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Andy's Big Apple Trip with AD Sneaks
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This week Andy's back on the podcast, we talk about bringing his son to New York. What it has been like to witness the big apple as a tourist and not through sneaker stuff. Landing and heading straight to the Nike Toma event. We also talk about experiencing imposter syndrome working through down moments. How 3D printed sneakers just aren't my cup of tea and much more!
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Transcript
Personal Sneaker Preferences
00:00:00
Speaker
I'm not a big fan of 3D printed sneakers. I like, you know, I do like the Adidas. Climacool. Yeah, the Climacool. But I also feel like that's like a different version of it. like Right. You get the laces on it. Like, sure. But like, I'm not a big fan of the nine thousands, the Air Max nine thousands. I mean, I know you. Ninety five thousand. nine whatever Ninety five thousand. Ninety five thousand. Whatever. Ninety five thousand. Whatever. So much you don't know the name. Yeah, exactly. ah i find it I find it funny that they're like, yeah, we'll print them print them out, but then you got to send them to get the zoom in. But I'm like, all right, cool. You got to figure out a way. The tech's cool for sure. like i think it's cool like from like ah like, we'll scan your foot and then print something to fit your foot.
00:00:42
Speaker
But I feel like as an entire shoe, it's kind of hard, at least even for me personally, getting your foot in there with a sock on is kind of hard. And so I think like. And it doesn't even fit. Like you said, it doesn't even work with no socks. It does. It's just your feet get super sweaty. Yeah. Right. I mean, but that means it doesn't work because it's not breathing. But I mean, I feel like this is like you got to go through these steps to get to where we want it. Yeah. But we don't need to be the guinea. Like I shouldn't be paying to be a guinea pig. You know what
Podcast Introduction
00:01:11
Speaker
I'm saying? I mean, but people are. So it's working. So
00:01:18
Speaker
what's good, everyone? Welcome back to my first kicks, the podcast where I use sneakers as a through line to get to know my guest.
00:01:26
Speaker
But unfortunately in this this version of this podcast, my guest has been on the podcast for four previous times. We're going to go with four. We're going to four. We were trying to count beforehand. Yeah. yeah Welcome back to the podcast. Thank you. But this is my first time here. Yes. In my studio. person so Yeah. You're in New York. Yeah. know You brought brought the young AD to check out the city. Yes, sir Yeah. Little man. Little man's over there sitting on the couch.
00:01:52
Speaker
Brain on YouTube. But, you know, we're here. Yeah, man. appreciate you pulling up. You know, this is a last minute addition to your trip, you know, and you definitely didn't have plans to be on the podcast. Definitely didn't at all. No, not at all. But I mean, it worked out.
00:02:09
Speaker
it was meant to It was meant to happen. It was meant to be. it's meant to happen. Come out to New York and it's just like, you know, stars a align. Everything works out. so No, yeah. I mean, you pulled up here. You know, we met. We definitely got to talk about the first the first day. Like, you know, what was really dope about meeting up at the Nike Toma event? Like, yeah,
Nike Toma Event Discussion
00:02:26
Speaker
that was really dope just to to kind of, you know, experience that. But for people who are not familiar with the Nike Toma event, ah recently, you know, there's like, a for the listeners, there's, i don't know, what do you call it? Indoor soccer?
00:02:39
Speaker
Yeah, i would say it's indoor soccer. yeah I mean, it's outdoor, but it's yeah it's indoor soccer. And ah Nike threw a ah three-day event. It was like 25th, 6th, and 7th. You would know more than that. I'm trying to think, too. and ah And it was basically like, you know, i was talking to a couple of Nike people there, and they were like, hey, they're trying to really make this...
00:03:03
Speaker
indoor soccer experience like a thing and like a league and like actually put money behind it to make it a thing. And so they brought it to Brian Park during World Cup because everybody's talking about soccer or football. Shout out to the Brazilians that listen to this, which is like three. But shout out to my peoples. um And they're trying
New York Trip and Parenting
00:03:21
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to get the biggest thing. And I always bring it back to Freddie Adu. But it's like soccer football is not a like it's not a U.S. sport, but it's growing. Yeah. Yeah.
00:03:32
Speaker
I mean, i thought that was cool because like, so that was what? When when was that? Thursday? Thursday. Thursday. Yeah. so we got off the plane, landed. No, Friday. Yes, it was Friday. Yeah, we got we got off the plane, landed, got to the hotel, linked up there immediately. That was the first time I've ever seen like that. I know they, did they do it at ComplexCon?
00:03:52
Speaker
They did like a indoor with the Cactus Jack thing. Yeah, yeah. remember you you were there You weren't there that year though. No, I'm talking this last ComplexCon. Didn't they have a little indoor soccer thing there? did they I want to say they did.
00:04:05
Speaker
I thought that was the year before. Because I thought it was. Because wasn't Travis Scott. I wasn't at that one. That's what I'm saying. But I think it was the year before. Because Travis Scott was like hosting it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:04:17
Speaker
But I don't think Daniel Arsham. daniel acham Like, I don't think Nike did ah a soccer thing. Maybe I'm imagining things. I don't know. But anyway, yeah that was like the first time you like watching like the indoor soccer, but the format was cool. um Like watching these kids from all over the country come in and what do they have like a three minute match real quick? Yeah. Winter stays on. And it was pretty fun, man. like It was really cool. Had some cool pop ups out there, which was was cool to see, too. so it's ah It was dope. bo you know Shout out to the homies. Tala de Rafa.
00:04:46
Speaker
like ah My homie Chris Chan's previous guest. African American art.
Sneaker Community Observations
00:04:51
Speaker
and then we ran Spencer Badu. We got introduced with Spencer Badu. We ran into Daniel from Kids of Immigrants. and uh like that was just like crazy coincidence yeah yeah no it was all cool and then i mean we were there we weren't even there for that long but it was still cool to check it out and then uh my son he wanted to come to new york to try new york pizza and then we had pizza we have pizza have pizza yeah look don't hate on me i took him to emily's but you know we we were that was the nearest spot i was gonna be like yo we gotta we're gonna go all the way get on the train and go all the way downtown to to my favorite spot which we got to hit that up one We will. We will. But that that's like the the New York experience of like, it's funny because you know you talk about and in previous episodes too where you talked about how like you don't get to experience this in Utah. And it's like the first day, you land and it's like,
00:05:40
Speaker
Right away, let's go outside. We're outside. Yeah. Like nothing like that ever comes to Utah. So I mean, that's that's the beauty of like coming to New York too, is there's always something going on. And so just being able to like experience that stuff. So I think it was cool. And just to show my son like that kind of thing, because I've been able to experience some events in other parts around the country and stuff like
Passion Projects and Imposter Syndrome
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that. But then being able to show that to my son, I mean, he seems to have enjoyed himself with all that stuff. So Yeah, I mean, that's the that's the dopest part about this now because it's like we've been partaking in a lot of the stuff that I think we, I don't know, what's it called? like Maybe like we're reaping the spoils of our wars or whatever, you know? Like like like we get to do cool stuff, so but like having a parent like bring their son to do that, like being able to bring your son to do that, I think that's like... the fun is the fun version of it, of like, yo, check this out. like I get to do cool stuff. Normally I'm you know going to something at night, but like, yo, we get do this cool thing together and like experience this thing that embodies sneakers and street wear. That's the beauty of parenting is those shared experiences, right? Because when when they're little, like most of those experiences, you're sharing it with them as the parent. But then as they start to get older, they start to show interest in the things that you do as their parent. And then you have those shared experiences. It's great.
