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Flightposite I’s are such an interesting pair... although the recent retro is missing a key element (‘THE MEDIAL FLAP’ s/o to @niketalk_com for the naming conventions), they still killed it with a han

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One of the original P-Rod dunks...the ‘’Mexicos’... recently graded. On first glance they look perfect but the devil is really in the details...take a look at the paint lines around the midsole. #Th

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For the record - I like 31’s...I do...I really do. But I also really feel like they blew it with the sole. The Westbrook 31’s - the ones with the 29/30 sole - are the most fire 31’s out there. I reall

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One thing I’ll never understand is how brand new dunks (AJ1’s, and sometimes AF1’s) come with pre-dirtied midsoles...and I’m not totally sure how to clean them. Shoes that have a white sock liner and

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Damn near perfect pair of DMP VI’s - only really flaw I found was some tarnishing on the gold strip of the heel pulls. What should I grade them at?

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Damn near perfect pair of DMP VI’s - only really flaw I found was some tarnishing on the gold strip of the heel pulls. What should I grade them at?

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A surprisingly clean pair of Foamposite XX’s... Nearly every pair of Foams I’ve ever graded has some real serious glue stains around the carbon fiber plate, the sole, and the upper, but this pair rea

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Black pigeons. I love this shoe. When I opened the box for these I was pretty excited just to hold them. I think, if I owned them, I probably wouldn’t wear them (I really don’t rock dunks all that oft

PE
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Grading these was kind of disappointing. I’m not really much into new shoes and boxes but opening the beautiful box and tissue paper on these left me a bit...confused. They look super plush and luxu

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Well, shit, man. $1.8m for some Yeezy 1 samples...Who in their right mind could have predicted this? I suppose I can understand OG Player Exclusive, Game-Worn Jordans selling for half a million, but...my god. If it makes you feel any better, it wasn’t a single buyer - it was a ‘sneaker investing platform’ called ‘Rares’. It looks like their goal was to spend as much money as possible on a pair of shoes so that they could get all kinds of free marketing and publicity to go along wit

OG
PE
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Yeezy

Well, shit, man. $1.8m for some Yeezy 1 samples...Who in their right mind could have predicted this?

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Well, shit, man. $1.8m for some Yeezy 1 samples...Who in their right mind could have predicted this?

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Early in the pandemic, this guy @dirugo1 hit me in the DMs from a thrift store in Colombia asking me to help him sort through some samples he stumbled upon...he sent me pic after pic of Nike samples h

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Looks like I finally found a pair of Nike ACG’s that have been holding up well to the elements. The fam and I recently moved from Oakland up to Sacramento and I’ve been trying to get the kids outside as much as possible. We’ve been doing all kinds of hiking and exploring and adventuring...and...on most days...I just look at the map on my phone and find a green area and hit the ‘directions’ button and we’re on our way. The other day we hit an area of the river that had a ton

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Looks like I finally found a pair of Nike ACG’s that have been holding up well to the elements.

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Looks like I finally found a pair of Nike ACG’s that have been holding up well to the elements.

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Thanks to @overhypedkicks for the hookup on these VC BB4’s - by far my favorite court shoe of all time.

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Thanks to @overhypedkicks for the hookup on these VC BB4’s - by far my favorite court shoe of all time. I mean...I have no business being on a basketball court these days (I’m slightly more washed tha

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Air Max 2090 Inverted Duck Camo? Got on super duper sale from @livestockcanada on Black Friday. Super comfortable and only a couple of really minor flaws surrounding the bubbles - see glue s

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Air Max 2090 Inverted Duck Camo? Got on super duper sale from @livestockcanada on Black Friday.

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Copped these Trainer III ‘USA’ on super steal the other day and gotta say they did a pretty good job with quality control on these…I bet the majority of these would grade high. Swipe to see what I see. There’s really only really two types of minor flaws on this pair, one of which is super common (and entirely expected) whenever I see a plastic cage component...Surprisingly, the glue stains aren’t really bad around the cage. It’s the tooling. Second flaw...I call it ‘negligent paint’. I

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Copped these Trainer III ‘USA’ on super steal the other day and gotta say they did a pretty good job with quality control on these…I bet the majority of these would grade high.

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Copped these Trainer III ‘USA’ on super steal the other day and gotta say they did a pretty good job with quality control on these…I bet the majority of these would grade high.

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I know I’m like super late with this...but these are beautiful.

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I know I’m like super late with this...but these are beautiful. Super fancy. Reminds me of the ZX Flux ‘Mythology’ from a few years back. It says they’re ‘porcelain shoes’ but it’s pretty obvious they

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So...check it...these are some of the things I find when grading shoes…

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So...check it...these are some of the things I find when grading shoes… I got my hands on this pair for a bit below retail (retail was like 140 GBP so around $190 USD), and was actually quite di

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Some of y’all probably not old enough to remember when Kanye left Nike, but most of us were waiting on pins and needles for his first Adidas release.

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Some of y’all probably not old enough to remember when Kanye left Nike, but most of us were waiting on pins and needles for his first Adidas release.

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