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Posted: 4/25/2015 9:14:39 PM EDT

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PF Flyers for me. Anybody remember them?

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I do, but we were not wealthy enough, so we got the Thom McAnn specials.

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:15:07 PM EDT

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I do remember seeing a pic of me in elementary school, basketball team photo, wearing a pair of white Nike high tops.

Now in middle school, I had the original pair of Jordans, The Magic Johnson Converse and at some point the blue and white nike pumps. My everyday wear were either K Swiss or Reebok white hightops.

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:15:29 PM EDT

[#3]

PF Flyers or something like that. Red Ball was another. Loved it as a kid, That is all you had anyway. :))

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:16:37 PM EDT

[#4]

Whatever was cheap at the beginning of the school year

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:16:59 PM EDT

[#5]

Nike, back in the late 70s

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:21:19 PM EDT

[#6]

Growing up in CA, skating and racing BMX pretty much all we wore were Vans.

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:22:39 PM EDT

[#7]

Dr. J's then Nike and Vans

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:29:15 PM EDT

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Was a golf caddie for 5 years when I was younger - always wore the Adidas version of shox.

Now I run with Brooks trail Cascadias 95% of the time.

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:30:35 PM EDT

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At that age I was probably wearing buffalo sandals or barefoot. I was a hippy teenager.

Eta early-mid 70's

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:40:30 PM EDT

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When I was young back in the 60's, my Mom would buy me the Bo-BO sneakers you would find in a big basket at the Sipermarket. I bet yoy they were 99cents at the time.

Chuck Taylors when I got older..

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This. But even then Chucks were like 7 bucks

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:51:23 PM EDT

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PF Flyers for me. Anybody remember them?

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Made me run faster and jump higher.

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:52:02 PM EDT

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Most of the time I had cheap Nike knock offs but one year I got Kangaroos with the zipper pocket. I thought they were so cool at the time.

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:58:00 PM EDT

[#13]

Es, Etnies, Circa, and DC mostly. Yes, I used to skate.

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:58:36 PM EDT

[#14]

Nike.

Posted: 4/25/2015 9:59:48 PM EDT

[#15]

Converse high tops, or PF Flyers. Those were the only two options we knew of

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:08:58 PM EDT

[#16]

Red Balls

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:11:20 PM EDT

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This

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:12:12 PM EDT

[#18]

Air Jordans

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:13:33 PM EDT

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Converse high tops

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Only thing available.

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:13:42 PM EDT

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Reebok and Nike, then chuck Taylor's and Doc martens. Also skater style shoes.

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Posted: 4/25/2015 10:15:54 PM EDT

[#21]

Keds, then Jack Purcells in middle school because they were the best "brake shoes" for homemade mini bikes, and then Converse in HS. I wear NB now.

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:25:57 PM EDT

[#22]

Trax

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:32:08 PM EDT

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PF Flyers for me. Anybody remember them?

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Yep!

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:32:45 PM EDT

[#24]

Vans

Eric

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:38:49 PM EDT

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Airwalks and Vans.

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Posted: 4/25/2015 10:40:36 PM EDT

[#26]

Red or orange Chucks at the beginning of every school year.

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:41:26 PM EDT

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red ball, i think they were.

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Red Ball Jets!

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:41:48 PM EDT

[#28]

New Balance with a few Nike's mixed in, still wear New Balance.

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:44:34 PM EDT

[#29]

Asics

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:47:17 PM EDT

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we didn't have a lot of money growing up so I never had a pair of name brand sneakers in school. Actually even after I got out of school and had my own money I've only owned two pairs of name brand sneakers, one pair of Adidas and a pair of Nikes that I bouht a couple of years ago for running on the treadmill. I tried running in my hunting boots and it didn't work so well for my back

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:50:34 PM EDT

[#31]

Vans or airwalk

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:50:44 PM EDT

[#32]

Converse
Beta
Nike
Adidas
Brooks
New Balance

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:52:21 PM EDT

[#33]

PF Flyers
RedBall Jets
Converse (Chuck Taylors...both high and low top, canvas and suede....and the suede weighed 3lbs each)
Adidas SL72's were my first real hi tech running shoe. $22 when I was making $1.80 an hour at Safeway.