00:06:57
Speaker
Hey, as long as he's not like, I don't like photography. I don't like sneakers. This is terrible. I'm never coming back to New York, dad. um But like, you know, what what, how's it like, how's it been like for you just like experience New York, especially through your son's eyes?
00:07:15
Speaker
It's been cool and it and it kind of brings me back to how I saw things as a child, you know, because you just have, you you have that like wonder and that awe, right? Like you see things as a kid through, like there's there's no filters, right? It's just all unfiltered.
Photography as an Escape
00:07:32
Speaker
raw emotion and expression and it's and it's really cool to see that. like We've taken him to a couple of places, we saw Statue of Liberty for the first time and that was like amazing for him because he's always wanted to see the Statue of Liberty. We hit up some shops. um Yeah, i mean we we could talk about that. And and that was fun because then like's you know he gets to you know see what shop experiences are like, getting to know people and talking with people. He's a very extroverted kid. Yeah, which is dope. I mean, hanging with him is fun. yeah i think ah It's like...
00:08:01
Speaker
Yeah. The, and from my perspective, like being around the kids in the city versus being around with your son, it's definitely different. It's like, you know, a lot of these kids are like,
00:08:11
Speaker
no, wanna go home, you know. wanna go home already. Like, you just got outside. Like, what do what you mean we gotta go home? You know? And it's dope that he's all he's
Social Media's Influence on Creativity
00:08:21
Speaker
been like, oh, let's do this, so let's do that. Well, it's always eating and shopping. That's what he tells us, like, guys, it's always eating and shopping. As soon as we finish eating, let's go shopping. He's like, all right. That was so funny. We were like, we were so we were were we were at Sweet Chick when he said that? yeah we were at Sweet Chick.
00:08:39
Speaker
Shout out people who said Sweet Chick. So we go to Sweet Chick. Originally, I was trying to get him to go get cats. And that line, too long. Way too long. Straight up. Stop.
00:08:50
Speaker
Stop going to Cats. Like, let's look like no more. Stop. Go somewhere else. Go so second half deli. There's so much pastrami around the city. Go somewhere else. Like, please. That line was insane. And when i looked when they opened the door, it was packed in there, too. There was lines zigzagged around to get to the... The cash register. you wait on a line to get on another line.
00:09:10
Speaker
And like, it's never really was like, it it was never really like that before. You used to just, you go in, you go into cats. The only lines you were staying on were for like, all right, now you go to to the to the counter and get your meat, right? Now they got a like non-air condition line and air condition line. So that was, i was like, yo, this is insane. But we go to sweet chick and then, yeah, he was just like, we were just eating food. He's just like, it's always eating shopping, eating and then shopping. And then right after we're done and he says, he's like, let's go shopping. I'm like,
Fostering Creativity in Students
00:09:41
Speaker
it's Sunday. It's closed. Everything's closed. But nah, yeah, I mean, it's just been, it's dope. I think, I think overall, like when, when I think about the sneakers experiences we've been having, right? Like this, this past two years has been, i mean, you went to, Cincinnati, been to Cincinnati, been to Vegas, been to philip Philippines, been to Puerto Rico, yeah been here. um It's been crazy. Yeah.
00:10:07
Speaker
But it's cool. Like, I don't know being able to experience those things for myself. But then, like I said earlier, being able to experience in like places with my son, not necessarily because of like, we're not here doing sneaker stuff. yeah Right. But we're still being able to do this.
00:10:23
Speaker
met you through sneakers, got a chat with all these other people that I've met, like, online and other places through sneakers. So, yeah, it's just cool that, you know, sneakers are that, like, common denominator between us all that bring people together. So... I mean, I find it i find it so interesting where it's, like, you can have as many followers as you have still walking around New York City and nobody knows who the hell you are. It's great. yeah It's great. It's great.
00:10:51
Speaker
And, like, yeah, I mean... i don't want to be recognized by people no i know yeah that's the i find it funny because like my commentary on this or just like you know like we're famous like or people know us like shout out to mosh because this is the funniest thing again he said he said we're you're he's famous in a footlocker and i'm like yeah yeah i've been in situations where like somebody has pulled me to the side and be like you don't know who this is like whatever and i'm like
Balancing Creativity with Social Media
00:11:21
Speaker
No. Like, I'm just a guy with a podcast. Like, leave me alone. Like, not like that. Not like leave me alone like that. But like, Like the idea of like, you should know this person whatever. just like, I've never been type of person to be like, if I pull that up, like, yo, you should know who he is. I'm always just like. I'd be like, bro, shut up. When it comes to you, I'm always less like, you've seen his work. Like you've seen his work and oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. But like, I've never been like, you should know. know who this guy is? You know.
00:11:50
Speaker
Give them everything in the store. I give you hard time about that all the time. you You never heard of the pod? You never heard of the pod? it's still i hope you've been enjoying this week's episode with AD Sneaks. And of course, if you are enjoying this episode, do not forget to like, subscribe, or leave a comment if you're watching this on YouTube.
00:12:10
Speaker
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Running and Fitness Experiences
00:12:31
Speaker
This is very pivotal. I need y'all help in order to help the podcast grow, do anything or everything that you can within what I just mentioned.
00:12:42
Speaker
But for now, let's jump back right into the episode. And I mean, I've talked about this on here a bunch where it's like it's still hard to to take compliments. it is it's i've always had a hard time taking because like i don't know what to say other than thanks yeah it's like well i yeah like it's it's really difficult to accept praise from other people because it's just like i don't know i'm not one to like seek the praise from other people so it's hard to receive it in the first place because i mean just like you're doing with the podcast this is it's a passion project yeah do it because it's fun mm-hmm
00:13:14
Speaker
And it's like, but it's like, it's, it's interesting. Cause like I've been in, so I was at a wake and I don't think I've spoken about this recently, but like I i was at a wake like two weeks before we went yeah and, um, homie pulled up, uh, Rodney shout out Rodney. And he's like, he's like,
00:13:30
Speaker
Yo, in New York, you're that dude. And I'm like, what are you talking about? guess what what dude what like He's like, yo, you got the podcast? like There's nobody else that you... like there's When they think about sneakers and podcasts and there's nobody else like besides you right now. And I'm like,
00:13:48
Speaker
I don't know. Is that right? Like, I don't know. Is that true? Like, I had to really like say that. You don't know what to say to that. Yeah. Yeah. That's why, that's why it does. Cause like, what's really interesting, especially during this journey. And I'm pretty sure you felt this too, where it's just like, you get imposter syndrome and it's like, yeah, but it's like, it's hard.
00:14:05
Speaker
It, Like, there's it's hard to break out of it when, you know, if you've never grown up
Community and Running Clubs
00:14:11
Speaker
in ah in a in a household where they're constantly pushing you it to be like, yo, you know, do this, do this, do this, and, like, believing yourself. If you grew up, like, because I grew up in ah in a household where it's just, like, I'm doing everything wrong.
