Welcome to the Sneakerazzi's blog jumpoff.
Why in the world would I create a blog? Why not? That's what I figure. I've surfed the internet for many, many years now, and I've never really found 1 spot that gave me everything I'm looking for. At least half would have worked. What am I looking for you wonder? Well.....this is what's good. Kix, Cars, Music, Kix, Money, Photography, Sports, and Kix. I'm pretty much a die hard sneaker head, and even more die hard car head. The catch is I can afford more kix that I like, than cars that I like. Ain't that a bitch.
How did it all start? Well, as for the cars, its all my uncle's fault. But I say that in the best way possible. All I really remember is being 3...4...5 years old and playing with remote controlled cars, rail cars, Matchbox cars, Hot Wheels, and all kinds of vehicles. It just created this insatiable hunger to learn and love cars to another level. Just a quick idea of what I mean. I can point out a car from up to a few hundred yards away at times. Day or Night. Make and Model. And in some cases, even the year. I have hundreds of thousands of obscure facts about all kinds of vehicles swimming in my head. I've been reading Auto periodicals since elementary school. But on a subscription basis. There was a 5 year window where I was subscribed to the top 4 car magazines in the country. They were all read from cover to cover. Nowadays, I satiate my hunger by working car shows. Mostly Hot Import Nights, along with a sprinkle of a few other shows. Working how you may ask. Well, I am actually a judge for the car shows. It's a cool gig. I love the cars, so this allows for me to be close to them, hear the details of the car from the owner themselves (some exaggerated, some not), and get paid for it. Not to mention that I also get paid travel to several locations. From Brazil, to Venezuela to just other states in this country. It's cool. I can't complain.
Where do the kix come in? Well, originally I'm from Brooklyn, NY. Born and raised, then moved to Miami for high school until today. Where I lived for the latter part of my time there is what influenced a lot of my likes nowadays. I was up in Bay Ridge. Not exactly the poorest neighborhood, although far from the richest. Growing up in Brooklyn, or New York City for that matter, you find yourself looking for a way to separate yourself from everybody. Some way to distinguish yourself. We are talking about a city where you can interact with a few thousand people a day easily Well, for my particular childhood, one way to do distinguish yourself was by what kicks you were rocking. This is a time where the Air Jordan is just beginning to take Flight. Ewing's got his own kicks jumping off. L.A. Gear has Karl Malone with the Catapult jumpoff's. Reebok is poppin off with the Pumps. Not to mention the rest of the Nike lineup, Ellesse's, Diadora's, Kswiss', Fila's, Puma's, etc. What did it for me? Jordan. I didn't even know basketball existed until MJ hit the scene. For me, if you didn't have Jordans on, you weren't really rocking anything. Yea you can be fresh, and look cool. But you just weren't doing it. Jordans just changed the whole game. I'll never forget my first pair. White and 6th grade. Cement Air Jordan IV. Size 6.5. $65. My parents got them for me off of Knickerbocker Ave. in BK. Back when size 6.5 was the first size for men. Oh you didn't know that. Better ask somebody. Or you can just look it up.
My personal favorites? Air Jordans, obviously, Air Max's, Uptowns (AF1 bka Air Force One), anything with the old school Air Max 180 bubble (illest bubble to this day in my opinion followed by the AM95 bubble and the AM360 bubble), Barkley's, Agassi's, Huarache's...I mean, basically any kix that were hot from 88-98. Plus any other hot modern kicks that come out nowadays.
What am I going to be doing in this blog? Basically reporting on anything I find related to what I love. Kix, Music (Hip Hop mainly), Cars, and light sprinkling of my amateur photography skills, sports and money making. Just something to keep myself entertained, and maybe...just maybe, keep a bunch of you reading this entertained as well.
Enjoy and welcome to Sneakerazzi Central.
LuLu.
