{"id":373285,"date":"2014-04-06T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=373285"},"modified":"2019-01-01T17:57:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T22:57:37","slug":"community-collections-kenneth-hopson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/community-collections-kenneth-hopson\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Collections: Kenneth Hopson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/tag\/community-collections\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community Collections<\/a> plants itself in the Garden State this week. <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/iamsoundwave_#\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Hopson<\/a> is one of New Jersey&#8217;s biggest sneaker stockers, who prides his collection on variation. Originally inspired by the &#8220;Fab Five&#8221; and their black shoes and socks, Hopson has now built his barrage into one of the most diverse allotments to date. From to Air Jordans and Air Max, to unreleased samples and high-end silhouettes, this enthusiast covers the entire spectrum. Cruise through the feature to hear Kenneth&#8217;s sneaker story, and see some of his personal favorites including his <strong>Most Rare <\/strong><strong>Pair<\/strong> and <strong>Most Frequent Wear<\/strong>. Drop a line with your feedback in the comment section at the bottom of the page, and keep refreshing Snkrs Day for everything sneakers.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Profile:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Kenneth Hopson<br \/>\n<strong>City:<\/strong> Elizabeth\/Newark, NJ<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/iamsoundwave_#\" target=\"_blank\">@iamsoundwave_<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Size:<\/strong> 10<br \/>\n<strong>Started:<\/strong> 1995<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sneaker Story:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMy love for sneakers started when my older brother purchased my first pair of <strong>Air Jordan 2s<\/strong> in the 6th grade. It grew when I first saw Michigan and the \u201cFab Five\u201d wearing the <strong>Nike Air Huarache<\/strong>, <strong>Force Max<\/strong>, <strong>Air Maestro<\/strong> and <strong>Air Unlimited<\/strong> with the black socks. I knew then that I had it bad. The unfortunate thing was that my family didn\u2019t have disposable income for me to get all the sneakers I wanted, and if I wasn\u2019t skipping lunch to save money for kicks, or my older brother helping me out to have fresh sneakers, I wouldn\u2019t have had kicks at all. Once I went away to college, my goal was to kill two birds with one stone and get a job to have some money and get sneakers at the same time, so I applied at every sneaker store possible until I got a part-time job at Champs and tried to make up for lost time. I currently have between <strong>140-150 pairs<\/strong> of kicks that range from different styles of <em>Nikes, to Jordans, unreleased samples, Bapes, Ice creams, Reeboks, New Balances, Adidas, Supras, Andriod Homee\u2019s and S.Carters<\/em>. My love for kicks in general can never be questioned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most Rare Pair: Nike LeBron 9 \u201cWatch the Throne\u201d Sample<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The first time I saw this shoe, my boy SoleyGhost had them and I said to myself that I will find a pair, no matter what. One day, my friend Zach let me know a pair was available in my size, and the rest is history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most Frequent Wear: <\/strong>Nike &#8220;What the&#8221; Collection<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI try to wear all of my kicks, but I honestly wear my \u201cWhat the\u201d models the most because the designs are crazy and I love how people break their necks looking at them every time I throw them on. Plus, I don\u2019t care about matching my clothes with my kicks anyway. Ha!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Personal Favorite: <\/strong>Air Jordan 4 &#8220;Doernbecher&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis shoe means a lot to me, because of what it stands for. I was fortunate enough to survive a major scare with stomach cancer, and to hear the story of Isaiah Scott and the reason behind him putting the Superman on the shoe made it a must. The best thing about my version is that my good friends Cali and Corey found me a pair with the box signed by Isaiah, and the paper in the Box signed by other kids that designed the rest of the DB shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Oldest Pair: <\/strong>Nike Air Huarache (1992)<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis is the shoe that I wanted ever since I saw the design, and when I saw the \u201cFab Five\u201d wear the Basketball version, I knew I had to get them. I grabbed the Fab Five versions when they re-released, but when I had enough money I made sure to not only find runners but the original from &#8217;92. Thank God for eBay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Collection Starter: <\/strong>Nike Air Max 95 (1995)<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMy collection officially started when I started my first part time job working at Champs. While in college, the &#8220;Neon&#8221; 95s came out and I fell in love, but even with my discount I didn\u2019t have the money at the time and they sold out. Then we got our next shipment of an orange pair and a mustard pair. You can guess what color I went with, but that didn\u2019t stop me from grabbing the lime &#8220;Neons&#8221; when they re-released years later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post a picture of yourcollection as a whole on Instagram with the hashtag #communitycollections, or send it to info@snkrsday.com for a chance to be featured on Snkrs Day&#8217; next edition of Community Collections.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Collections plants itself in the Garden State this week. Kenneth Hopson is one of New Jersey&#8217;s biggest sneaker stockers,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4655,"featured_media":373289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1207912,1215390,618],"tags":[1225861,1215671,1215586],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Community Collections: Kenneth Hopson | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy Community Collections: Kenneth Hopson shoes. 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