[Minty]

Haha British Knights. I had a pair of those and a pair of L.A. Lights. I hopped around quite a bit..Had a pair of the Scottie Pippin N*ke's when they came out. Were great shoes until the air bubble popped. Also wore the Kobe Bryant adidas.
Got my first pair of soops in like 95 I think? They were white with yellow stripes and kids at school made fun of me... Wish I could go back now and tell them to piss off

[Sneaker52]

Pokey - they weren't Cross Colours were they?
Yes, everyone had the Jordan 6's which is why it's so surprising that there aren't more around now.

Reebok graphlite pumps too, another favourite of mine!

[olstar]

I have no idea what sneaks i wore when i was younger, as it wasnt until i was 16 that i developed my shell toe obsession!

So before then trainers/sneakers were just something to stop me putting holes in my socks

[Effel]

First pair of shoes i remember getting giddy about was a pair of airmax 95s when i ws about 10.

[manus]

I had all kinds of weird shit - like Pony Destroyers and Reebok Hexalite. I then started running so was got various Air Maxes, Mizuno, a weird pair of Filas, and then I got some blue Adidas.

And then I got more blue Adidas until that fateful day circa 1997 when I found a pair of blue suede superstars and never looked back...

[Samo]

I grew up poor, so as kid i always had naff kicks and used to get the piss taken out of me. I always had niks (not nikes), ascot, head, and mercury. I used to wear em untill my feel poked out the ends, only then was i allowed another pair!!
The 1st pair i ever got really excited about was a pair of nike cortez's that i was bought as a present in my teens (around 14ish i think...) i used to wear em all the time!

I think growing up with shite kicks is the root cause of my addiction to sick sneaks now

[SNEAKER-BEAKER]

I DUG OUT MY OLD TW'S AND WASHED THEM. THEY LOOK GOOD FOR 19 YEARS OLD. SIZE 6UK THROUGH. DON'T THINK I'LL BE WEARING THEM AGAIN LOL. ALSO MY MAX 90'S, NEW 180'S. AND SOME BRITISH KNIGHTS.

[kt0626]

Nice thread topic....

I had a few memorable ones - no particular order:

Tretorns
Adidas Spirits
SSmiths (oh how I wish I still had these og ones)

But nothing rocked better than Converse low All Stars...cheap, variety of colors, etc...gotta say probably the culprit in flattening out my feet though

[Shellshock]

It was unbranded "4 stripes" for me as a snot-nose. First pair of branded trainers I had were some weak Gola nonsense. Then when I was about 11 my granny got me a pair of Adidas Kick from the little Asian shoe shop at the bottom of the street. Until I bust me cherry, that was by far the best day of my life! I had Kicks and Samba for a while then got a pair of Puma Kings, kinda like a football boot style trainer with a fold over tongue. Dope! Things went a bit pear shaped after that with Hi-Tec Silver Shadows and Nationals. Oh Lord!

I've had them all since then. Too many Nikes to mention, Troops, they were the business back in the day, went all the way down to 4 star General for them! Patrick Ewings, Travel Fox, Avia during my Public Enemy phase, Reeboks, New Balance, Lotto (?!) Converse and a few skate brands along the way too. Wish I still had 'em all! I've always wanted to open a trainer museum, to document the history of the athletic shoe.