00:14:23
Speaker
Like, my mom would always be like... why aren't you doing that oh how come push you to do better yeah like oh more and more more yeah negative like i would say negativity fueled my pursues of whatever i want okay versus being like you can do anything you want to do no it's not it's like why aren't you a doctor like what is wrong with you where's where's this anesthesiologist you like we we need him yeah so it's like i think i think because of that you get impasto syndrome syndrome because you're like you're seeing success and then you're kind of Being like, do I deserve success? Is this success? Is this a success that I'm supposed to get? is this Should I be doing more? yeah
00:15:02
Speaker
Should I be a doctor? like and Wait, should I go get my doctorate? like What am I doing? but like yeah i mean how to how to like How do you battle it? uh yeah you just keep your head down and working i think it all just comes back to like the ethos of why like i started doing what i do is because like it's enjoyable for me like the the photography has always been like my creative outlet like personal escape whether that be like doing the sneaker stuff in my basement or like even like since we've been walking around the city with adler it's been fun snapping pics yeah you know around the city yeah i have to force you to take a picture i know i know awake sixes right the lighting you know all that stuff and the aperture was all yeah you know let me check my notebook in my pocket protect
Sneaker Innovation Trends
00:15:51
Speaker
pocket here um but no it's like photography's always just been a fun way to to capture how i see things and capture how i see the world and it just you just go back to like
00:16:04
Speaker
why you fell in love with it in the first place and that love is still there and then imposter syndrome just kind of goes away after you go back to that love part of it so yeah i mean it's one of the because like i i've said this recently on here and um i mean my bad for all these callbacks whatever but uh i was listening to trevor noah podcast and he was talking about um like if you're just creating content right if you're just creating content to say that you're creating content then you lose you lose sight of your why yes and so it's like i've always looked at look at it being like i know why i'm making this like everybody asks me why did you start the podcast i have an instant answer for you right and it's It's like, that's the that's the that's your foundation. You have to be able to look back at the things, the reason why you you wanted to pursue this one thing. Yeah, because like, I mean, that's that's passion, right? collect If you're pursuing it for for like an ulterior motive, like attention from other people or like getting free sneakers you know like what's going to happen if that dries up like are you still going to want to do that stuff like if that was your motivation that can that's very volatile right like it ain't always going to be there like that so like why are you pursuing your creative passions is it because you have a passion to create or is it because you have a passion well not really a passion it's just because you want like attention yeah it's like
00:17:29
Speaker
I don't know, man. I think that's like I think a lot of people battle this and and it's I do think like social media created this kind of lane of if if you're not feeding this algorithm correctly, then you're not doing anything with your life. And it's like, how do how do we be like, you know, you're not going to see the views, but you're you're not going to see, but you're still creating. And I feel like that's what we need to be pushing forward of being like, yo, try things. Like if this may not work, this, you know, try it try it a different Right. And I think i think because we it's the comparison game, right? Like you see someone else getting attention for doing stuff that you do. And it's like you forget the, like, I guess the attention. It's not really attention that you're getting, but like you're creating, you're sharing and the people that are interacting with it, like those people really love what you do. Yeah.
00:18:20
Speaker
you build a community around the people that love what you do. But before you even start building the community, it's about like, you know, building up yourself and your confidence to get your work out there. Are you creating it? And are you are you happy with it? Because if you're happy with it, then doesn't matter. Yeah. After that, like, it's cool. Like you, you could send it in the group chat to your homies and be like, yo, check out this. This is what I made. him they're like, oh, dog, that's fire. That's fire. That feels good. Yeah. Right. Like that feels great. Like anything on top of that, like sharing it with your, your close friends and your family, that's just, you know, that's extra frosting on the cake. Come on, man. I, I just wish this like perspectives. Right. And even when, like, when I first started this podcast and like, I had, uh, just like this idea of like, Oh, um, people's perspectives of me. Like I was battling myself and being like, i need people to think of me this way. I need people to, and it's just like,
00:19:08
Speaker
If we're constantly but battling ourselves
Friendship and Collaboration in Sneaker Community
00:19:11
Speaker
with that, then it's gonna be it's gonna be shown in the work. 100%. you're like, oh, maybe I'm not trying enough, or maybe I'm not doing, and it just comes like less. You're not trying what you, you're not putting your best foot forward because you're worried that you you're gonna take two steps back. You're second guessing yourself the whole time while you're doing it.
00:19:28
Speaker
And that's like, i don't know, I've learned a lot about that from like my students that I teach. So teaching design and things like that to these kids. like Seventh graders, I mean, i love that age because they're still like, I feel like that's like the peak of childhood before you start like allowing like outside voices to influence what you do. um and with like design and creative stuff like it's very cool to see these kids create just you know unfiltered raw themselves yeah and I don't ever discourage that I don't ever say anything like I try to build up from that and build their confidence and then just see them from like beginning and when I have them to the end of when I have them what they're able to create like it's inspiring man because like we could learn as adults so much from these kids like just just create stuff just make things and if you think it's cool or if like your homie next to you thinks it's cool like it's cool yeah like that that's it that's i it's it's this is why i say like because social media makes you think like you need to please everybody that's like that comes across oh and then it's like not enough people are seeing it and it's like
00:20:33
Speaker
damn, maybe I'm not, I'm doing it wrong. I'm like, bro, just find, find a way that you please, you, the first audience member is yourself. Correct. Like you got to make yourself happy first. And as then the proud work comes after. And it's like,
00:20:49
Speaker
I don't know. People, i definitely think people get in their head a lot, especially when it comes to creating. But then it's also, you get a lot of people in the crowd that has never created anything and they want to just tell you like, oh, you're doing it wrong. oh Yeah. I mean, that's that's the nature of social media though. And it's it's easy to fall victim to, you know, those numbers that you see, that the algorithm, these engagements, all of this stuff. Yeah.
00:21:11
Speaker
if if If that's what you're chasing, yeah, I can see how that'd be frustrating. But like that's that's not I feel like most creatives that are successful don't chase that. like They just create out of the the passion of creating. And you know they just they just want to do dope stuff. Like, I feel good. Like, after I edit some pictures, I'll put them on my phone or something and I'll show my wife. yeah And like, her reaction, that's like the best reaction that I could get. She's like, oh, I really like what you did here. I really like what you did here. I'll show my son. I'll show my kids. Like, oh, that's fire, dad. I really like that. and it's like, we got to learn to like, feel like validated by those close to us in real life before like that, the weight of that validation should outweigh any online validation that you get. A thousand percent. I think that's like, we've gone away from that so much. Well, that's society these days, man. Like that's it. I mean, that's, that's what you see with all, like all the AI stuff. Like how many of these like AI accounts you see on like Twitter or like these YouTube AI accounts that blow up and it's, there's no face behind it. There's nothing behind it. It's all AI stuff for what?
00:22:17
Speaker
Right. You know, the i watched one because you just brought this up. I watched one. ah It was like they're doing apparently they're doing conservative ai now where it's like where it's like the the the world
Community Dynamics and Personal Growth
00:22:31
Speaker
under like they'll be like, oh, this is what the world would be like if it's under Sharia law. And it's the like, what the hell?
00:22:37
Speaker
They're really who's spinning. Who's who's like, let me write let me write this prompt up real quick about like with some garbage AI video over the top of it. It's like, oh, boy. This is how they treat our this is how they treat our our women now in America. Now we're under Sharia law. Like, what are you talking about? It's crazy. I don't... I find... it I find you mean, you know I hate ah AI with an absolute passion. But what pisses me off the most... Not even that pisses me off. What pisses me off the most is the menus. If you seen like if you go to a restaurant... Oh, and it's all AI. My favorite bubble tea spot haven't taken to did that. Because it's by my house. But it's like my favorite bubble tea spot did that. And I walked in and I'm like, I look up.
