoe. Before we get into any shoes that they announced and then didn't release this year, you guys are kind of like disappointed that it isn't coming out. Kind of. That they announced and then they didn't drop them? Yeah, like they always do.

There's always shoes that are like, oh, yeah, it's going to come out and then it just doesn't come out. It's hard to do it because everything's kind of getting delayed so you don't even know. Yeah. And then like so much has come out this year that like it's not like there was one thing I was waiting on that hasn't come out sort of thing. For me it's a PlayStation Air Force One. Oh yeah they're going to come out this year. I forgot about those. I got colleagues hopes up.

Even if they made it limited like I wouldn't care but at least you could still get them for maybe an expensive price but it's not going to be like $2,000 plus like the old pair. Yeah. I mean, they might still come out too, Collin. No, they already said they're not releasing them. Oh, they're not releasing them at all? Maybe next year, not at all. Maybe next year or the years after, but like not this year for sure. No, the resellers' prayers have been answered.

Did not a dead stock pair of shoes are not wearable yeah crazy insane insane okay, so as we said signature shoes what do we think of angel reese's signature shoe, honest opinions let it rip i don't think it's bad to be honest with you like it's it's, it's not good it's not bad like i just think it's like did it exceed my expectation i don't know if i had an expectation on it but i think it's a it's a decent shoe i love her logo i

think her logo is dope but yeah the shoe to me just looks looks like a regular regular shoe so it's not not really much and maybe it's like some other colorways but i think the one they released is Wasn't it like a silver or gray or something like that? Yeah, basically like a white and silver, I think it was. Yeah. And do we even know what the technology is in it? Did they end up talking about those specs? Yeah. And the short of it doesn't look like it.

I don't know when I would ever wear that shoe. For me, it's complete paths. It's not an ugly shoe. It's just I don't see where it fits into my life though. Go for the girl ballers. I agree, Bal. Give the girl give the girl hoopers some options other than buying men's shoes. Yeah. Support the women.

I don't see anything about the tech here rich nothing yeah like i i think the problem is is this first colorway that got released is very like the pictures don't really do it great justice i think it's called the dime diamond dust yeah diamond dust so if you look at some of the pictures you can see some of the lines on the side they're iridescent so they kind of got a little bit of like a shine to them but they don't

show in all light so i think that the color that they have pictures in is basically basically is photographing like an all white pair of shoes which is just very generic right and if you think about any athlete signature sneaker right LeBron Katie Kobe Kyrie, Kawhi anyone who's on any different brand right anything with Puma Halliburton or a Mellow right you took a Mellow any of the Mellow shoes with Puma let's use that that's probably a good example and made it all white it's not going

to be a great shoe right like you just you're not going to be able to see the details and they're just not going to show up the same way they would with color. Right. So I'd like to see this with some pops of color before we make a decision on, what the shoe looks like. Hmm. Don't know i need i need exactly like it just and i mean that's probably the safe way like you know when you're gonna drop it like oh we're just plain but yeah like i need to see some other colorways.

Just to kind of i guess give it a my true opinion but yeah based on what i've seen like to me it's just you know it's cool yeah like it's like again it's okay it's just you know like the all white just doesn't like it's not a like a flashy color right like we talked about the age of one earlier that one like that pink just pops right like it really stands out and is bold the like just this all white is very generic and like angel reese is not that kind of like blend into

the crowd type of player right and that's why i was kind of like surprised right because i thought it would be more colors and stuff like that but you know we'll see because what colors are what colors are uniform she plays for the chicago sky so it's like a light blue yeah but i feel like you could have done a lot more with like the diamond dancing colorway or sorry that was down or no sorry diamond dust diamond dust i think of the

drake song i am yes yeah so i think we gotta like i said just some more colors and then see what it looks like from there but you want reebok to succeed like.

