It’s OK to call it a comeback.
Great news this morning from Footlocker, who’s announcing that the BB4, the shoe that Vince Carter made famous, will be retroed as a House of Hoops exclusive on April 18.

A little Sole Searching fun-fact: when these shoes originally dropped in 2000, I picked up the white/black patent models for a whopping 250 Cdn bucks. And I went half a size up, based solely on the fear that if I didn’t buy the shoes right then and there at that moment, they’d pass me by. It’d be the white/concord Jordan XI all over again. Six months later I saw the shoes on sale for under $150. Broke. My. Heart.
You know the significance of this shoe, and so does Fred Weiss.
The original boing dunk got me thinking about some of the great ads that the Swoosh put together for VC and the BB4 back in the day. Check those out here.
And just for good measure, this VC Hooptown ad that I’d somehow never seen:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34V_DEGZUY
Nuff said.
i bought them for 30$ in the back of a suburu
great, great link.
Prettiest nastiest in-game alleyoop I’ve ever seen.
Shox Testify: only one i bought in 3 colours. superb fit (Maxiell still wears ‘em)
Shox elevate: i had one pair, & nearly went mental chasing after more. LOVED the look.
Shox Limitless: unrollable, first Nike ID’s (my nickname and no. on those drove teammates and opponents wild, back in europe)
Shox BB4: iconic cause of Vince. average fit
Shox Leaper: gorgeous in pure black. sadly nearly as bad as the Hyperflight for killing your ankles.
Shox Jumpoffs: 2nd ID shoe, they wobbled QUICK
Shox Slam: 08/09 model, a bit clunky. Switched to Hyperdunks.
Others i had but didn’t enjoy:
Bomber, Up’s, Elite II TB (How Camby can keep wearing that unsafe shoe is beyond me), certified (loved JET in em, me in them? not so much).
The one’s i’m glad got away: Spotlight (strange) & Stunner’s (even stranger)
The WORST fitting Shox of all time: Shox Lethal (nomen est omen)
The ONE that i wanted so bad and were gone in a flash: Shox Xplosion. worn by Lamar during his Miami days. LOVED that shoe, never could find them.
Looking forward to the Shox Vision this summer. Looks like a winner in the pics. Might like the Hyperdunks right now, but nothing beats them Shox. Right Mr’s Prince, Mydyess, Powe, Kirilenko, Maxiell, B-Miller, Carter?
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