00:23:20
Speaker
And I'm like, i'm like ah I see the sign out front. I'm like, oh, nah. And it's like, they're like, not macaroons. was it No, actually it was. It was like a menu of macaroons. And what is Macrons? Macarons, macarons, whatever. it was a menu of that like that. And I was like, all right, maybe, you know, it's not to be crazy, whatever. I walk in and I look up the whole they covered all their boards with just AI. Oh, no. And it was like AI like bubble tea. And they had AI avocado toast. And I was like, no, what are we doing? You pull the grandpa from The Simpsons and like, okay, I'm out of here. No, i still got my mobile T. At least I know. Because like i said this recently too where ah Twitter and I was like, i was like, yo, know if I see AI on your menu, if I see AI food on your menu, I know your food is trash. Because
00:24:09
Speaker
I walk by this taco place. oh
Collaboration Over Competition
00:24:11
Speaker
No, I walk by a deli that sells tacos. Right. Right. And the the menu board is AI. And I'm like, we don't know what your tacos look like. They just did no way. Like this isn't what it looks like. Yeah. This is that ways what it looks like like, oh, my gosh. Oh, man. I'm so sick of it. Now we're getting um people using it to make like like, oh,
00:24:30
Speaker
like oh like concert flyers or something like that? Yeah, like any kind of flyer. Like I've seen like, I mean, my kids get like birthday announcements, like come to you know little Johnny's like birthday party. And it's like this terrible looking AI done. And it's like, I don't know, man, it's it's bad. It's it real bad. It's and I see it in school. Like it's it's just an easy like,
00:24:53
Speaker
it's It's just like that low hanging fruit like people just want to grab it and be like here you go I'm done like bare minimum so That's this is this is what it is. i was like yeah, that's that's gonna stifle so many people's creativity and just like Artistic expression and all that stuff and it's just it's a mess man It's so funny because when I had the the East Bay guys on um They like asked me about AI like they're like yeah, like I had right at the tail end of the episode they were like hey hey, how do you feel about like sneakers and AI? And I was like, no. you're Garbage. Cause like, look, I'm not, and we can talk about it. I'm not a big fan of printed sneakers. And you know this, I'm not a big fan of 3D printed sneakers. Like, you know, I do like the Adidas.
00:25:40
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Climacool. Yeah, the Climacool. But I also feel like that's like a different version of it. Like right you get the laces on it, like sure. But like, I'm not a big fan of the 9000s, the Air Max 9000s. I mean, I know you love them. 95,000s. Whatever. 95,000s, whatever. Hate them so much you don't know the name. Yeah, exactly. ah i find it I find it funny that they're like, yeah, we'll print them print them out, but then you got to send them to get the Zoom in. But I'm like, all right, cool. Like you gotta figure out a way. The tech's cool for sure. Like I think it's cool like from like a, like we'll scan your foot and and like print something to fit your foot. But I feel like as an entire shoe, it's, it's kind of hard. At least even for me personally, like getting your foot in there with a sock on is kind of hard. Yeah. And so I think like, and it doesn't even fit, like you said, it doesn't even work with like no socks. It does. It's just if you get super sweaty. Yeah. Right. I mean, but that, that means it doesn't work because you're just, it's not breathing. But I mean, feel like this is like you got to go through these steps to get to where we want it. Yeah, but we don't need to be the guinea. Like I shouldn't be paying to be a guinea pig. You know what saying? I mean, but people are. are So it's working. So I mean, it's like that does it. That does it. That does not compute. Like, that's what I'm saying. Like, it does not compute. Like, I shouldn't be spending like.
00:26:55
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Sure. send it to me to wear tested or whatever, right? Like ah send it to the wear testers and then be like, all right, let's form it and then get to the point. But I feel like a lot of these 3D shoes, because you're, you you're changing the filament, not, they're not using the same, like, you know, materials on every single shoe. It's different materials they're changing it out to kind of, you know, adjust and make it better or whatever. But like, I shouldn't be paying $400 for you to be like, All right, so tell me how it feels. Let's figure this out. Yeah, yeah.
00:27:24
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it's, I mean, maybe that's just part of their, the way that they brand and like market and research and stuff. But I mean, we'll see where things go. I think for me personally, I would love to see, um like you remember back when it was like the Adidas 4Ds. Yeah. like the whole midsole was like printed, but those things were hella heavy. I don't know if you remember that at all. No, I never had one. Yeah, they were so heavy. Because I remember i had, I think it was ah it was like a Packer collab.
00:27:49
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ah back when they did like the ultra 4D it was like the ultra boost but with the 4D midsole thing was heavy and then Adidas kind of went away from another kind of coming back to it but I think portions of a shoe I think it'd be cool to see didn't Nike say they were doing like some 3D printed basketball shoe or was that Adidas I don't remember i can't remember I thought I saw something about that somewhere but yeah I don't remember details on that I mean, look, we, I am a person that's like, we need more innovation. And then I poo poo that innovating. That's terrible. But like, I, mean I miss like real innovation. Like I miss, like, I was talking to somebody recently about this too, because, you know, innovation has been a big topic of like, Oh, these brands aren't innovating. We're just bringing back retro back. And you know, which is, which is what's happening. Like we, what sells the most retros like, Well, I mean, because people, brands continue to innovate, but they innovate in like performance footwear. yeah And people don't buy performance footwear to wear casually as much, right? Like you'll see some of it.
00:28:57
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Like you see people wearing some like, you know, like the Pegasus premiums and stuff like that out on the streets. But that's like, that's a, you know, a good example of where like, shoe yeah, but that's that's where you have some innovation, a running shoe innovation, but that also kind of translate to people wanting to wear it outside. But in the market where retros are king like what do you want people to innovate on a shoe that's a silhouette that's been around for 30 years right like we need new stuff yeah i mean i really like the uh caitlin clark's ah i'm very intrigued those look those those look good the one thing we know we don't like is that in 2011s but like Maybe that's a conversation for another day. don't know, man. They're not ready for that one. But even those Caitlin Clarks look like some LeBron 20s. A little bit. mean, a little bit. But I also think they do.
00:29:40
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They kind of look like the ah they look like Jaws a little bit here and there. um But I do think it's just like innovation. Jumping in once again to remind y'all, if you want to support the podcast in another way besides the Patreon, cop a shirt. I got merch here. i got merch.
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00:30:20
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I have a box, full-size run. Just let me know what size do y'all need. Let's jump back in the episode. My favorite innovation was like like a a weird, this is like a weird one off that I don't think anybody like. But when remember when they brought in that like TRX? It was like, no, TR4. And it was like, it was like, if you look at the bottom of LeBron's, I think it was like LeBron 14 or something like that, where it was like different hexes in different colors. And they have like different zoom units in it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:30:49
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I mean, give me some of that. Yeah, and you know what that reminded me of, though? Was old Reebok DMX technology. Yeah, shout out. Shout out Reebok, man. They cooking up. Them DMXs are so comfy. Oh my gosh. Shout out. Shout out, Connor. He hooked me up with them 3000s, and I was like, I'm walking on clouds, man. Yeah, DMX, man. that was That was an underrated cushioning technology for sure. It was great. And, you know, I feel like All the brands have their like their cushion tech now. And, you know, a lot of the innovation that we're seeing now is since running so popular. Right. Yeah. You see it into making these ultra crazy light shoes that, you know, make. Yeah. We held those. What was those Brooks?
00:31:29
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Right. It was those Brooks. those brooks then we held a pair like you hadn't held a pair of those like uh audios pro force yeah oh yeah and you're like whoa yeah i've like but to me it's like i've always thought about it like this when it comes to shoes and like performance especially like running it's it's are we supposed to be getting away from the ground or supposed to be getting closer to the ground like you yeah and you're gonna hear science and debates on both sides man need somebody look comment below because I need to know because you're going to get flat earthers versus normal earthers with that one. It'd be like, look, you got to be farther away because if you're not, you know, earth gravity is going to start pulling away from you. You know, like, yeah, we're going to pushing up them glasses. I've I've I've always been because like, I mean, you go you go to Brazil. Everybody's just no shoes either in flip flops. And I'm talking about they run like this, which is crazy. Yeah. I mean, play soccer like that.