I do like that's the thing right like I think there's like resurgence and I want them to win so I'm curious to see that's why I said it's like it's not good it's not bad like to me it's just like even keel so I think when we get some like some color in there and you know kind of see how it looks so but yeah good for her yeah I think but uh yeah Reebok is just something different right I like I like seeing athletes when they kind of go to,

some of these these brands where you know, not to say they're not good brands, but just not, you know, not your Nike's, not your Jordan. I tend to think that for some of those individuals, like I think they get better pairs just because Mm-hmm.

Maybe more input like you know what i mean like they they have a bit more say than if you go with a bigger brand you look at lamello like with puma like look what he's done like with his his shoe like to me just like it's crazy didn't expect that like from puma you know what i mean so i think with reebok of course you know i got a soft spot for reebok so definitely just want to kind of see kind of see them win so yeah curious to see what some of the other colorways look

like and and what that does and people thoughts right like once those release like you know people are going to be wearing them and supporting. I think they will regardless. It's an all-white shoe, right? It'll go with everything. It's still a good shoe. I feel like it's very generic for that first pair, right? If they'd released that and something else, then maybe. Maybe it works, but yeah, just wasn't feeling it that much, in that color way at least. Yeah.

Did you end up watching the Reebok documentary, Rich? I haven't watched it yet. I have not either. I haven't watched it yet. That's on my list though. Along with the Ford documentary. Is it Rob Ford? Oh yes. Great guy. Yeah, I gotta watch that too. But no, I haven't watched the Reebok one yet. That's on my watch list though. So when I get some downtime, definitely want to take that in. I haven't either. But same thing, it's on my list.

Yeah, so definitely want to definitely want to see like once we get some colorways different colorways and stuff and, and see what that does so excited for it let's see we'll see what they got let's see what they do with it all right and i think and also to like thoughts like like it's our signature shoe i know there's always like a lot of like back and forth about her play and so i'm also wondering too

if that impacts right like how they sell because as we know right like the athletes do you know, influence sales depending on where they're at in their game and how they play on court. So I wonder if that would transition as well, right? Like in terms of like sales for her with this pair. And yeah, just curious to kind of see how receptive people are to it when they do drop. Yeah, fair enough. What I want to see too. It'll be interesting to see because that's their big bet for their female line.

It'll be interesting to see. Yeah, definitely. Now, Lon, I heard you went after the Levi's 95s that came out a week or so ago. Let's see the horror stories. Yeah, it was on Thursday or whatever. Yeah, I think it was last week. Levi's app release was the 9th And then the general, like on the sneakers app was the 10th. And you guys know me. You messaged me. It's like you helped me out. I'm going to help you out. Either I've never seen you or we hung out or we're friends.

If you messaged me like, can you try? I'll always try. So I tried for this Levi. I guess it's a Levi's exclusive pair for the 95s. It's the denim colorway. I thought it was going to be smooth. I usually am really calm about these releases.

But this did not go well my friends it did not go well at all i was on i was waiting for the time to release i was also at an appointment slash a meeting but i knew i wasn't going to talk so i was like i will help my buddy out try to get this release i log in when it's time like a little bit before once the release comes out everyone is in for a nightmare because it looks like they logged all of us out and i sent you guys a picture of what it looked

like when i tried to add it to my cart didn't work and i'm like messaging back and forth with the person hey it's not working and then like we're reading all over social like some people are adding it from their desktop so i tried out on my desktop and then i'd go to my app but now it's saying oh something about authentication. So to say it was a nightmare i was trying for a good 30 minutes and nothing thing.

Still gonna try to help y'all out whatever whoever any releases but this was a nightmare though and then i'm glad i lost because apparently a day or two later a lot of people are receiving cancellation notices from levi's it's either levi's couldn't handle this release or whatever what but it did not go well so that is my story you guys can let me know how you feel i don't like i said i didn't know that they i mean i didn't really pay

attention to the drop but i didn't realize that they were Jocko and Levi app which is pretty interesting yeah I noticed Levi's did some like other releases before with their collabs but they force you to download the app for that release it's like app specific release and stuff so I think you know some you know that's how some other companies get interested into their app so you download it and you could buy directly

