Shoe Game

So if you have yet to be aquainted then allow me to introduce you. This is the Nike Foamposite Pro in the pearl colorway. Now if you read our previous shoe post you know that this is our favorite shoe. Well this shoe and the Foamposite One, which is the original shoe and is almost the same minus the large Nike swoosh. This color was oiginally released in the late 90's maybe. I know for a fact they came out again in the early 2000's. So Nike decided to release them again. Back by popular demand. Wait... Wait... Before I get ahead of myself, I need to convey to you how popular this shoe is in the DC area. The DMV if you will (DC, Maryland, and Virginia). If you had to pick a mascot shoe to represent your city in a basketball game; this is the shoe. The thing is, Nike knows this. So what did they decide to do when they released this shoe again this past March? Yeah, Nike made it a House of Hoops exclusive. For those that don't know, House of Hoops is a joint venture between Nike and Footlocker. It's a shoe store dedicated to basketball shoes. Sounds awesome. And it is. The only problem is the closest HoH to DC is... you guessed it, NYC. So the shoe came and went and the whole DMV got screwed. So really the only way to get the shoe was to take a week off work or my favorite (heavy sarcasm), buy them from a reseller. So if you missed this shoe like I did now instead of paying the retail price of $190 you get to look foward to paying $500. Now I understand where Nike is coming from. It makes the shoe more special if its a limited release but I would say more than half of the shoes bought were resold for a profit and for the consumer there's nothing special about that. $500 for shoes, come on man. But next time Nike won't screw the whole DC area. They are opening a House of Hoops in Hyattsville, Md. Get some.

-This post was posted with the utmost respect for the shoe game.

-Peace.