00:32:27
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Yeah, I mean, that's back to the roots, right? Like, we didn't have shoes back then. That's how people's, I mean, people say that, that your feet are, you know, naturally, like, supposed to spread out. And and some people say, no, you need the cushioning to help, like, your joints or help you, like, with your postures yeah run and all this stuff. Like, there's there's information on both sides. So whatever works for you. i mean, you picked you recently picked up running. What do you yeah you ah prefer? um Like, for me, like, since I'm a lot older, so I did...
00:32:55
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I did a lot of running um kind of like right before COVID. I was like, and I want to get ready and do a half marathon. So I was like training, getting myself ready. COVID hits and it's like no half marathons. I'm like, this sucks. But this was like the height of ah what they call them. It's like do your own marathon. Yeah. And I did. You did? I did. Yeah. And I, I have to pull it up on Strava and show you because it was like, i call it the Quarantine half marathon. I like make up this stupid name. Just me running by myself, right? at The same distance with, you know, the tracker and everything like that. But no, I'm talking about the ones where you sign up and then you get medal. Yeah. Like you can do that. You got it.
00:33:32
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Look, do the avenger one at least do the avengers one you get you get um danos's like glove oh and then they're each you do like different uh running distances and then you get the stone stone and then they all connect like you gotta to get that one do that one i was saying i'm gonna do the link after that i gotta i haven't ran like i'm getting ready for a half marathon next month so we'll see how that goes first um Yeah, to answer your question, like running stuff, like it's kind of like a balance I found because like running, you don't want to go like all out all the time because your body's going to hate it. Right. And you're going to hurt yourself and you don't want to hurt yourself. You know, you're doing it to build up your VO2 max, build up your running base and just get better. So. i've i've worn a lot of like super um high stat cushion running shoes because you know i'm i'm a bigger ish dude yeah and so i need i need more cushion i've tried some of the lower profile ones and those were those are great for shorter distances at least for me to help like strengthen my feet my ankles all of that stuff but if i'm running longer distances i need something plushy yeah so ah it's i try to I can't do it, man. I've been trying to run.
00:34:42
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like I run in a treadmill. Treadmill's terrible. I feel claustrophobic on a treadmill. It's I got to get off of this thing. like But I feel like I can't pace myself outside. i need something to pace me.
00:34:53
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Yeah, you your heart rate should pace you. That's what they say. like All the zone two running. like you I don't feel my heart rate. and That's why you got to use your watch or get one of them heart rate things. I need it i needed to like Like I needed to give me a beat. Like, you know, like I need to feel it.
00:35:08
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Like you you just check. It's like, okay, I'm going too fast. Like slow. Oh, you're just talking about just looking at my heart rate just on my monitor and just being like, oh, yeah, it's like, oh, I'm going to like, this is way too high. I need to like slow down. So heart rate drops a little bit. Oh, no, I'll try. Yeah, that's because that's what I did. Like, I hate running, but then I tried to do it this way. Shout out Rami Nouveau. Yeah, you got you got me back in a running dog. um But yeah, like running for like not for like speed or for like how far you can go. It was more it's more so for like just your heart rate being in like a comfortable level. um You run like people say run into a pace that you can carry on a conversation with someone next to you. Interesting. And so if you you can do that and then you stop and it's like, yeah, you're a little sore and stuff the next day, but you're not like dead. It's like, okay, I don't, I can't do this anymore. Then you can feel like you can go again. And then you just gradually build up distances and do all that stuff. Yeah. Body adapts. And yeah, I'll try. Yeah. We'll see. I'll let you know. Yeah. I'll let you know. Cause like what I really want to do is I want to run with home run.
00:36:14
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Yeah. Because like they mix and they mix and graffiti and like it's cool. Yeah. Like what they're doing is real cool. So I'm not just going to show. know they'd be like, you any any level, but I don't. You have a standard for yourself that you want to be. Yeah. I don't want to be all the way in the back. Like, yeah. Walking like I can't do it. I'll see you guys. I'll see you whatever block you're at.
00:36:36
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I've like so I ran into them and i was telling you about this thing. it was like this out of out of work a space that Rob 1970 does. ah Mr. Outside. So, yes, I went to this thing. It's an outside gallery, basically copped a shirt, but they Colin from Home Run pulled up. And they were like, that's like their Thursday night run. So he just brought everybody with him.
00:36:59
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And I'm like, I'm like seeing him. I'm like, why is he so sweaty? And then I look at him like, oh, he ran here. ready ah And it was very interesting because he was just like, you know, got into video and did, ah you know, some motivational stuff. And it's very it was very dope. And then he was just like, all right, Thursday, Thursday night run club. Let's go. And I was like, you just see everybody just this take off. And I'm like, that's crazy. I love that camaraderie. like that's That's what got me into to CrossFit. I love like the community aspect of it. for sure And so seeing that, I was like, i want I want to be part of that. And I think that's, I don't know how you run by yourself, but you're like, yeah. I do a lot of things by myself, man. So I'm just used to that. But yeah, I would love to be part of a run club because I've seen a lot of people that like the energy behind it and just like the motivation behind it because, you you know, you're there for each other. It's not about again, it's not about like your pace or your all this stuff. It's just like everyone's at their own spot and you're just there for each other. And you're just you're just a crew. yeah You just you just run with each other. Yeah, it's great. I mean, I love i the idea of it sounds great.
00:38:03
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Yeah, go run, Hoss. Go run. Get it. I don't think I got it. My knees, I hoop. I hoop, and I still be like, you know. Hooping's hard on them knees, bro. Yeah. Once I started running, i haven't hooped in a minute. Yeah, so I was like, damn, man, you haven't been hooping. I was like, you gave it up.
00:38:18
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Yeah, for running stuff. It's hard because, yeah, hoopin hooping hurts your knees. Like, I was a once a weeker, and it would take me a full week to get ready for the next week. I mean, I'm not feeling it that that crazy the next day, but sometimes. Yeah. depends on who's playing because like obviously i'm a big guy so they put me down in the center it's not like i'm out i'm not like i'm not i'm not out there just so you know kyrie irving but like it's uh it's fun i i play in a in a not that crazy like we're not like the comp is the copy copy yeah i mean you guys you guys run you compete a little bit but it's not like crazy yeah i'm not out there being like yo shaking them up will you you We're playing 45 minutes straight. like Oh, my gosh. No, no, no, no. 12-minute games, man. um And, I mean, look, shout-out to, you know, the – actually, I've been hooping in these Puma ah mellows. Really? Yeah. That's probably my favorite shoe to hoop in.
00:39:17
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I'm I've been wanting to try those new Believe That ones. ah Those look good. I got I got my son a pair. oh he he's it my youngest. Not the one who's here now, but I got him a pair because he does this weekly basketball like camp thing. They're not playing like any games or anything. They're doing like skill stuff and he loves it. And I get those and I'm like, these are actually like Dreamstrike foam like these look kind of nice. Yeah. and then i get the the other ones in those philippines and the philip exclusive ones which i was like these feel really good like i kind of want to the panoid at yeah yeah wow that's great it's a galang bat oh that's so funny But those look good. wanted to loop in the AE2s. Did you play the music, the the the CD yet? No, I haven't yet. I don't have a CD player. What? You better go bit we get one. I know. I can probably go find one from the thrift store for like $5. Got to make sure that anti-skip's good. Yeah. yo you
00:40:16
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you know that's i had i had um i had a sony I had a Sony CD player that I used to keep with me. I don't know if you do remember this one. It's like it's like the silver yeah yeah yeah I feel like everybody had it. I had a JVC one back in the day.
