Looking at the photos from the first NY Sneaker Convention make me laugh. A lot. Maybe it’s because of the looks on these people’s faces
Looking at the photos from the first NY Sneaker Convention make me laugh. A lot. Maybe it’s because of the looks on these people’s faces. They are there to seriously buy expensive limited edition sneakers. I love picturing them store all these “UNTOUCHABLE” Nikes (which seem to be the only brand available here) all stacked up in their bedrooms instead of furniture. I’ve never gotten the appeal of Nike and I can thank being a crust punk from a young age and constantly hearing about all the shitty stuff Nike was (is?) into, business-wise. Plus I think brandishing everyone who wears their shoes with that fucking swoosh on the side is just tacky. Anyway, I’ve never been to a sneaker convention (they actually call it a “Sneaker Con,” to maybe make it sound less nerdy and Star Trek-like) and so I didn’t really know what to expect.
Look how excited they are! First in line! Yesssssss!
The whole thing seems to be made up of white boys. The two on the right here are the co-founders.
Hmmm.
I saw four girls. Here’s two of them who I guess are the co-founders girlfriends so it makes sense why they’re there.
Those faces!
No touching!!!!!!
MUST.BUY.SNEAKERS!!!
Plastic wrapped is apparently THEE only way to go.
I never wanna hear anyone talking shit about women spending a lot of money on shoes, these fucking guys have us beat by millions and they all meet up to show them off.
Luckily there were plenty of people shooting video and there’s this gem of a dude (who apparently has the biggest collection of Air Force 1′s EVER, which is totally something to brag about) dropping $700 on an orange pair of shoes.
Oh yeah and I was wrong, it’s not just Nikes being sold at this little convention. You can also score one of these lovely Polo Bear sweaters. Because once you’ve spent a couple grand on sneakers, you need to match them up with a POLO BEAR SWEATER. That is, if you haven’t got one already.
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Jen
Gnarlitude.com
$700!!??!??!?
Do you know how many drugs that is!!!???!?!?
also, fffffffffffirst
Shit!!! I missed the Sausage Fest? Looks like there was plenty of corn to go around…
Nice to see some Jen on the streeetttccarrnnaaggee
Typical hipster. They think they are WAY ABOVE anything they’re not into.
First pic… the winner with the bright red hair and cool Jets jersey. Think thats graffiti “artist” Stash. That jolly fellow (read: fat asshole), couldn’t keep his sneaker store open, so he has to peddle his wares to prepubescent boys doing the convention circuit. Tough times.
before they made all these retro sneakers it was cool to have a used pair of jordans 3s off ebay, even if they were kinda gross. Gross is better than gay. gay is the new arab
Whoops, am I still on the aNYthing glob?
Anyone who describes themself as a “Crust Punk” has no business giving others shit (as easy targets they may be)
Grow the fuck up
gay
I’m now imagining what it might be like to attempt anything like a conversation with these people.
This post fucking sucks.
how bad was the BO?
“I can thank being a crust punk”
That’s priceless. But hey, just let the pictures do the talking, yah fucking nightmare.
Crust Punk? You? I’m calling bullshit. Go away Jen.
you know why you think this is lame? because outside of your little max fish bubble, collecting shoes is for lame dorks.
SWISH CHALET
Definitely Sucks!
But… Umm… people who hang out at the Fish really don’t care about limited edition sneakers. Maybe limited edition Whiskey, or Poon Tang (not really limited at the Fish). So Mass Appeal Magazine, your last comment is as irrelevant as you are. Hazzah!
show don’t tell.
“I can thank being a crust punk from a young age”
AFTER ALL THE TIMES YOU CREAM YOUR PANTS OVER FASHION? I DOUBT THAT BITCH PLEASE.
why is “mass appeal” getting all self righteous? like you are above hanging out at max fish. i’m so sure.
Why are they so serious? They’re making hard faces while wearing t-shirts with silly slogans and holding leopard print sneakers. And people call us wrestling fans stupid?
“I’ve never gotten the appeal of Nike and I can thank being a crust punk from a young age and constantly hearing about all the shitty stuff Nike was (is?) into, business-wise. Plus I think brandishing everyone who wears their shoes with that fucking swoosh on the side is just tacky.”
Better throw out your Converses Jen, guess who’s owned Converse for the past 6 years? Also, how is having a Nike swoosh on the side of your shoe anymore tacky than having a Converse logo slapped on the side?
