Ian Stonebrook
Favorite: “Dark Neon Royal” Nike Air Foamposite One/Most Disliked: “Elephant Print” Nike Air Foamposite Pro
My favorite Foamposite ever is the “Dark Neon Royal” colorway. Yup, obvious choice, but this actually my favorite shoe of all time. Back when these dropped, I was in third or fourth grade and there was no way that even my mom was going to drop $180 on a sneaker for a kid with a growing foot. I tried everything to get these. I was even Mike Bibby for Halloween in fifth grade, hoping that my mom would get me a pair so my costume was up to detail. These shoes finally came back when I was in college and I used all my birthday money to buy a pair. One of the only shoes I’ve ever paid more than retail for and still my favorite shoe ever.
The worst Foamposite? Where do I start? It’s funny, when I was in high school I remember hearing guys on Nike Talk that were five to ten years older than me bellyaching about shoes like the Air Force Max coming out in too many colorways and how their favorite shoe was getting ruined. I never really got that until Foams popped. I understand it’s a business and you’ve got to get it while the getting’s good, but so many Foams came out over the course of a four year run that it really diminished my interest on my favorite shoe. My boy Brett put it best, half of the Foams that came out during that period looked “sweaty.” An already out there shoe was glitzed up to further glamorize its price tag, when in fact the price tag originated from the tech and the design. I feel like the shoe’s price point and positioning as a status symbol was overworked and ended up kind of deading the shoe for me. These elephant print ones would never be worn on my feet, but hey, I like the “Wheats” a lot so it ain’t all bad.
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