Posted: 4/25/2015 10:56:11 PM EDT

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WHen I was 13 I have the Reebok Shaq Attaq 3's... that was probably the last year I cared about having "cool" shoes. After that it was airwalks and vans. Before then it was like your social status was tied directly to what shoes you wore... looking back on that as an adult the whole thing seems insane, but that's middle school for ya.

http://miszapas.net/media/1993-94-Reebok-Shaq-Attaq-Black.jpg

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I had these Shaq pumps. My dad was exceedingly cheap, but understood that shoes were important. He took me shopping for hours for basketball shoes when I was in 5th grade. He almost caved for a pair of the previous year's Jordans, at least he let me try them on. Finally we found a pair of Shaq Pumps and several pairs of Air Force Ones on clearance. The Forces would have been better shoes, but I wanted those pumps. Dad went for them even though they were way too big. I remember wearing them up through 8th grade. My dad still gets a good laugh out of those shoes.

Posted: 4/25/2015 11:01:42 PM EDT

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Converse high tops

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This until they became trendy and the price went up.

Posted: 4/25/2015 11:02:06 PM EDT

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Chuck Taylors. Bradlee's would have big bins of Chucks. They weren't in pairs, just big bins of loose sneakers. We'd dig through looking for two the same size and color. They were poor kid shoes back then, I think $3.00/pair (1970's).

New Balance, Nike high tops, and work boots through the 80's. After 1986 it was LPC's every day.

Posted: 4/25/2015 11:04:24 PM EDT

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Sambas and Asics Tigers.

Also I had a pair the Kill Bill editions. Just without the giant FUCK YOU on the sole.

Posted: 4/25/2015 11:04:59 PM EDT

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Jack Purcell

Keds

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This^^^^^

Posted: 4/25/2015 11:06:13 PM EDT

[#39]

Converse all stars.

Posted: 4/25/2015 11:25:01 PM EDT

[#40]

Converse, maybe?

All I really remember was getting them from the grocery store. It kept us busy for awhile trying to find our size in that big basket.

Posted: 4/25/2015 11:27:20 PM EDT

[#41]

Nikes and that's pronounced nike as in rhymes with bike. They were white leather and you either got a red swoosh or a blue one and a bottle of white shoe paint to fix the scratches.

Posted: 4/26/2015 12:09:09 AM EDT

[#42]

Hi-top shoes usually nike, puma, converse. K Swiss and Reebok too. Never wore canvas shoes.

Posted: 4/26/2015 12:24:11 AM EDT

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Converse was the shit when I was in elementary school. Puma and reebok in middle school. Nike and Adidas later. Now it's mostly New Balance.

Posted: 4/26/2015 12:27:47 AM EDT

[#44]

Vans, Chucks, Macbeth

Posted: 4/26/2015 12:28:43 AM EDT

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LOL, We wore the crappy sneakers in the bargain bin at the grocery store. We called them "BoBos". Thing is, they lasted forever. I didn't buy my first pair of Nikes until I was in High School.

Posted: 4/26/2015 12:31:08 AM EDT

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after not needing special ortho shoes anymore, i wore whatever my parents could afford to buy me that managed to fit and was somewhat comfortable.

Posted: 4/26/2015 12:42:34 AM EDT

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$3 - $4 Chuck's out of the bin at P&C in the 70's

Posted: 4/26/2015 12:48:31 AM EDT

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I'm still young. I wear Ariat cowbow boots. I have a pair a tennipumps. I'm not sure on the brand.

Posted: 4/26/2015 12:49:20 AM EDT

[#49]

Vans, Converse and them swede Pumas

Posted: 4/26/2015 12:52:46 AM EDT

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Converse high tops

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^^^^^^^^^ this

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