00:40:33
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And like, I just remember it had like the little screen on here that like, Oh yeah. Like the, like the track number, the track number. And then it had all the buttons on there, but then it had like the cool, like, like whatever their name for anti skip was like 60 seconds. And you like grab the CD player and you shake it. It's like, can still hear it. It ain't skipping. You ever had the one where it was like it was yellow and it had the latch on it? Yes. That one. That was my favorite. I'm mad I broke that.
00:41:01
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I never have one, but I remember seeing those ones. Oh, my God. I'm mad I broke. That was like the sport. It was like, I don't know what brand it was, but it had sport in red on it. It looked like a polo jacket. The Sony But yo Now you just brought me back To the Sony's When they did the different colors It like It looked like Power Rangers It like There was like a black and white one I had that Yeah But when I got the silver one That was like The silver one was like Good to go It was like Yeah It was like yeah 60 minutes No skip Anti-skip Like yeah Yeah, because I remember when I had my first car back in high school, it didn't have a CD player. It had the cassette player. So you get the little cassette player that had the aux cord that came out that you plug into your anti-skip thing. now that's innovation, man. We need something, man. We need something like that for sneakers.
00:41:45
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where it's like cassette tape with aux cord sneakers i need the the cassettes tape with an aux cord version of a sneaker right like where how we you can get like a ae1 and turn it into like a ae 2.5 like you know like push a button transformer sneakers like what are we doing like you you buy one signature shoe you push it they send ah an update yeah and it goes to the next signature shoe yeah you get You get color changing um Air Force Ones, right? And it's like color of the month.
00:42:17
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you You attach it to your your iPhone and you update it. You can be like. Yeah. It's like, hold on, It's February. Let me switch it. Can't be giving away all them secrets. These brands listening. They'll be like, they're listening. They probably cut this off. This is so dumb. But that low key would be fire though. Like I'm looking at your forces. It's like if you put like a screen like on the swoosh or something like that.
00:42:42
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And like you can change it up. Let me know. Let me know. Tap in. Tap in. Tap in. He'll create direct that one for you. They're going to like, what? I'm sitting at the table like I want to put ah a screen on a swoosh. So guys, let me tell you about those cassette players with the aux cord. Yeah. Do you remember when you used to put the... I'll just sit in there and be like, you remember when you used to push the thing to for the ash the the lighter?
00:43:10
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We need that as it as the part of the tongue right there. just one The next shoe right there. Forget a pocket. Let's put a lighter in here. We're taking it up a notch. 420, baby. Oh, gosh. I don't even know how we got on this. I don't even Oh man, that's funny. This is the joys of being a five-time appearance. you know we get to We get to shoot the shit. That's it, that's it bro. that's ah Look, man, I mean, it's just it's also been crazy. I do gotta say real quick, like serious note, but like
00:43:46
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it's been crazy been able to experience so much with you as yeah like you know our friendship really got really close over uh don't know last couple years yeah i say since that yeah like linking up in real in real life right yeah it really changed it that's well i mean that's friendship though right like you know you meet dope people online you interact with people online but then sometimes they're weird weird there's a lot of weird people online man it's the internet I'm sure everybody listening to this, those weird people that are online. No, not my listeners. My listeners are awesome people.
00:44:19
Speaker
Sign up for the Patreon. $5. I love you. yeah Especially for my birthday. that Yeah. happy Happy birthday, Haas, coming up here soon. I mean, after this goes live wherever. this is not going live. I know I ain't gonna go live for a minute, but you know, a happy birthday when that in in a few days here. Yes. Um, but no, like it's, that's, that's the beauty of the, you know, I feel like that's what social media is good for is like, you get to meet so many people, but then those relationships with those people get more solidified. Those friendships get more solidified. The more time you spend together offline, you know, and then you just you come homies. Like that's, that's how it is. I mean, it's, it's, it's interesting too. Cause then,
00:45:01
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you know When I was first doing this and like doing it by myself, it was just like, you don't you're like, you're like therere damn, there's so many clicks. There's mad clicks. and you see the You're noticing the clicks. and you know Shout out you know Seth and Charlie. like they They're their own people. and you know You got the the TikTok people that mess with each other. and Then you got you know you know Kari. you got like you know There's all different people just mess with specific people. and They have their own audience and stuff like that. and Shout out to all of them. but It's like I never thought I would have my own.
00:45:32
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you know I thought I'd be like this lone wolf. and it's just All by myself. Just just like a samurai that just goes in. just i have a conversation with son with one person and they may not like that person, but I'm still able to, you know,
00:45:47
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Traverse into their world. Like, you know, like ah that's what i kept that's what I kept telling myself for like three years. Right. And then, you know, ah i do feel like, you know, now we people know, you know, we rock with each other. And so yeah yeah it's so funny because like, you know, obviously people can feel intimidated in certain spaces. And, in you know, when we're rolling together, like ComplexCon was like a perfect example of like all the world's colloquial. I mean, that was my first one. So I was like, this is crazy. Like, that's like a family reunion, dude. i feel like everybody's there and it's just like, oh, hey, hey, hey, hey. It's cool. That's, but like, yeah, like, that's like, you know, we would get like a taste of like, oh, yeah, this is this person's person. Yeah. You know? yeah It's like, it does feel a very high school.
00:46:35
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It does a little bit. I mean, that's, I feel like, ah I mean, I don't know, because I'm not really part of like any like other community the way that I am part of sneaker community and stuff. It is hard to to be part of any other community as well. Because I feel like there's ah there's there's a lot of that in any other community too, I would feel, because it's just like, you know, you're friends with people, and then maybe the people that you're friends with aren't friends with these people. its just like But that's just, I don't know, man.
00:47:01
Speaker
Internet does weird things to people that way, I feel like. so But i I also think a lot of these um weird beefs that you if we hear and or we kind of get dragged in on is like, these two people just need to talk to each other. That's it. and But like now you're adding in 30 people that like you're like, I don't like this person because they did that. or you know And you're just like...
00:47:22
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just talk before you know what you got that you know that crazy board with the lines yeah all these things it's like let's see who can i communicate with and who can't i like yeah he's visit also this is not specifically to anybody this was just a this is just a visual of like with working within yeah sneakers like yeah you know it's it's very interesting to see because and what you said was very true because i've come from several other scenes as well like rock scene like i was heavy i mean that's how i met d so it's like like whenever one thing that's about me one thing that that i am is like if i fall in love with something i'm all in i'm all in yeah you know and so it's hard to do that when you are actually contributing to the thing because i can't jump back into you know my wrestling groups anymore like i can't jump back into the next fandom that i was in but before even during the whole thing i couldn't just be like show up Guys, I'm back. Hey guys, I'm back. Yeah, that doesn't work anymore. Like I'm so invested in being like this sneaker head that like I lose the like the the the going to shows and hip hop and like, you know, or I lose like being super within the community comedian scene. um And it's like. sneakers has consumed me but it's like I mean I wouldn't change her no not all but still like at the same time like you still enjoy those other things though yeah like just not at that like depth yeah that you used to which is all right right like is I don't know life's about balance like if you if you were just like overly committed to one thing all the time you're gonna get exhausted yeah of that one thing eventually so you gotta you gotta to find balance you know yeah you still get out and go to hip-hop shows you still got yeah comedy shows and stuff like that but it's not like at the depth that i was doing yeah like that's different that's for sure different because like yeah i mean you know i even told connor this like before like before i started recording here but like when i would be with comedians, I would literally just go with them to do see them do their spots. Like I've seen a comedian do the same comedy routine for like two weeks in a row. Like like yeah that was because I was obsessed with going to comedy shows. And now it's like, now I'm at every sneaker thing in New York City. So it's like, I'm basically pivoted all my time. So like, yeah. And editing this podcast. Shout out to me editing.
