The Long Way Around with The Sneaker Savant

The Sneakerhead Condition

This is the final essay in Volume 1.

May 1 • The Sneaker Savant

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April 2026

bB4 I found the one

As with most things related to Nike, the marketing wormed its way into my head far before the shoes ever graced my feet.

Apr 24 • The Sneaker Savant

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Flip-flopping on the Air Jordan 1

For years, every time someone talked about the Jordan 1, my mind always shot back to something Bobbito Garcia wrote about it.

Apr 17 • The Sneaker Savant

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Why 'five pairs' isn't actually a number

In 2019, a man I didn’t know reached out to me from overseas and asked if I could authenticate a pair of shoes he had just bought.

Apr 10 • The Sneaker Savant

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Experience without a badge.

A couple of years ago, mid-pandemic, I had an interview with a popular up-and-coming sneaker authentication company.

Apr 3 • The Sneaker Savant

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March 2026

The legend that just won't die.

Sneakers take on a different life from the shelf to the street, and there’s no better analogy than this:

Mar 27 • The Sneaker Savant

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A stone-cold medium rare.

Even on a 9-inch television, at the ripe old age of 10, I could tell that the ‘red’ didn’t match the red from the jersey.

Mar 20 • The Sneaker Savant

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The designasty

In the mid to late 90s, in the mountains of Northern California, ‘style’ was little more than a word.

Mar 13 • The Sneaker Savant

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Hawaii 6-0

Besides thousands upon thousands of words for content, one of the byproducts of hanging out with the owner of Urban Necessities for a few days back in…

Mar 6 • The Sneaker Savant

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February 2026

Hybrids, or: Translation for People Who Weren’t There

A few months ago, I posted a meme that I didn’t expect to turn into what it did: the ‘Jordan Brand buyers guide’ Venn Diagram.

Feb 27 • The Sneaker Savant

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Why 'comfort' is the laziest compliment.

There used to be this sneaker shop on the North side of Canal Street in New York, East of Broadway, that was kind of a hidden gem.

Feb 20 • The Sneaker Savant

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One size fits (one)

It’s a pretty classic issue, and at a certain point it’s caused me pause and inaction more times than I can count.

Feb 13 • The Sneaker Savant

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