Style - Kicks and Gear / May 24, 2010 / 5:00 pm
Sneaker Con: In Pictures
In you’re a New York City sneakerhead, then chances are I ran into you at Sneaker Con this past Saturday. Held down at 151 Sullivan Street, the place was packed with people buying, selling and trading kicks from sunrise to sunset. With probably a 95-to-5 guy/girl ratio, a phrase like “Where’d you get those?” was more common than “What’s your name?” And wearing my Parra x Nike Air Max 1s, I was even offered $700 for the shoes off my feet. Check out some pics from the event.
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May 24th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Austin Burton says:
AP, please tell me you took the $700 and went home in your socks. I would’ve.
May 24th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Aron Phillips says:
Haha. I thought about it, but Parra’s my dude! I love these shoes.
May 24th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
GoEasy says:
Crazy Man, 700 and you leave it on the table. I’d walk home nude in winter for 700
May 24th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
sweetv0mit says:
that red, white, yellow, blue air force ones from 6th picture from top… looks like the philippine flag colorway… sick!
May 24th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Papa Smurf says:
please post a pic of the shoes you were offered $700 for. i want to see just how crazy you are.
May 24th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Aron Phillips says:
@Papa Smurf
Here’s a link to the shoes:
http://thehundreds.com/thefeed/wordpress/?p=33593
May 24th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
J. Wells says:
You are nuts Aron….nuts! And I’ve seen the shoes.
May 24th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Papa Smurf says:
those are definitely nice . . . but, man . . . $700? I couldn’t pass it up.
May 24th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
ay yo. says:
Those Parra Air Max 1′s are dope, but as a sneaker collector, I would of taken the $700 as well.
Prob would of bought those OG Jordan White Cement 3′s too.
May 24th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
SayItAintSo says:
I’m no statistician but sometimes we call “a 95-to-5 guy/girl ratio” a 19-to-1 guy/girl ratio.
The smaller numbers are easier for me to wrap my feeble mind around.
May 24th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Cal says:
SayItAintSo, i feel you bro, i was thinkin the same thing. Aron, great work on this one. Awesome pics.
http://diaryofatiredblackman.wordpress.com/
May 24th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
3ple2ble (aka solomon) says:
damn… $700 for those kicks are good enough…
May 25th, 2010 at 3:47 am
LMNOP says:
Aron made the smart move. someone would have to offer me ten times that to part with my Parra’s. had to travel all the way to the Dam to get them, no way i’m letting some kid take them. if it was any of my Patta’s… kid would be leaving with a broke face just for aksing.
May 25th, 2010 at 7:56 am
DJ says:
Wow,, you were offered 700 for them? EW!
The soles are sweet, but man the rest is just plain ugly
May 25th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Student Of The Game says:
yo those shoes are sick Aron.. but damn 700 though???