Oct 24, 2026 · 52 min · 12 segments
👟📉 IS THIS THE DEMISE OF NIKE & SNEAKER CULTURE?Nike was once the undisputed king of sneaker culture. From Air Jordans and limited-edition releases to sneakerheads camping outside stores, Nike…
But again, I soon found out it wasn't the thing that brought me true satisfaction and joy because there's always another drop.
I want to ask you, do you remember when getting a shoe was an event? You ever been to one of those kind of events? Like people would camp out to get a new pair of Jordans or of a certain, you know, hype release that was coming out.
Lines wrapped around stores, right? It was like Black Friday, but it wasn't Black Friday, right? People had sneaker plugs.
Maybe you went to a sneaker convention and you were carrying around plastic cases of shoes and you were buying, selling, and trading, and a $180 pair of shoes that you bought could suddenly be worth $500 or maybe $800 or maybe hold them and they might be worth a couple thousand dollars.
But again, I soon found out it wasn't the thing that brought me true satisfaction and joy because there's always another drop.
I want to ask you, do you remember when getting a shoe was an event? You ever been to one of those kind of events? Like people would camp out to get a new pair of Jordans or of a certain, you know, hype release that was coming out.
Lines wrapped around stores, right? It was like Black Friday, but it wasn't Black Friday, right? People had sneaker plugs.
Maybe you went to a sneaker convention and you were carrying around plastic cases of shoes and you were buying, selling, and trading, and a $180 pair of shoes that you bought could suddenly be worth $500 or maybe $800 or maybe hold them and they might be worth a couple thousand dollars.
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