universole

sedition

NO! NO! NO!

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llcooljunr

Aye universole, you from NT? I'm nowhere near that 375 pair mark...

universole

used to post on NT till about 2001, just not into the sneaker game like i used to be. still buy stuff that i really like, or if i catch a a holy grail auction. but more and more im thinkin of grabbin all my deadstock stuff and throwing up a huge lot on ebay.

llcooljunr

Yea, I haven't bought any new pairs in awhile either. I'm mostly in the General forum just because of the comedy that they have there. I just started snowboarding, so between all the gear I'm piecing together and the lift tickets, there's not much money left to buy for collecting purposes. The last pair I've prolly bought were the stussy dunks a couple years back, and I haven't bought a pair since.
It's good to run into another NTer outside of NT... I thought that only happened in lines outside of shoe drops, hehe.

PaoloSmythe

those nike look like they are already about 18 years old. i hope any cutting edge technology is on the inside, altho as per usual, the price tag is based upon the 'swoosh' (TM)

they suck cheesy nadgers! it is bad enuff that they absorbed Bauer in the hockey world and now their efforts at global domination are stretching to sideways sliding.

i might go buy some skis

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universole

u know how much they will be?

and yep. they look like they are 26 years old, seeing as they are designed based off histories most beloved sneaker that debuted in 1982 and has made nike close to a billion per year.

PaoloSmythe

not being a trainer (for US speakers a sneaker) aficionado, my point of view of these 'new' nike boots was in comparison to snowboard boots of almost 20 years ago.

if this is progression, then clearly they wish to exploit those who suffer 'style over substance'. personally when looking to descend an icy steep at 4500 meters above sea level, i would prefer something functional rather than retrospectively sentimental.

hey, that's just me.... but perhaps such 'bling' should be constrained to less hazardous terrain such as b-ball courts?

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universole

well we can only hope, like you said that the technology is on the inside. i have a bit of faith, people can say what they want about nike being big business and scraping the bones for the almighty dollar but its hard to argue that they KNOW sports. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

PaoloSmythe

know 'sports' or cut throat manufacturing, coupled with ruthless target marketing?

i have seen enuff, to render my opinion of them to be comprehensively abhorrent.

but that's just me.

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