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The Shoes That Could Changed My Life,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
PF Flyers: The Shoes That Could've Changed My Life,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!By Khalil Amani
I had a traumatic experience while walking in the mall the other day. My local shoe store opened a deep wound-scratched an emotional scar! For over 40 years I had suppressed this "scar" in the recesses of my long-term memory and now, as an adult, a painful memory stares me in the face from ages gone by-the longingfor a particular pair of sneakers-the elusive PF Flyers!
Before Nike, Fila, K-Swiss, Converse,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Puma,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Adidas, ProKeds-before your favorite pair of designer sneakers-Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton-before the hip-hop ghetto sneakers-Sean John,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], S. Carters, FUBU, 310 Motors, Mecca-there was PF Flyers.
PF Flyers were the first tennis shoe that youngsters had to have. Created by BF Goodrich,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], PF Flyers' motto was "Run faster,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Jump higher." NBA ballplayer Bob Cousy wore them. From 1960 to 1963 they were all the rage until Converse stepped up their advertising game and stole the market from them.
But I was a child of the 70's and I can still remember wanting a pair of PF Flyers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]! I remember watching this commercial on TV where a white kid runs through the jungle with his PF Flyers-avoiding such obstacles as quicksand and alligators by leaping over and high in the air. From a little kid's perspective every parent should want their child to wear them for safety.
As far as I was concerned, PF Flyers ranked up there with sliced bread and the invention of the wheel.
But, you know how parents can be-sometimes they lose sight of the more important things in life, like making sure their kids are outfitted with the latest fashion statements (in my case,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], PF Flyers) and opting to make sure we had those trivial,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], mundane and essential non-important things like food,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], clothing and shelter. (What's wrong with parents?)
PF Flyers were the shoes that could've changed my life! But I never owned a pair! Had I had a pair I could've ran fast enough to escape the neighborhood bully German shepherd that chased me through the alley and caught me at my back porch and ripped a chunk out of my ass! Thanks ma pa! Had I owned a pair I could've jumped over that car that hit me and threw me twenty feet in the air! Again, thanks ma pa!
You know you're fucked when your mama buys your sneakers from the grocery store! That's where they sold them in the 70's-right across the way from the dog food and detergent. These so-called "tennis shoes" were a horrendous sight! They didn't even have rubber bottoms,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]! No! They were made of plastic,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. We called them "bobos" "flo' bottoms" or "slip-n-slides."
We had to wear bobos and then be subjected to watching commercials of white kids in PF Flyers running, leaping-yea,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], flying over things small and large.
Since I've never owned a pair of PF Flyers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], what do you think I did? You damned skippy! I copped a pair-and I might buyanother pair-one, which I will never wear, but use in the African Griot fashion-get my "raconteur" (story-telling) on about the times when kids didn't have the latest ish-to my grandchildren. This pair of sneakers will stay tightly wrapped and boxed and only taken out of its climate-controlled room on the occasion that I need to remind young folk of the respect for craftsmanship. The other pair, I will put these 50 year old feet in and proudly sport them with a pair of knee-high black silk dress socks and some daisy-duke 70's-style basketball shorts and go outside and hit up the nearest court for a game of pickup basketball. They better not laugh at me either! I've waited 40 years to wear PF Flyers and jump higher than I've ever jumped and run faster than I've ever run! They just better not test me!相关的主题文章：
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