from their app this wasn't great it wasn't really user friendly to me so I don't know, and what was the what was the was it two colorways while they dropped no there was three that dropped on the levi's app okay yeah they all pretty much sold out but uh i think the one that i'm i'm gonna say the denim pair was the levi's in-app exclusive because it wasn't that colorway wasn't on the sneakers app the next day when i looked

i mean you guys can correct me if i'm wrong but i didn't see or I just didn't want to look anymore because of the terrible experience. I'm curious to see. I think we got some guys driving our group that hit it on them. So. Wonder if we hear some of the service of people that got canceled. Which sucks. Like we were talking offline, right? Like I rather just catch catch the owl right out the gate as opposed to getting my hopes up thinking I got there and then you fucking cancel my order.

So. Especially when you get that shipping notification and it's and then it gets canceled or maybe not shipping notification but the email or whatever that it's confirmed and like yeah.

The the order confirmed email and you're see no because i i feel for anyone that they you did win on levi's because your inkling is okay i'm good i'm not going on sneakers tomorrow yeah right that's where i get upset for people that you know like that's why i i messaged the guy and i was like yo you should be happy we lost because what happens if they can't vote or you're just going to be more disappointed because then yeah you would you put you stopped your efforts like that's That's what

kills me because you stopped your efforts to go for it somewhere else. You're like, oh, I'm good. I won. I got it. I'm good to go. You're not. You just got canceled out. Right? It's like getting punched in the stomach. That's the disappointing thing. Yeah. Yeah, that shit sucks, man. That's why I miss the days where you could just walk into the fucking store and buy the shoe. And we didn't have to deal with any of this shit. yep alright those are the days man those are the days.

Now you got to pray to the gods and make sure, like, you know, fingers crossed, say your Hail Mary's, all that shit, to make sure you get the pair. Like, it's insane. You know what I mean? Shout out to the homie DMX guy that I popped on, I think it was last week, and he got those Kobe Air Forces and, you know, told a cool story about what he had to do. And I was like, just to purchase them, right? Or like, did you get it for free? He's like, no, just to get the chance to purchase it.

And I'm like thinking to myself, like, we're so happy, we're so happy about like jumping through all these fucking hula hoops to get the opportunity to buy the pair, which is like insane. But, you know, you got to chalk it up to that's what the game is now, man. It's just unfortunate that, you know, it's just another added layer, right.

Of something that we have to do to, to get what we want, where, you know, before you could just walk into a store and, you know, let me get a size 10, you know, and those, you know, try them on. Walk around look in the mirror put him in a box and go home.

So pretty sure a bunch of people deleted that app after the 100% to be honest with you, pretty sure those people canceled deleted that app and never want to see it again yeah man a lot of a lot of fucks were said, when they got that cancellation that's heartbreaking yeah it's not even just for the sneakers even some of the gear like that sucks like you could have your next try would have would have been on Nike, but they sent those cancellations after the fact too, I noticed.

So it was like those people stopped trying. So you're like, darn, now you're really upset and disappointed and all the curse words you can send out. That's crazy. That's the world of buying shoes now, right? I guess it's kind of what comes up the territory. So I'll go to draw in a sense. Yeah. But, yeah, Levi's. Salutes everybody that got him. Enjoy him. Not for me. Not my cup of tea. Yeah, let us know if you got your ship from Levi's. Hope you got it. Let us know.

Anyone who worked for the Levi's app, please send us a picture. Send us a picture. We can post it on the story. Yeah, we'd love to send you that picture. That was a rough release. Oh, yeah. All right. Dope. Dope, dope.

What do we want to cap it off with? We had the 15s. Oh, yes. Forgot about those. And Kali is funny, too, because I thought it was just a mock-up or some shit that you just kind of posted. Kali actually posted a picture of these 15s that we got like a concept art of it or something of that nature. Yeah, I thought it was just kind of left field for me. I'm pretty sure that was the Dead Sneakers actual release. But I mean, you posted mock-ups before. Yeah.

