Pretty sure the only person I know who would know anything about this shoe (other than me – @thesneakersavant ) would be the homie @nickengvall . ⁣
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This is the original @etniesskateboarding#cyprus . If you google ‘Ernies Cyprus’ now, all you’ll see is their newer model that looks absolutely nothing like the original model and it’s a shame – cuz this shoe was one of my favorites.⁣
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I remember using these for…skateboarding, basketball, hiking, trailrunning, riverwalking and any other thing a 20 year old in California would be using them for. ⁣
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I’m gonna say this shoe came out in 1999 and I owned at least 3 different colorways of it. And I want to say I bought 2 of those 3 pairs at Copelands sports. At the time – owning 3 colorways of any shoe was considered weird. My friends in college used to make fun of me for it. The first pair I bought – a Navy/Yellow pair – I wore them til the soles literally fell off. Like literally fell off. The second pair – some black and whites I’ll post later tomorrow – I wore almost daily for 2-3 years and destroyed them by putting them in a dryer (the soles melted clean off). The last pair I owned – a gray and navy pair – had a slightly bulkier shape and I just couldn’t rock ‘em. My pops cold rocked them for a good 2-3 years before I replaced them for him with some @carhartt x @nike Dunk DBs (which he still owns). ⁣
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The colorway shown in this pic – I never owned it. ⁣
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Being that I’m this grand sneaker influencer right now (I have the emails to prove it! I just have to send them $400/week to prove it!) – @etniesskateboarding please retro the original Cyprus!⁣