Author Topic: Old school Airwalk shoes (Read 5725 times)

Mevs · « **on:** January 28, 2009, 03:46:03 AM »

I came across this website on my slacking-at-work-but-looking-busy travels, and thought I'd share... whoever made this put a lot of work into it, and some of the shoes like Prototypes and Enigmas still look awesome today. Some of them just look fucking horrible though (cough *beyonds* cough), I'll let you be the judge...

I had a pair of these

Bipsmound · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:58:19 AM »

www.airwalkprototypes.com

Sharing usually involves posting a link, so there ya go. I used to be ridiculously hyped on that little Airwalk man when I was little. He was like the spirit of my essence, man. So nimble, so quick, so reckless.

I love your Ricks avatar by the way.

Back to 0 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:07:03 AM »

memory lane...

didnt know i had soo many of those, I remember cutting them down to lowtops and mom freaking out

Mevs · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2009, 08:10:49 AM »

Fuck me I'm half asleep today...thought I'd posted the link! Thanks Bipsmound

H8R part 4 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2009, 08:21:52 AM »

i remember copping some of these before going to see batman(the one with keaton) in the theatre.

such an awesome link, thanks bipsmound!

grimcity · « **Reply #5 on:** January 28, 2009, 09:07:39 AM »

540's FTW!!!
Thanks for the little trip back in time. Isn't AirWalk a Payless Shoes brand now?

drunk guy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 28, 2009, 12:35:34 PM »

Quote from: grimcity on January 28, 2009, 09:07:39 AM

540's FTW!!!
Thanks for the little trip back in time. Isn't AirWalk a Payless Shoes brand now?

unfortunatly they are, well not unfortunate for the light pocketed

max power · « **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2009, 12:41:13 PM »

i was so jealous of my friend in 6th grade when he got some velocity's

Marty Mcfly · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2009, 12:43:39 PM »

I was Frankie Hilling in these. (well not the gaps just curb cuts)

carbonite · « **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:02:03 PM »

epic, epic site...
some dude in my 8th grade english class had these

he'd wear them with this Quebec Nordiques jersey like every day...

Ronald Wilson Reagan · « **Reply #10 on:** January 28, 2009, 08:15:09 PM »

nts's... what an awful idea...

memories.
Though I was hoping to see pics of some solo2's, the best skate shoe ever.

Nancy Chin The Manicurist · « **Reply #11 on:** January 28, 2009, 09:01:19 PM »

i use the Enigmas as jogging shoes sometimes.

RaunchyKid · « **Reply #12 on:** January 28, 2009, 09:03:45 PM »

I want a pair and don't care if I get made fun of.

Allen. · « **Reply #13 on:** January 28, 2009, 09:14:20 PM »

My buddy has a pair of the Blue, Black and grey Enigmas and skates them every now and then.

spungo · « **Reply #14 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:22:18 PM »

We used to get the red and green enigmas and make our own colorways with bleach... I think that was common. Also cutting your airwalks and taping the tops. Freaked out some moms for sure. What a strange trend.

lampshade · « **Reply #15 on:** January 29, 2009, 04:09:47 AM »

Those velocities were the worst shoes possible to street skate in. Thick soles and came up to mid-calf. I remember having them during the summer an my feet always sweating lie crazy. I was so stoked on the black and white 540s because they were the best color to marker up.

Sleazy · « **Reply #16 on:** January 29, 2009, 05:59:08 AM »

Quote from: faster! on January 28, 2009, 08:21:52 AM

i remember copping some of these before going to see batman(the one with keaton) in the theatre.

such an awesome link, thanks bipsmound!

oh shit, i forgot about those. probably the only airwalks that didn't completely look like shit. i favored the jordans but i remember being stoked on these because they had gotten away from all the purple and blue colorways.

OttoMaddox · « **Reply #17 on:** January 29, 2009, 06:43:28 AM »

Was the point of NTS's to mix and match? Brutal. I had a pair of brown NTS 2's, they actually skated pretty decently. I also had Ones, like every other kid in 1993-4.

j....soy..... · « **Reply #18 on:** January 29, 2009, 08:14:01 AM »

Quote from: spungo on January 28, 2009, 11:22:18 PM

We used to get the red and green enigmas and make our own colorways with bleach... I think that was common. Also cutting your airwalks and taping the tops. Freaked out some moms for sure. What a strange trend.

we took it a step further and broke out shoe polish too....one of my favourite shoes....

AENYC · « **Reply #19 on:** January 29, 2009, 08:32:31 AM »

i had the enigmas and the jason lees...way cleaner looking than most of the shit airwalk was making back then.

they had some really awful looking kicks.

Mevs · « **Reply #20 on:** January 29, 2009, 10:35:10 AM »

These... these shoes are so bad they're actually kind of awesome. I can't imagine why people started chopping them down!

I love Enigmas though. If they ever reissued them I'd buy a pair in a heartbeat. Doubt that would ever happen though, these seem to be the only hi tops they make these days...

Sigh

Author Topic: Old school Airwalk shoes (Read 5725 times)

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