a geek, a photographer, a sneakerhead, and an eater

I don’t see the news out there about these say anything about it landing in the United States side. I have yet to see it here since Complex Magazine talked about it. According to Complex, they are coming here (not sure about the teal ones though).? Only Europe and the UK has gotten it so far.

With that said… they are readily available for pickup at Overkill Berlin (pictures are a courtesy of them) and Size?

Need these… c’mon Nike!? Stop Laggin’! Let’s go!? Port it over to the US NOW!

Thanks to Gooey for these…. check out his ebay listings… you can buy them still…

For the last time, these are NOT mesa’s, they are sunbursts! Lets get it right people!

And thanks to wifey for these… muah!

Went a bit overboard with them Air Max’s over the weekend… to enjoy the weather at that.

Love THEM!

Go check out sneaker.st now. A friend’s ebay store is linked to that little blog. Feed your sneaker needs there too as well as here of course. ;-)

These have been sitting on my ebay listing way too long. GO BUY THEM, for those of you that may have come to my blog via search engine results and niketalk. ;-)

Check it out at my ebay store along with other sneakers for sale too!

So I just realized today that the Air Max 90 Mesa’s that people are “nicknaming” of the latest JD Max 90s, is actually not Mesa’s. It actually should be Sunbursts.Check the following pictures:OGsMesa’s from 2002Pic Courtesy of Raps and Sneakz.The Swoosh are actually neon red, not orange-ish.Just an FYI. :D

So I rocked some ID’s for the day of work today. Somebody said that it reminded them of Boy Scouts, so I ended up nicknaming them the Boy Scouts myself. And, yes, they are armed with white Mesh! :D

I wish I did more IDs when they were at $90 and Max 90s at $95. Lots of great colorways were available. *Hitting myself against the wall*DAMN IT!

So over the weekend, JD Sports UK comes up with another release of the Original Colorways of Nike Air Max 90. The shoe was suspected to be released in June, but caught the sneaker community by surprise on Friday. The “Mesas” or the “SunBursts” – whatever you wanna call them looks like this, courtesy of sneakernews.com:Thanks to my Dutch contingency for the heads up. :-)And thanks to the UK contingency for ordering them for me. :-)To put things in perspective, JD also recently released another original colorway, the “limes” or the “spruces”:At this rate, its got two more colorways to go, the corals and the infrareds (being that JD has never released the infrareds as their own collaboration with Nike). Lots of money to be spent on these JD exclusives! Stupid ass American Dollars!*Update* Here is the Original Five:

So we went over to a park near my friend’s house and sat out for a couple of hours on Sunday and set up a picnic around 4 ish. It was good fun, shot some hoops. :-) For those of you who don’t know, I don’t have a hoop gene in me, I really suck… but this time I actually got some shots in! :-) Was quite proud of myself. :-)

Anyways, it was fun, tri-tip prep’ed by my friend (da bomb!), and we brought bread and some chips. Some pics…

And happen to UN-Deadstock some Huarache’s thinking that the picnic wasn’t gonna happen, cuz it was a bit cold, but what a way to break them out, grass + hoop. :-)

Finally busted these out… after long hesitation. Really don’t know why I should… :-) It probably won’t fall apart or crack like Nike’s newer releases… BS…

Anyways, onto the shoes…

Picture taken infront of my house, pretty cool contrast with that “no parking” sign drawn on the ground.

Taken with the 50mm, decided to try it out at home on the kitchen floor. :-)

Turned out great!

So just last week, I have gotten into a bit of an issue via Ebay. Let me explain, the buyer was too dumbfounded to go pick up his package at the French Post Office, so the package got returned to me. It was the Air Max 95 Grape Retros – which consequently got re-listed, and the buyer has been refunded.

Now the etiquette for this kinda situation is that, if the buyer were to want the shoe re-sent – buyer has to pay for the shipping. This buyer, however, did not understand that fact, I had to explain it to him that this is how things work.

The other option is now then to refund the buyer. And in the case of that option, the buyer will only get the money for the shoe’s original price back, excluding the shipping charges. This was the option chosen by the buyer, and the end result is… Air Max 95 Grape Retros.

Remember – filing a mutual agreement dispute will get your final value fee back (the charge thats incurred by Ebay at the end of an auction based on the price you sold).

Fascinating, ain’t it?

*Update*? The dude has since signed off on the mutual agreement, and I got the final value fee back AND they have been sold, funny how it goes after a day of relisting.

A recent pickup.? This release actually proved to be one of Nike’s better workmanship.? I have seen the side-by-side comparison of this retro with the original shoes – and I must say, I am impressed.? Things were consistent, materials are about 98% overlapped!? Good Job Nike!

Now we just need that shirt…

Nike.com actually released a jacket thats matching the shoe… check it out.

Surfing the channels on the tube the other day… came upon this new show on MTV called Rock the Cradle… and what do I see…

Check the full video clip here.

Its MC Hammer rockin’ them OG Nike Air Max lights, these…

So, as of lates, the trend in the shoe game seem to have caught onto with the runner side of the Nike sneakers. I personally have experienced in the past two years alone. It was the dunks and the dunk SBs when I first invested my time in this game – it has since gradually moved toward the Air Max’s (which I have always been a fan of)- whether its the max 90s, max 1s, or the structures, for example. Its all grown out of proportions and its now in its full swing. Nike Max 90′s going into almost near the 3 Large’s is unheard of till now.

And with the US economy on the verge of recession along with the deep drop in the exchange rate of the US Dollar, it makes it even worst. Buying from UK and Europe is a nightmare from the State side – talking about like $200 shipped from the UK, for example for a pair of OG colorway Air Max 90s.

It’s a crazy habit, game, hobby, whatever you want to call it now… *sigh… and yet… I can’t stop buying. What is wrong with me?? And get out of my runners world!