00:49:48
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oh i feel editing man that's ah that's the majority of the time for me it's like yeah i'll take the pictures like pictures that doesn't take too much time it's it's the editing man editing man and you you're very particular too so yeah probably too particular yeah so but that's you know i guess that's what i enjoy meticulous aloysius meticulous aloysius name of the episode Oh, man. I mean, look, bro. i You know, like I said, serious note.
00:50:16
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You know, I really appreciate your friendship. Yeah. You know, us getting... getting me getting to get bring you around New York City and see a slice of how i you know.
00:50:27
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slice of how how things work out here a little bit. Yeah. you No, no thank you for ah thank you for that. And, yeah, friendship has been beautiful. um It's always fun whenever we get together. And thank you for showing, like, little man here, you know, some of the places yeah and doing all that. He's had fun. We've had a good time out here. Yeah, man. I mean, – the what i I think is dope about this city that does get a ton of hate is like, there's so much to do. And people be like, there's, there's so much to do out here. And you'd be like, yeah, it's, it's a, it's a city. It's like, you do have to make your choices of like, well, of course going to what I'm going to Today's a new day. We got to do as much as we can. Yeah. You know, yeah which is different than Utah. Dude. Yeah. There's nothing to do, at least for me, because I mean, i I don't have a lot of time on my hands to do a bunch of stuff. So most of the stuff I do do out there is ah you know, it's with my family. Yeah. it's It's spending time with them and doing things with them. So but that's stages and phases of life, man. That's just that's just kind of how it works. Would you ever move here?
00:51:31
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whatever move here if I if if I could make it work out financially and if I could convince wifey they'll seed you a house if I got my house seeded and my all all our finances you know to you know to said century 21 is like we want you to be our influencer for our house Publishers, closing house, who takes it? You the to check. Oh man.
00:51:56
Speaker
No, I think it would be cool. um I mean, my oldest would definitely love it because he's, like I said, super extroverted kid. He thrives on being around people. yeah And so he would love that. uh it would be hard for the wife though i bet yeah because she's you know we've we've grown up out there in the west and we've lived out there in the west and specifically her she's lived out there like i've been around like places and seen things and she's she's been out there most of time so gotta convince her
00:52:25
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Let me know. we I think i think i think you can you you can you can thrive out here. Oh, I think it'd be fun. yeah I think it would be fun. Imagine you as an inner city teacher. Which would be fire, though wish You're just fine you're you going to school with a Supreme hat in New York City or like Supreme fit. Oh, man. I don't know if the school districts would let me, man. think that's the thing. you could oh Well, unless you're teaching at like a success academy. Yeah, something like that. I don't know. See, like, shout out my administration in my school district for letting me be me, man. yeah
00:52:58
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So I think that would be hard to find. you know We don't need another tweet about how you. Oh, gosh. Those are so funny. I can't believe you wear this to to school. how do you How do you expect kids to you know pay attention to you when you dress like that?
00:53:12
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i don't know, but they do. Mr. Dutton, your shirt's too loud. I can't pay attention. No, your shirt's too drippy. I can't pay attention. Mr. Dutton, you're wearing a hat. It's making it hard to focus in class right now.
00:53:26
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Nah. Get out of here. Oh, man. Let's see. I think that's it. Let everybody know where to find you. ah You can find me ah Instagram and Twitter at AD double underscore sneaks. Yeah.
00:53:42
Speaker
And students, you can find me in the classroom starting in August. Yeah, we are not going to be able to make the August trip this year. No, no, not going to be able to make that happen because that's first day school, but yeah priorities, man. Yeah, man. Priorities. ah Look, appreciate everyone for checking out this episode. This was a lot, very banter. Sorry if you're not a podcast listener that liked Vance here. We touched on some solid gems, all right? We got some gems, but we still joked around a lot. And I got to get my my innovation.
00:54:16
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He got his takeout. He's been holding onto that for a minute. You got my innovation takeout. But you know where to find me, WhoisHas on all social medias. Follow the podcast at MyFirstKicksPod. Head of the Patreon, patreon.com slash MyFirstKicks. You can check out the the fourth episode we talked about. You know what's so funny about that? i accidentally put out the full episode. You did. I realized that. And I was like, huh, thought this was Patreon Yeah. But I did like I think I took it down the next day or something like that. I was like, i was like, oh, I was like, damn it. And that and that really messed me up. I was just like, damn, my how do I'm going to figure out how to do another Patreon episode? I got to do it right. So then I was just like, yeah. But if you want to check out like no ads of the podcast that only lives on ho on Patreon, worth it, please.
00:55:01
Speaker
I'm trying to build that out a little bit more. um ah If you want a shirt, My First Kicks shirt, selling them, hit me up, info at myfirstkicks.com, or just shoot me a DM at $40, trying to get rid of them.
00:55:14
Speaker
ah Andy got one. Maybe he'll put it in a picture or something. don't know. Or he'll use it as a mop. I don't know. Use it as a mop. Maybe I'll wear to the classroom. Maybe the kids will use it as a mop. I know. And yeah, you know, appreciate you pulling up, man. This was fun. ah Yes, bring back.
00:55:33
Speaker
Bring back. What is it? TRX? What is it called? I don't even remember. Hexalite? Maybe. I think it might have been. Nike. Bring back Hexalite. I'm not a big bring back person. Honestly, last week I had a take on how I don't. I'm not a big fan of retros, right? I had a take and I put it in the outro. Did you hear that take? I didn't hear that take. You got to go all to the I got to listen the show. And I only like Hyperflights. There's a couple retros. Dunkin's, I'm down for Dunkin'. Hyperflights, Hyperflight 2's.
00:56:02
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This is small. I can give you like six pairs. I'm like, yeah, let's go. You got your list. Yeah. um But like, ah give me like the, give me a Lunarlon. Like... You know, Lunar Chukka. Maybe that's coming. they got the Flyknits coming back. I've never liked the Flyknits. know. that's like That's like in that line a little bit. yeah don't think that was like they To me, it's like they'll be like, hey, we're going to dip our toe in the water.
00:56:27
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But we're not going to go all the Yeah, that's true. Lunar Long was comfy. Yeah. It was super comfy. I miss Lunar. That was the running shoe I used to do was the ah that Alpha something. Lunar Alpha, something like that. Couldn't tell you. Something like that. Yeah. 2014. That was my favorite year of innovation.
00:56:42
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If you you got down to this. It was like the free runners too that you could like roll those things Yeah. Oh, man. Those. I think that was the year the Sock Dart, which I don't like. Yep. Nike Rift that year as well.
00:56:55
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Yeah, man. But yeah, I'm not a big fan of retros. I'll be honest. I do like, you know, them here or there. But yeah, sorry for the long rant at the end. Follow the podcast. My first kicks pod. I'm going to kick it to myself. Do the outro.
