Air Force Friday
Posted by Greg Grovey | Oct 16, 2009
Today’s Air Force Friday features the story of Firman Wedianto, a Nice Kicks reader and Air Force 1 lover all the way from Indonesia. Click here to learn how hard work lead to a happy ending in Firman’s search for this sneaker. If you want your Air Force Friday story on the site, you have to do three simple things. First, become a Nice Kicks friend on Facebook. Secondly, become a member of the Nice Kicks group on Facebook. Last but not least, send your story along with a picture of you with the shoes to info@nicekicks.com. Title the subject Air Force Friday. |
Firman wanted to share his story about the love he has for his first Air Force 1, and what better place to do that than on our Air Force Friday? Firman used to be an avid skater a few years back and still is when time allows. Firman also had a love for basketball as well; this gave him a reason to wear basketball kicks as opposed to rocking skate shoes. Firman first saw this colorway of the Nike Air Force 1 around a week or so before he bought them, and he couldn’t stop thinking about them. Firman figured he needed a spare pair of sneakers for college; he thought this pair would be perfect. At the time, the cost was around 550K Rupiahs ($55). Since Firman spent most of his money buying skateboards and skating sneakers, he didnt want to ask his dad or mom to lend him the money. In 2005, Firman’s senior year in college, he entered and won 2nd place in a automotive design contest in which he won 400K Rupiahs. On his way home, he took a diffrent route in order to cruise by the mall near his university. He went directly to the Nike Store and bought his first pair of Forces. It was special to Firman because it was the first time he bought a sneaker from money he earned. Firman rocked this pair of Forces from 2005 to 2007. Firman still keeps the corpse and it’s box as part of his collection in order to remember all the memories that he made with first pair of Air Force 1’s.
Oct 20, 2009 at 11:03 am
Thanks for nicekicks add my story as the AF Friday…
I love sneakers, and despite I have a big love to most swoosh, these pair always special for me…
Again, Thanks for nicekicks, aired the sneakers love around…
Oct 17, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Why the first thing that popped in my head when I seen these shoes was Magic away jersey
Oct 17, 2009 at 11:42 am
@TheSneakerEnthusiast I had them too as well, If I’m not mistaking I took them back because the shoe was to small. So I got the grey/black/white mids. XD
Oct 17, 2009 at 11:24 am
that’s the thing about forces and why they are probably the best sneaker of all time. combining style with affordability. simplicity with innovation. fresh enough to rock but not sky high in box price like Jordans. simple enough to rock casual or get extra fly in especially with all the wild colors and textures they’ve experimented with. great story. one i can most relate to.
i bought my first forces the year Nelly dropped AF1’s. loved em before but could never afford em. got my first job that summer working at my family’s deli. went to foot locker at northland. they had the AF1’s song on the TV’s. “give me to pair, i need to pair” and that’s exactly what i did. classic all whites and classic all blacks.
Oct 16, 2009 at 10:28 pm
cool
Oct 16, 2009 at 9:07 pm
kwl story and ye forces are the best most timeless shoe of all time and les not forget the first to have the full airsole plus they just so fresh all whites will neva die
Oct 16, 2009 at 8:26 pm
yup I had these in 5th grade and im 16 now lol I used love them too
Oct 16, 2009 at 5:01 pm
wow. just shows how differently people rock the forces. but also shows why the air force 1 is the most beloved shoe in the world.
Oct 16, 2009 at 4:44 pm
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