Well, I didn't look at it. I just thought it was something maybe you found. You know out there you know china they got some weird sometimes so i just thought maybe it's something you've seen not realizing it's an actual release that's coming out do we got a release date for it they haven't said summer of 26 is what it's looking like okay so that's next year, but it looks like for the shoe they got rid of the tongue um it's almost like a sock yeah.

What would you call it like a like a booty no yeah like a sock liner basically like a sock liner right yeah but it looks like fear of god to me almost in a way but like yeah that part part of the shoe it does i like the shape of it too i mean to me it's not a huge deal breaker because like, the majority makes it better yeah i was about to say that like majority of the shoe you still keep that 15 looking and you just got rid of that that tongue which a lot of people hate,

and kind of swapped it out so i'm actually excited for those as you know i love my higher number Jordan, so I am definitely I'm definitely game. So let's see what those do. I still want that Billie Eilish 15, actually. That's actually probably one of the older pairs that dropped a while ago that I'm going to try to double back for. Was that like a neutral color? Billie Eilish? Yeah, it was like a cream.

I think it was. It was that one, so, that's one yeah that shit is dope I like these 15s I hope this is the actual shoe, yeah cause it's a I like what they've done where they like cut the tongue part out it just makes it more it looks so much better yeah it looks so much better.

So much better so looking forward to that 15s in my opinion i'll get enough love so no i'm like with that that line it just gives it kind of like a clean linear cut on it the tongue is like although the like the top part of the tongue is nice and and unique on the 15s i can see how people wouldn't like that because it looks it does look visually a little bit weird so this just kind of makes it a little more linear. It looks clean. Yeah, it looks clean. It looks cleaner.

It'll look good with some shirts, it'll look good with some pants. Yeah. You know, whereas the original 15 is kind of hard because of the tongue to get your pant over it, like to sit over it. Yeah. There's always a little bit of a challenge, so definitely excited about that. Rich, you know that 15, I actually have it, but it's like the wrong size. It's actually like a size 9.

Which one did you go with? eilish yeah the 15 because i was i was thinking about it when you said it but i think when i was cleaning and dropping off shoes i was one of the ones that i dropped off and then i just looked at this this like invoice list that they sent me and it was it was one of them i'm looking at it says billy eilish 15 2021 yeah so i was just like yeah i knew i had that but i was just wondering like which color it was i'm like yeah because i think i

remember you getting them but i think yeah it was the wrong size yeah like i was moving to like i wasn't paying attention so I got a size 9 and then I was like oh okay wrong size whatever but yeah cause if that was even like a 10 I would just tell you oh yeah oh yeah I would have took those all day 100% cause then there was even like an AJ KO that came out too at the same time right yes that Volt yeah I like those too.

So yeah anything like I said higher number J's I'm game, so yeah no dope I'll be I'll be excited to see those two I think they, made them a little bit more wearable because kind of like you said the pants would sit like pants would sit weird on them better as a short like with shorts but yeah like that kind of makes it a little bit more wearable and like that black and white colorway is clean I agree with what Kali said where it's like it's very fear of God vibes,

I definitely could see that definitely could see that, so I'm excited for those I ain't gonna hold you yeah I'll be excited to see get some more pictures of the whole shoot I'll be interested to see what the full view looks like.

All right that's all we had for this week uh any shout outs for us oh yeah i got i got some shout outs shout out to the motherfucking clips album of the fucking year don't at me album of the year the clips are back baby um man that album yo i've been fucking with the clips since grinding got all the albums mixtapes and it's just i was just super ecstatic i haven't been just excited about music in a long time and just to hear that malice was coming back and they were doing an

album produced by pharrell i've been i've been counting on the days man i mean honestly i've been playing that album since it dropped and it is amazing from beginning to end and i think for me the last album that i've listened to where i could listen to it with no skips would probably have to be the blueprint one back in early 2000 that's probably the last album I'll say that. I could just listen to it from front to end. But the Clips, shout out to the Clips album of the year.

