i forgot how good nike’s fresh out the box was until i listened to it in the whip the other night on the way home from mr. k’s.
i’ve only had two pairs of af1’s my whole life. my first pair was a pair of all-white mid’s my mom bought for me before 7th grade. i remember trying them on and dancing in front of my dad’s toshiba flatscreen in the family room with my white cargo’s on before he got home from work one day. they were so damn crispy, i had to be the freshest kid in middle school. that’s how they made me feel, and how i felt was my personal truth, so my thoughts had to be true. i was the freshest kid in middle school. had to be.
my 2nd pair, i got in 8th grade right before a field trip. i used to talk to my best friend almost every night on the phone and one night we got to talking about getting new shoes before the field trip. the more we talked about it, the more it became an actual possibility. i forgot what he got, but i got my 2nd pair of af1’s. they were mid’s (of course) and they were grey with a red nike check. they were new off ebay, and in the description the guy said he bought them from finishline but never wore them. the grey was a very thick, waterproof-like material. i never knew if they were real or not because i never saw another pair like them after countless internet searches, but i knew i loved them.
with all this reminiscing, it’s got me thinking i might turn the clocks back and turn the world into middle school again.
-ratha, 8:56pm, 6.2.17
(edit: i’ve found two pairs on ebay, they are from 2003)