The Play of 'SneakerPlay'
I'm all about 'SneakerPlay' these days...
What's up with 'SneakerPlay', you ask?
Well, it's a social networking site for sneaker enthusiasts. There are over 10,000 members, and they're all very active. The cool thing is that you have to be invited to the site, which the members are very protective with their invites.
Goes to show you that social networking is shifting into niches much like the same way everything else is going these days. When you think about it, who the hell wants to hang out in the mainstream of MySpace, Friendster, and YouTube any way with all of the other options that are emerging by the week.
I added my Air Rifts from '95 as my first profile 'battle' pic. I'll let you know how the Rifts are rated and how they'll perform in the network...This site is very cool.
As for the Air Rift, here's the scoop on why I think they were a bad-ass shoe that is mad underrated.
First off, they're great for summer runs. Second, they're named after the Rift Valley in Kenya. At the time, the Kenyas were developing dominating runners who would run in packs that mystified the running world. Everyone was trying to dream up any concept that they could conceive of in order to stay competitive with the Kenyans, and this shoe is to resemble barefoot running.
Yes, the Nike Free is the sequel to this concept.
When the Rifts came out, people were terrified of them. My feeling is that the split toe design was too innovative for cats. Yet, that design is what made them dope.
The shoes also came with socks. I still have a couple of pairs laying around. The problem is that they were way too thin.
By '96, Madonna, porn stars, and other cornballs got a hold of them, and they lost the swagger in a almost aqua-sock way.
These are the originals. I picked them up from NikeTown Chicago on their release date back in '95. Rocked them after the Chicago Marathon. I knew they were dope when I ran into a couple of Kenyan runners and serious marathon runners in them during their post-race runs.
Any thing to gain an advantage or a new secret...I like that about footwear. Those are the guys that shoes are made for.
Bangin' shoe...Bangin' site.
Innovation...Catch 'em if you can,
IronDog
AirRift
Nike
Rift
NikeRunning
SneakerPlay
What's up with 'SneakerPlay', you ask?
Well, it's a social networking site for sneaker enthusiasts. There are over 10,000 members, and they're all very active. The cool thing is that you have to be invited to the site, which the members are very protective with their invites.
Goes to show you that social networking is shifting into niches much like the same way everything else is going these days. When you think about it, who the hell wants to hang out in the mainstream of MySpace, Friendster, and YouTube any way with all of the other options that are emerging by the week.
I added my Air Rifts from '95 as my first profile 'battle' pic. I'll let you know how the Rifts are rated and how they'll perform in the network...This site is very cool.
As for the Air Rift, here's the scoop on why I think they were a bad-ass shoe that is mad underrated.
First off, they're great for summer runs. Second, they're named after the Rift Valley in Kenya. At the time, the Kenyas were developing dominating runners who would run in packs that mystified the running world. Everyone was trying to dream up any concept that they could conceive of in order to stay competitive with the Kenyans, and this shoe is to resemble barefoot running.
Yes, the Nike Free is the sequel to this concept.
When the Rifts came out, people were terrified of them. My feeling is that the split toe design was too innovative for cats. Yet, that design is what made them dope.
The shoes also came with socks. I still have a couple of pairs laying around. The problem is that they were way too thin.
By '96, Madonna, porn stars, and other cornballs got a hold of them, and they lost the swagger in a almost aqua-sock way.
These are the originals. I picked them up from NikeTown Chicago on their release date back in '95. Rocked them after the Chicago Marathon. I knew they were dope when I ran into a couple of Kenyan runners and serious marathon runners in them during their post-race runs.
Any thing to gain an advantage or a new secret...I like that about footwear. Those are the guys that shoes are made for.
Bangin' shoe...Bangin' site.
Innovation...Catch 'em if you can,
IronDog
AirRift
Nike
Rift
NikeRunning
SneakerPlay
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