What’s funny to me is that most of these people don’t look like they’ve ever engaged in the activity that sneakers were originally intended for…exercise.
Robocock – Close… but that’s not Stash…
http://www.individualsole.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/sf5.jpg
Let’s not go round bad-mouthing people we can’t even pick out of a line-up…
@Beef
smart mark?
people are into whatever theyre into. its all good.
Don’t own any Yikeees,
but the only pair of Nikes that i want is the DAVID LYNCH edition ones…
http://magyar.mashkulture.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/nike_sb_dunk_hi_twin_peaks_01.jpg
NERD STEEZ
(they actually call it a “Sneaker Con,” to maybe make it sound less nerdy and Star Trek-like)
thats what they call all the conventions, especially the nerdy ones, comic con, anime cons, agamemcon, i con, a con, etc etc
# Dave Meltzer Says:
03.03.09 at 5:08 pm
“@Beef
smart mark?”
Absolutely. I’m a wrestling nerd.
awesomely funny – i fucking hate RECON and all that shit.
Jen you’re cool.
P.S. graphic design junkies. It’s just as dumb as being into spectator sports. So yeah. Great coverage, lets try and find more to celebrate than to shit on hmmm…
P.P.S. You should have sold the ugly-ass Street Carnage tee shirts here. You would’ve made a killing!
If there was any real justice people that make fun of nerds on the internet should be banned for life
From the looks of the pictures there were plenty of non white people there…
Aesthetic crust punk is not crust punk.
Jesus, Vegan Jules you’re a fucking cartoon character. I hope you’re beaten with your own synthetic boots.
Baggy jeans cover them up anyway
spend $200 at a store that caters to runners and you’ll find out what shit these kinds of shoes are. and you’ll be marginally classier than these Berts. and you’ll get laid.
correction jen: white AND asian boys. Nerds today are the worst; Why the tough-guy act? You spend all your time and money collecting the SAME shoe in different colors and playing video games (or listening to shitty music like Dragonforce). Why can’t anybody cut through the “urban” bullshit and see that these guys are this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmOnNC6GtyM in disguise, but probably get laid less.
lol
@Dave Meltzer. I used to listen to that guys show.
I love making fun of sneakerfags.
Paying out the ass for any over items is ghey.
300$ nikes or 300$ Band of outsiders boat shoe, shits homoriffic
correction: instead of the youtube link I should have just said comic book guy from the simpsons
$300 nike sneakers or $115 obesity & speed screen printed wife beater?
ahhh the bravery that young men have today….
god i need a burger.
Jen is the biggest poser on earth.
Jen, I’m still waiting to see your tits?
When?
also note that these dudes will probably never wear the shoes they buy
Why pay a trillion dollars for sneakers niggas dont even put on they feet? I don’t understand this phenomenon. Also, asians are the WOOOORST when it comes to the “im a tough guy in 500 dollar jeans and crooks&castles” shit. Chigga you’re at a fucking sneakerjam with a ton of white people. You are NOT in the Bronx bookings asshole. Fuck.
hey, “gay post” above: you call this something a “typical hipster” would write because she’s just not into it? wait, are you in one of the above pictures? are you the sad, pimply faced kid who just moved 1,000 lawns to buy some air force ones instead of reading, or chasing girls, or buying a car, or feeding your children, or eating food, or getting much needed dental work?
what about the dudes who drop serious money on shit like these shoes (i mean mainly the same retards idiots who dress in loony tunes apparel despite the fact that they’re 35 years old) and yet still can’t make child support payments to the chick they knocked up at 15? maybe if they’re really extra special, they’ll take junior out for a weekend dad event and they’ll both go to sneaker con and, like a caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly, the cycle continues and yet another greasy shithead is born into the world.
is it “typical hipster” to feel weird about people spending $700 on a pair of shoes they’ll never wear? at least when the UES cunts by $700 shoes, they’ll go out and get fucked by an out of work stock broker while wearing them.
good times. nice post, jen.
i meant to write “mowed 1,000 lawns.” sorry.
God I love sneakers they’re so awesome let me be a child forever.
lol at people writing books responding to this shit seriously
im feeling a young john krasinski fourth from top, right
Its okay if you meant mowed because moved 1,000 lawns works too. If you’ve got to the point where you’ve mowed lawns, you’re moving them. Like seriously shifting units.
This was better than than biker bullshit, at least. “Crust punk.” (laughs)
This is ignorant.