8th grade, language arts, 1995.
This one white kid had those and I would pay more attention to those than the instructor.
Those were some beautiful kicks man. I don't feel that way about them now because i very very seldom wear predominately white shoes (off rip, i can name of maybe a few, that being the olympic and hare 7's, fire red 5, pearl pro's, atlantic 2's, maybe a couple more... that's it).
1995 was a pinnacle year for nike. Gawt damn, whatever they were doing in Beaverton that year, mothafukkas must have sold their souls/soles to the devil because the designs being churned out that year were the equivalent of human artistry during the period of renaissance. If you're in this thread, i don't have to state examples. But they were bold, rambunctious, creative (in an otherworldly sense, no other sneaker companies were comparable to what swoosh brand was kicking to the forefront, Kemps Kamikazes were the closest), sneaker compositions that would be future icons.
Any who, i have the Max Penny 1 aways from the 2011 release and those, while sheer tanks, sizing was stupid (you were Michael Phelps in 'em) and the 3M piping was absent. Hopefully those two issues are resolved this 'go round.
One of me most beautifully designed shoes of all time. Right up there with the Zoom Flight 95, Air Max 95, Griffey Max 1, Jordan 11, Uptempo Max, CB34 (godzillas), Air Max Sensations... coincidentally kicks that came out that school year (and I went to school in Seattle in a very diverse campus; back then they used to charter inner city kids to affluent areas, i.e. my bus from south seattle to affluent areas for the purpose of instilling inclusion and diversity; they don't do that any more. lol). So we'd always see rich kids with heat the first day they released. Shoe released, guarantee somebody was wearing it the next day (or at least the next week after the weekend).
Funny when you drive past schools on the way home and seeing kids now rocking the same exact kicks we were over 20 years ago.
*sheds tear while reminiscing*
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@ act fast.
