jaytthelegend

Team AM Fam is nothing but a great group of guys who share a common passion for dope kicks. The comradery and positive vibe within the AM Fam thread has helped it become the largest, and by far most successful thread within the NikeTalk community.

I think it’s time for me to apply for membership to the one and only Team Air Max Family. As most of you know, the name’s Jason, 24 from Hartford, CT. I just recently finished up with my BA in Business Management (6 year plan), and I’m currently employed at a local beer distributor.

I’ve been interested in sneakers since I was able to tie my shoes it feels like. My Grandmother would buy me a new pair of sneakers before every new school year. This felt like Christmas for me. The first pair of sneakers that I actually cared about was the Air Max Plus. I think I was around 13 when my parents found out that I had a sneaker problem. There was this pair of blue Air Max Plus in my Eastbay catalog that I was absolutely in love with. One night I racked up a massive long distance phone bill when I used 411 to find numbers to as many sneaker stores in the United States as I could, then called them all. Eastbay sold out of my size so I guess I decided to search the entire country for them. I gave up after asking several dozen stores across the country with no luck. A few days later I settled for a gray pair from Eastbay. I’m pretty sure this was my first pair of AM’s.

I started actually collecting when I was around 18. It was my freshman year of college when I started checking out various sneaker spots and started buying up everything that I could. With a lot of excess cash from let’s just say “extracurricular activities,” I would buy anything I thought looked good. I never was into JB, Forces or Dunks, I always wore runners. I found myself buying a lot of Air Max LTD’s and 90’s between 2004 and 2006. I am now mainly interested in 1’s, 90’s, 95’s and 97’s. As Jake, Shaun, and Jeremy know, it isn’t the easiest to come across older gems at TCA prices, being a sz. 13. I’m just waiting for those 3 to offload their collections and I think I’ll be all set. Seeing that most of the recent new releases have been garbage, I am now mainly looking to gather up older pairs that I missed out on. After a bunch of camp-outs and selling over 200 different pairs, this is what I have left for runners. It’s hard
to decide, but I’d have to say my favorite pair I still own are my Crepe 90’s.









I love this pic.........

airkeung88

Name: Wei/airkeung88
Location: Baltimore,Maryland
Shoe size: 10.5-11.5
Age: 31

My love of AM's came from the Original AM95 Neon's. I couldn't get them back then, so
I settled for Jordan's instead. Then,when Nike retro the Neon's in 1999, I was so happy
to get them finally. That was my first pair of AM's. I beat them to death, wore them to school,parks you name it, everywhere. Even ball in them.I still have that pair. Would never throw them away.
After that pair, i started wearing Jordans most of the time. Now that I move from NY to Baltimore 4 years ago and started my own family and work here, i am back to wearing mostly AM's.
Because of TAF thread, i started to appreciate more of the AM's in general.I love the passion and dedications that all the members put into to obtain or share their passion/love with the shoes.
Most of my collection is obtain during my stay here in Baltimore, Maryland.
Having a newborn son, it's even harder to obtain shoes, so internet is my only option for now.

Hope to join the team soon. Thanks for reading.

Wei / airkeung88