That's all I gotta say in regards to that. I saw a comment today that said the Clips is for men that collect cause dollars and shop at Union and Kiff. Clearly they haven't listened to the Clips albums. Whoever the fuck wrote that is a fucking idiot. That's all I gotta say. Curry and Frost.

But yeah man shout out to shout out to the clips just super excited man like i like i said their rollout like everything they did like just fucking a1 man you know just it's just beautiful so yeah to me like this album of the year i'm calling it right now shout out to uh actually my son two goals soccer last week let's go almost had three that hat trick i think hat trick is hockey though but fuck it almost had a hat trick a hat trick is it applies,

everything too right okay there we go yeah because I'm like a hat trick so yeah two goals so yeah salute to him man. Killing it out there. So yeah, that's it for me. And then shout out to Save Your Kicks. As I said, got back my white infrared sixes. Salute to you, homie. And to the gentleman that I got that little penny lot from. Forever grateful to have those pairs back in the collection, per usual.

And shout out to the... Do we know... Sorry to interrupt. Do we know who that person is, Rich, that you got the penny stuff from? No, I don't even know if he has IG. I'm still talking to him because I have to... Like I said, he has some OG stuff. So I'm actually seeing if I can get his handle if he does have one. Okay. Name is Dennis, but yeah, I don't know if he has an IG handle, but he's out in Mississauga. So yeah, I went out there yesterday, met up with him.

So yeah, salute to him, man. Like I said, gave me an amazing deal and just the condition was just immaculate. Yeah, he was a collector. He said he had about 200 pairs of Kobes. So he was like offloading some of his stuff too. And yeah, just like I said, amazing condition and just like some great pairs. So a salute to him, man. And then, yeah, shout out to the homie, Kali, man.

Thank you. Yo, we're going to take full advantage, Kali. While you're on vacation, you're going to be on the pod until you go back to work. So, no. Shout out to you, though, Kali. So, like I said, all jokes aside, you know, we definitely just want to spend that time with you because, as I said, with the time difference, we don't get to chop it up very often. So, I just want to take advantage with just having your time. So, appreciate you as always, man.

To the guys. I'm glad to be back. I needed this. I needed this. I felt like shit for the last week and a half. I actually feel good now. Like, being able to talk. I agree with Rich, too. Like, I was like, yo, I haven't been on, and it's not for, like, because of, like, traveling and whatever, and I just wanted to jump on. Even though I was like, yo, are you guys recording? The one time I was available, and then you're like, we had to, like, move it. I was like, no.

Kali, yo, what's good with you? Is that, like, a crisp cut, or, like, would you get a lineup or something? I'm talking about this last year. No, I had a hair transplant.

I know you did get the hair But did you get a line up still I know you got the chance Did you get that line up Because it looks a little too perfect, They fucking shave your head And then they Take big ass needles And stick it in the back of your head And put local anesthesia first And then put a saline solution To swell up the hair And then they use a machine to rip out the hairs, Then they take a blade And first they put anesthesia in the front as well and

take microblades and cut and put the hair in. So, like, that's my hairline now. Oh, okay. We got a good hairline. Got a crisp lineup. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It looks a little very perfect, man. I knew something looked different, too. I'm looking at Kyle. I'm like, yo, Kyle, look like he fucking just got, like, you know, went to the barber and shit. I totally forgot about the hair transplant thing. Yeah, I make LeBron jealous now.

Y'all hairline's again close to each other. Kali kills me, man. Kills me. No, it was the same thing last week. When he came on, it was like, it looks like he's got a fresh cut. Barbara's lined him up nicely and everything. Looks good, Kali. I don't think I have anything this week specifically. Yeah, I think I got everything I needed last week. Kali, anything for you? Nope. Still can't think of anything.

Alright then. Guys as always you can find us on instagram at in kicks we trust make sure to use the hashtag in kicks we trust for a potential feature and if you are new to this podcast please make sure to subscribe comment give us five stars that way you know when the new podcast drops every monday except for this one which drops on a tuesday but uh and you can find me on instagram at trevsky 63. Juan, where can they find you?

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