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Which pair for h🏀🏀pin’ this weekend? Hmm🤔.
#SPOFAM #SERIOUSPLAYERONLY #GOHOOP #BASKETBALL

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Profiles of something coming soon…… @rarepacerun
#sneakerphotography #dowhatmakesyouhappy

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Several hours of basketball love. That’s all I have to say. Enjoy. #thankyoubasketball

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SPO PLAYER 1.5 “BAMBOO SNAKE”🐍 📸 gallery. Yes, I will be hooping in these tonight! Big thank you to the SPO JP FAM for the luv. #sneakerphotography #seriousplayeronly #gohoop

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The best medicine I know. 3 hours of shooting around, stretching, fresh air, slowing down, and being grateful. To my fellow hoopers, I wish your next 🏀 session to be full of laughs, buckets and dimes. Peace.

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After 3 weeks straight of gloomy, rainy weather, the sunshine returned this morning! Last night’s typhoon moved out around 11pm which always results in sunshine and a spike in temperatures the following day. I arrived at the court around 6:30am and just simply shot around for three and a half hours. Just shooting and stretching…and all that sunshine! It was peaceful, rejuvenating and relaxing. This wasn’t just hoops. After 3 weeks of dark weather, today was 3 and a half hours of bliss. #thankyoubasketball

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Just get out there and go hoop! 🎨Artwork sparked by the collab 👉🏾 WEARTESTERS/NIGHTWING X SERIOUS PLAYER ONLY. #thankyoubasketball #godoop #artwork

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@weartesters x SPO photo gallery📸. A very, very photogenic shoe🔥. Color blocking and balance, details and one BAD ASS hoop shoe. Solid combo. I won’t be able to hoop in this particular pair for a while due to my excitement to hoop in the mid top version. 12 hours to goooooo🏀🏀🏀🏀‼️ #sneakerphotography #gohoop #basketball

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SPO Player 1.5 Mid “Icarus” 🪽in hand and they are CLEAN! The Greek mythology theme along with the subtle color palette is under the radar DOPE. Love the blue and orange hits on the outsoles and aglets. I’ll hoop in them tomorrow night and possibly Saturday night as well. Of course I’ll relay the experience in an upcoming post. I am one of those weirdos that actually prefers mids over lows so I’m extra stoked to hoop in these. There are a couple additions that I’m curious to see how they perform on the hardwood, I’ll make sure to share the experience as concisely as possible. Hope you guys enjoy the gallery📸. Peace….ah, yes. One other pair arrived last night as well👀. #sneakerphotography #spo #spofam #gohoop #basketball

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Birthday Month Dump 💙🫂🦢

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I know the color theme surrounds the “Into The Spiderverse” but when I hear “Brooklyn” there’s only one legend I think of. Nas. The Message. N.Y. State of Mind. It Ain’t Hard To Tell. The Don. Made You Look. Adam and Eve. REAL QUALITY. Wish these kids out here had an inkling of what true lyrical skill is. #realhiphop

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Why did I get this shoe? To my eyes, they are absolutely beautiful and knowing New Balance’s standard of quality/materials, it will be a worthy pick up. It features GORE-TEX so it was a no brainer with autumn and winter coming up. Also, my daughter has the non GORE-TEX version so I wanted to be matchy matchy.

Now, let me transform into grumpy ol’man for the remainder of this post. This shoe is from 2010. I understand completely that it’s a retro. Cushioning technologies evolve naturally. Foams evolve, absorption and dispersion etc. etc. Most of us and our feet have been completely spoiled by modern day cushioning systems. I’ve walked exactly 8.5 km in this shoe so far over the span of three days (I actually kept track on my fitness tracker). I can say for a FACT, it’s no better than my AJ III or V retros. Fine. It is what it is. That’s not the issue.

My problem is the bs on the website. The marketing jargon. Talking about this and that and the other. Here’s a copy and paste from the website: The ABZORB midsole is a cushioning material that not only absorbs shock but also has rebound elasticity. ABZORB SBS heel cushioning provides added stability and comfort. N-ergy technology provides superior shock absorption

Obviously ALL brands do it. I remember the Halo Kobe 9 protro and its “extra line” on the outsole for upgraded traction. Don’t get it twisted, this 2002R is wearable for regular daily life. Just don’t expect the fantasy described on the website. Ok, I’m done. Peace.

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