To past the time and maintain some fitness, I’ve been running with the kids. Shorter distances with some walking but several times a week. So far, wearing the Nike Infinity Reacts I cannot complain. No pain even though more (but shorter) outings.
Passing the Rona times watching The Last Dance featuring Michael Jordan and his Air Jordan 5 Fire Red.
Following the passive aggressive flex comes the sheepish flex. So today at work while closing out an issue with a coworker, the Angry Asian Girl walked by trying not to be noticed. Why? Because she was rocking these today!
These being the Nike Air Force 1 07 Limited Edition that’s decorated with Japanese cherry blossoms on the tongue, heel tab, and the insole. If you’re keeping score, that’s two days, two shoes, two flexes.
How’s this for a passive aggressive flex? At work yesterday, I was talking to a coworker when the Angry Asian Girl rounds the corner. After a few short pleasantries, she non-chalantly complains that her shoes are not comfortable. So of course, I look down to her shoes and BLAM! I was blinded by the Diamonds.
The Angry Asian Girl was blinged out with the re-released Nike Diamond Dunks and even had mismatched laces for full effect. And I’ll take her word that the shoes are not that comfortable because that passive aggressie flex was smooth.
Although not yet the Ides of March, I have been betrayed disappointed by yet another Footsite. Historically, any purchase of in-demand sneakers from Footaction online led to cancelled orders. Last month, it was the same with Champs Sports, failing to deliver a Yeezy 350 Yeshaya colorway.
But this week, the mighty Foot Locker didn’t come through with an order of the Air Jordan 1 UNC to Chicago. I managed to get my size (US10 Men or 11.5 Women) and got a confirmation email. Cool.
Then a few days later the downfall began with this email. From my past experience, this delay is how Footaction cancellations started. Not a good sign.
Not hearing anything for the next few days was somewhat promising (I think) so I checked my online order and saw that the shoe had a status of “SHIP FROM STORE.” That was definitely a red flag since all cancelled Footaction orders had the same status. You see, the Footsites ordering system is flawed for Hawaii (and Alaska I take it). Their system will allow consumers to buy products including in-demand sneakers. However, as inventory in their shared main warehouse is depleted, the orders are farmed out to a secondary warehouse or retail stores to fulfill using their stock. Now here’s the flaw. These other locations cannot ship to Hawaii (for whatever reason). So while the shoe may be availalbe, they simply cannot ship it to the Aloha State. And if they try to reroute order fulfillment back to the main warehouse, odds are the hyped shoe will be out of stock.
This morning Brutus (aka Foot Locker Customer Care) delievered the lethal strike:
Thank you for your recent order. We regret to inform you we were unable to fulfill some or all items from your recent order number ####### due to lack of product availability.
So Footaction, Champs Sports, and now Foot Locker betrayed me with confirmed then cancelled orders, seemingly because I’m in Hawaii and their ordering system cannot accommodate this location.
The 2019-2020 NBA All Star Week is now officially over and what a week of sneaker releases it was… if you were in Chicago. Since I wasn’t, I have to watch YouTube videos to live vicariously through Seth and Tom as they pick up their pairs and preview the new Yeezy Quantum shoes.
Here is Seth’s review.
What can I say but I was jealous of Chicago this past week. Sure, the weather was frigid, the snow was falling, and the crowds were crowding, but the wealth of sneakers, streetwear, and culture was over the top for Chitown. Take a look…
My latest YouTube guilty pleasure, strike that, no guilt, all pleasure is Unbreakable Kicks. I’m not sure how I found him, must be a YT recommendation, but it’s been a great find of new content with an easy and fun delivery. And let’s not forget the Unbreakable Vault with all them Air Jordans. Crazy.
Break likes to share his scoops and rumors with his viewers, not hoarding any valuable intel. Though not necessarily the most accurate, he does have good sources. Anyways, be part of the Unbreakable Army and like and hit that subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/ujWf2qXUjcY
While I’m not a fan of all black aka “triple black” shoes, I succumbed and bought a pair of Yeezy 350 Black (non-reflective). I like the look especially the hits of red on the heel pull tab. But then I saw that the Air Jordan 4 Black Cats were making a re-appearance, and the morning after I watched this episode of Unbreakable Kicks, there was an exclusive access offered via the SNKRS app. So out went the Yeezys, and in came the Black Cats.
And Nightwing of WearTesters approves as well.
My first post of 2020 is one of bad news. Nike has a new policy where retailers are no longer allowed to ship Nike products, namely shoes, internationally. These retailers must keep their products local. So you can no longer get Nikes from stores like FootPatrol who does offer world wide shipping.
What gift do you get your kicks-lovin’ dad you ask? How about some jeans? Too boring? Then how about epic jeans?
Still not enough? Well, if your dad cooks the kicks and cops the heat then he must have shoes to flex. So of course, the jeans need to represent the ‘fit, and Hollister has just the right jeans to gift – the Epic Flex Dad Jean. I kid you not.
With these, your dad can definitely flex the Kyrie 6 Unite the World. But to up the epic-ness, these jeans would pair better with the Travis Scott Air Force 1 releasing on November 16, 2019. On that morning, you gotta hope you see one of these on your SNKRS app.
Then those Epic Flex jeans would live up to its name.
Nike, the company, is simply masterful. They keep you on your toes, and when you think you got it figured out, Nike throws you off-balance once again. But it’s so fun!
Today, November 11, 2019, is yet another example of Nike’s mastery. Sure the Clot Air Force 1 dropped as announced, and Nikeplus Member Day kicked off. But also marking Veterans Day in the US and Singles’ Day in China and Pepero Day in South Korea, you might have guessed that Nike would have another surprise coming for the wary consumers. Could it be the launch of the Clot clothing line?
Nope, it was more obvoius than that, and Nike had told us one week ago with Nike News announcing the Kyrie 6 Preheat collection based on Kyrie’s connection to the number 11. So at 2pm HST (not 11 o’clock in any US timezone), it shouldn’t have been too surprising when the Kyrie 6 Unite the World shock dropped.
Scrambling to launch the SNKRS app after getting a notification, you may have sworn off Nike for this unexpected but expected surprise. Then became giddy when you saw the infamous Got’em screen.
But really, we all know what’s going on. While you may have “got’em” this time, Nike got you all the way.