“Sorry, sir, but these Olympic 6s have some serious glue problems.” There’s also this little stain (top left) just above the glue stains that I’ve never seen on any other shoe before. This pair was in that big batch of Jordans in (moldy) storage for a few years. Don’t forget, people, wear your Jordans…or…if you’re […]

Back in 2014 or so, I came up with this idea about sneaker grading and preservation. I started looking at the ‘collection’ posts on Niketalk and found some of the most fascinating shoes belonged to this guy… @joerdan23tn_kooth . I sent him a DM, we swapped numbers and had a multi-hour discussion about sneaker preservation and grading. […]

Not even 30 minutes after I posted that caption about the @travisscott#jordan4s , two well know sneaker accounts posted pics of these quality control nightmares. Even with professional photography and photo retouching, the glue stains on these are really bad. Once again – how much extra would you pay for a pair with zero glue stains? Is […]

I love Air Magmas. The first time I ever put snow chains on a 2wd vehicle I was wearing Air Magmas. That is all. I love Air Magmas. The first time I ever put snow chains on a 2wd vehicle I was wearing Air Magmas. That is all. I love Air Magmas. The first time […]

Now back the the grading. KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE ALL DEADSTOCK PAIRS!!! This past summer – I saw probably 30 pairs of Travis Scott Jordan 4s and each and every single pair I saw had horrible quality control and a number of significant flaws. Each and every single pair had extremely bad glue stains, […]

If you aren’t following @deadstockreport yet I’d suggest you stop what you’re doing and get your ass over there ASAP. It’s basically ‘The Onion’ for sneakers. These make me chuckle… 😂

1997-1998, I was a senior in High School. Up until that point, the only high school athletic team I made was the Golf team. Seriously. I played a lot of basketball after school with my friends but we never really played on the school team. The final summer before my senior year, 3 friends and […]

It might be time for a bit of fun. Any time you see the Nintendo looking pictures that I post, know that I’m linking you to some of my favorite IG content. This one here is @monsieursaturday and it’s some of the dopest sneaker art I’ve come across on the ‘gram. If you’re looking for an interesting […]

Anyone out there own these? How’s the sizing? When I first saw these @adidas x Rick Owens runners I thought ‘hmmm, now those are kinda extra’. And then I heard about this dude @rickowensonline through some @asaprocky kinda thing maybe a song or an interview and realized Rick Owens also did the #peniswindow thing (google it…or…not). They’ve been out for almost 5 years […]

What was the first thing YOU started collecting? When I was a kid, I didn’t really watch baseball before I started collecting baseball cards. I grew up in a house that didn’t have cable TV so collecting became a pretty big form of entertainment for me. I started collecting baseball cards because my cousins (huge […]