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

J2Legend

Name: Jordan/J2Legend
Residence: Calgary, AB, Canada
Age: 24
Shoe Size: 9

I've been wearing Nike sneakers since I can remember. I've been collecting them for a little over 10 years. But in terms of the Air Max series, I've only been racking them up for about 3 or 4. Most of what I had were Jordans. With JB slipping in the retro market, I wanted to expand my horizons and go beyond the J's and look for a shoe that looked good on my feet and stayed comfortable. New Air Max's were peaking the $200 mark in Canada, I didn't have deep pockets so I tried the retro AMs. My first pair of Air Max's ended up being the AM90. 3 reasons- most GRs in this line were inexpensive, readily available and they were a comfortable pair of shoes for casual wear.

Neutral, Bright Cactus, Flint Grey. This colorway was dope. At this point I was hooked. I needed more. And the more I read about them and saw them on my local shelves, the more I wanted them. And the more I wanted to explore the AM line and start branching off to different ones. Like my J's, I was on the hunt for the classic retro colorways, exclusives and new releases that collectors alike would clear shelves up for. Being in Canada, it was difficult for me to get alot of the stuff that I see in the throusands of pages in the AM thread on NT, let alone even thinking about being a part of such a group when I have very limited access. We have no Undefeateds, no NikeTowns, no FlightClubs, no little independant stores that sold the kind of stuff everyone wants. And with NikeiD restricting shipment to Canada, my only source were the online market and NikeTalk.

From my access to such websites, I've received alot of help from AM members, general NT posters and online stores to get my collection started. I thank those for all the help to get it to where it is. It isn't much, but to me, it's only the beginning and it can only keep going from here. I don't have alot of the limited releases, Tier 0s, or exclusive colorways. I can't do NT meet ups or get Nike iDs. But my interest in the AM line and my participation and contribution to NT and the Fam is growing, and hopefully keeps on growing. Alot of the Fam is close knit and I'm not sure if such a modest collection of AMs or the fact that my love for the AMs is too recent to qualify to be a part of it, but what I do have is a moderately small, but growing contribution and much respect from up north.

So here it is. My official application to Team AM Fam.

chaplip

Name: East
Age: 28
Location: Montreal
Shoe Size: ???

my name is East and i am 28 from montreal. father of 2 beautiful daughters. Savannah and Sahara. SN's are chaplip on NT, 3@57 on ISS and 3a57 on ebay. been in love with sneakers since is saw Mike play in the early 90s. tha'ts why my favorite pair is still the jordan 5 white/red and black/silver. although neon am95 comes up second after lol. still....

but anyways started collecting since 98 to be exact. bought my first pair of air max bw(international-max air) white/royal/grey mesh. fell in love with them.(sadly sold them for hype shoes...and regrets a whole lot...) bought it with my first paycheck ever. more like money made hustling. never worked till i was 20 lol.

i own pretty much all the am stated. white/red 1s, lime 90s, opium 180s, mowabb 93s, neon 95s, silver/volt/yellow 97s, white/red/black jd lights, stash bw, am 2000s(somehow feening for all the coloways), storm burst, grape am96s...although i am missing out on am98s...still...

sadly i do not have any pictures right about now. a little late for that. but still...i don't really post pictures of my sneakers. unless rocking them in a picture already. yeah how about recycled pictures? will add/attach in email...

i snoop around alot but i never really post or reply. i get inspired, informed...but i never really show people what i have. i don't know why. i think it is because i feel like i am incomplete. like i do not have enough to even show what i have...that i am missing too many pairs to start showing people stuff...it's in my head i guess.

bguira

Name: Bennett Guira/bguira

Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

Age: 22

I just always loved am's because theyre really comfortable and i love the look and history around them. I am currently working on getting urawas, black patta am1, atmos cement am1, and dave white am90.

Butchasjayz

-Butch Reid/Butchasjayz
-New Jersey
-Age:28

Loved wearing air max since the 90's when I was in Jr. High School. These are the best for running, training, or just hanging out. Soooo comfortable. Cant wait to collect more O.G. colorways.

MMoU177

Name: Marion
Age: ???
Location: Foster City, CA
Shoe Size:???

I've been wearing Air Maxes since I was in elementary school in the 90s. I would beg my parents to buy me Nikes that ONLY had air bubbles. Something about them infatuates me, I loved to squeeze the air bubbles and run around feeling the cushion that they provide. I've owned several pairs of Air Maxes, including the 2003 Air Max 95 Neons (Beat up and donated), Air Max 2003 (Wore them until the midsole separated), Several Air Max 90s (Thrown away), 3 pairs of Air Bursts (all donated). Air Max 97s (Dark Silver ones from Finish Line Exclusive, and the Trues). Since I am working now, I have been collecting air maxes as well as wearing some selected ones. I wish I could have kept all the ones I've had but never had the passion to actually collect them until a couple years ago. I wear running shoes almost everyday, and in order for me to wear them, they all MUST have an air bubble, just can't walk without them! I know own a variety of Air maxes ranging from AM1s, AM90s, AM95s, AM97s, 360s, most recently the 2009s and 24/7s. I wear most of them, but keep some to stock since I sometimes purchase doubles. I just can't stand not having a DS pair to look at somewhere down the line when my current ones become beaters :P