Ive had an affinity for sneakers ever since I can remember. When I was really little, my father owned a Stride Rite store in a strip mall. I was always so proud of his ability to size up someone correctly. Ill never forget the time when my brother, dad and I were almost held up at gun point for trying to return a defective pair of high-tops to the hottest sneaker joint in downtown San Diego, back when there were no gas lamps and those streets werent quiet as friendly. In high school, I was amongst the first to brave the newest patent leather Jordan’s in a real basketball game. I met my roommate and one of my closest friends one summer in New York because of a shared love for the tragically squeaky Air Max ’95s. And while Corporate America had a strong preference for straight laces, spreadsheets and Ferragamo’s, I eventually settled back into a vanilla pair of Nike dunks from 8th Street.
Sometime last April, awestruck by my brother’s gaudy and garrish ode to sneakers in his closet, we decided it would be cool to try and build the world’s greatest sneaker expo. We envisioned assembling one pair of every sneaker in a MOMA-inspired web setting. After picking up the recently expired Superkix domain for $7.99, we were off to the races, building the start-up dream. Along the way, Rob Morris (my hero in so many ways) graciously agreed to bring our idea to life, and John Bresnik tirelessly built the whole kit and kaboodle.
And so, after months of hard work, we are excited to present Superkix, the only search engine for authentic sneakers. Superkix makes it easy to find sneakers currently for sale at retail and get a sneak peak into what is coming next from Nike, Reebok, Adidas and other popular brands. Users can search sneaker inventory by size, updated continuously from 35+ leading online retailers and discover new styles set to debut using a consolidated and ranked feed from the 20+ most authoritative sneaker bloggers.
If you dont like sneakers, someone you know likely does, and would certainly appreciate knowing about our fantastic new site: www.superkix.com - search & discovery for sneaker lovers.
Congratulations to J dot Marc on making this happen!