00:57:08
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Peace. Thank you for checking out this week's episode with AD Sneaks. I hope you enjoyed us talking about me. taking ad and his son around new york city plus just a lot of the things that we have been noticing and been interacting with with people that are within the singing community that are commonplace names that we hear from time to time or just navigating how he's been able to navigate uh growing such a following and through his photography and me growing a following within new york city and within you know, sneaker podcasting and the thought of collaboration. And so I really wanted to take this outro to to talk about some things that have been on my mind, especially with like the recent Grits and Eggs podcast with Charlamagne, the God. If you haven't checked out that episode, check that out with, you know,
00:58:08
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Those are my boys. Shout out to my guys, Deontay and Big cut Ice Cup Cat. ah But they talked to charlemagne charlotte char Charlemagne, and he said something really interesting within like the first 10 minutes of the podcast. He talked about how people who are, who people who have it figured out, no, people who are figuring it out are treating it as more of competition, and people who have it figured out are treating it more through collaboration. Now, what that means and what that means to me specifically is that when it comes to starting up anything in like a creative endeavor or just anything in general where you're really the focal point, the nucleus for the thing to start bubbling up and to start making you know moves,
00:59:01
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You start putting a chip on your shoulder and treating everything as a competition. Now, my first two years, i kind of really took that on.
00:59:13
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and I really understood what he meant by this, because when you start real like thinking that it's all eyes on or your back is against the wall every single time you put out something or do something and you're wondering why I'm not getting these views or why I'm not you know doing you know as well as somebody else. And you're're you're wondering like, hey, me and this other person started at the same time. We're kind of doing the same thing. and they're getting more love, but I'm not. And you start really measuring up that they are your competition. And that is something that I feel is very commonplace within sneakers and especially within anything creative, an artist or, you know, videographer, video editing. And now I have this crazy, you know,
01:00:05
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i don't I wouldn't say illustrious, but my resume is pretty all over the place from you know working within magazines and working within video editing. you know I've worked at Comedy Central. you know All this stuff. Blah, blah, blah. And I mentioned this on like a couple solo podcasts. But...
01:00:21
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Once you start working within those places, especially when it's like a creative thing, you're like wondering, like am i doing enough to really you know make my my name in order to get a promotion or be here for a really long time? like I know people that are still at Comedy Central...
01:00:36
Speaker
Since I got bounced out and they're doing their thing. But like when I look at it and I go, hey hey, I was there for two years, two to three years, and I feel like I've done more than them or like in that time. And you're like, but this person has been here 15 years. Like you don't really necessarily know.
01:00:56
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your worth versus somebody else. You only know your worth and I think you need to advocate for your worth and how you are a valuable asset or a valuable person within a corporate space. But on a creative creative side, you're more you're more like...
01:01:13
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out in the open and it's really hard for you to kind of get your bearings on what are you doing and and if you're doing it correctly, if you're doing it in the way that is either grabbing an audience, create or creating an audience or, or even, you know, are you doing it for yourself and are you honoring yourself or are you honoring the people before you or are you honoring the thing that you're celebrating?
01:01:40
Speaker
These are a lot of questions that, that really, you A lot people a lot of people battle... in their upcoming or rising. And it's, it's interesting to see when, cause I came out of it very quickly just because of a, a lot of my, you know, career itself really blended. It's like the, the, the, the things I learned in my career and moving up and also college and, and like my friend groups and stuff like that really helped me into,
01:02:16
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What this has become now and how I've been able to kind of always stay ready and kind of shed a lot of these competition thoughts or, or you know, and kind of like for real, though, ah shed away the competition thoughts and look more towards collaboration. Right.
01:02:36
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I could sit here and look at like you know other podcasts and be like, why don't why don't they talk to me? Or or or why don't why don't they have me on? um And I did have those moments, especially like young ah like you know two years within the podcasting realm of this space. And so once you shed those things and you you really just kind of Put the olive branch out, you know, talk to people that you don't really normally talk to ah or even just, you know, seek advice like or look for teaching moments. And I think those are very like those these are pivotal things in order for you to grow.
01:03:17
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ah I hearken. to my episode the second the first episode with Bima like I always thought or even my first episode with Jason Faustino like these are guys that i I always would you know reach out to and not be afraid to ask questions or not in a sense where it's like am I doing good am I doing good it's it's more of a of a kind of like a temperature check of like, am I on the right path? And all our paths are different, but we do need moments where we need collaboration in order to keep our paths in it going in the direction that we see feet fit for ourselves. And so I really wanted to take this outro to really like just get this off because
01:04:05
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We're going to always have moments of contention where especially within a creative space, we're going to always have moments where ah people don't rock with each other or, you know, somebody's jealous of somebody or somebody sees somebody as competition. And I hope somebody that is watching this ah because I feel like a lot of the people that are going to watch this episode are maneuver
Appreciation for Community Support
01:04:26
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around this space. um really take into mind that we don't all have to be competition. I think we're better collaborating. And that's why I say yes to everybody. When, if they would like to, you know, work with me or, you know, or I reach out to people because in order for our niche or in order for this thing that we love to grow, we need to really, you
01:04:53
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harness and build on the community and culture that brought us into loving the thing that we love to do, especially. And so always big on, you know,
01:05:07
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Just providing as much selflessness and as much insight as I can with every episode. ah And I love that I'm getting a lot of you know, I'm proud of you text from people I've...
01:05:24
Speaker
Never thought I would be on their radar, so it's crazy. um Real quick, before we jump into the Patreon stuff, thank you, thank you, thank you to everybody that wished me happy birthday on my birthday. I made a birthday post. ah You know, every year i think about...
01:05:39
Speaker
Losing my best for my childhood best friend that I grew up with um around this time um because we used to spend every birthday together, every all our birthdays together. And so I really appreciate everyone who showed me love because around this time, i find it hard to kind of receive love during this time. ah and i I felt there was no, there was the the only way i can explain this is that I was so just shocked um this time around with the messages, the text, the calls, the FaceTimes, ah people, you know, reaching out and people that showed up to my party, like, ah and the party I went to the day of my birthday, like people were showing me love there too. So, yeah.
01:06:29
Speaker
i I couldn't think about, you know, the the the year that well, I couldn't think about um kind of like the emptiness of, you know, not getting that text from my boy. And so i appreciate everyone.
Patreon Promotion and Engagement
01:06:46
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ah Seriously, if you've gotten this far, I appreciate each and every one of y'all for getting me through that. And. you know moment of vulnerability before we jump into the patreon while i ask for your money so please we gotta do patreon shout outs uh but thank you again for chapping in um and hearing me out and checking out this intro and checking out this episode but if you want to get shouted out the end of a podcast like this one and these people here sign up for the patreon patreon.com slash my first kicks if you sign up for the patreon you there's only one tier you get
01:07:19
Speaker
the episode a day early with no ads. You also get, I'm working on a newsletter, but you also get a ton of extra content that I've been working on um in order to you know, make the Patreon very enticing. But really, they also, it's a place where we can all conjugate and talk to Cause I don't really want to build a discord. Um, and so, you know, when I drop an episode comment there, ah let's start, let's start getting a little bit more conversational on there, especially, ah but there's only one tier $5. Like i said before all this rant, uh, $5 tier, patreon.com slash my first kicks. It helps the podcast. It really, really does. Cause pay for studio time. I invest all my money back into this. I don't have sponsors, so I would love the community to spend sponsor the podcast. But let's do the shout outs.
01:08:12
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Let's shout out with the guest himself. Shout out to AD Sneaks. We got Derek Hawkins. We got M. Dot. Shout out M. Dot. We got Brett. Shout out Plox. We got Derek Hawkins. We got Samia Grandpierre. We got Derek Lipkin. We got Adam...
01:08:30
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Adam Butler, Adam Neustadar, and Ross Adams. And that should be ah it You know, sometimes I miss some people, but you can you won't get missed if you're a brand new patron at patreon.com slash myfirstkicks. Thank you for checking out this week's episode. And if you want to check out more of this podcast, check out these two episodes here. Hit that subscribe button. And you know what we say each week, wear your kicks. Peace.