{"id":400642,"date":"2014-08-24T15:15:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T20:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=400642"},"modified":"2019-01-03T04:02:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T09:02:24","slug":"community-collections-nathan-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/community-collections-nathan-valencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Collections: Nathan Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/tag\/community-collections\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Community Collections<\/strong><\/a> swings south to put the spotlight on a sneaker enthusiast who has to find his pickups in at least a size 15. Boston native <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/neight21#\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Valencia<\/a> resides in Phoenix with his stellar stock of large-sized shoes, which includes a list of exclusives. Originally hooked by the <strong>Air Jordan 5<\/strong>, Valencia has grown his collection to feature mostly Nike LeBron silhouettes, including every single generally released pair of the <strong>Nike LeBron 8<\/strong>. On top of his King James gems, this nearly impossible to find collection of 15s and 16s includes many other notable sneakers, including his own personal customs.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll and click through the following pages to see highlights and commentary on Nathan&#8217;s entire sneaker stash, including his<em> Oldest Pair<\/em> and <em>Most Frequent Wear<\/em>. Record your thoughts on his collection in the comment section at the bottom of the page, and keep streaming <strong>Snkrs Day<\/strong> for everything sneakers.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Profile:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Nathan Valencia<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/neight21#\" target=\"_blank\">@neight21<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>City:<\/strong> Phoenix, Arizona<br \/>\n<strong>Started:<\/strong> 15\/16<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sneaker Story:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Growing up in the early 90s, I was a huge Michael Jordan fan. I was born outside of Philadelphia and grew up outside of Boston. As a young basketball fan, MJ came first, everything else was second. When my older brother got a pair of <strong>Air Jordan 5s<\/strong>, I was hooked on flashy shoes. I had all the hype shoes back then. I destroyed every pair of kicks I owned on the courts, and none of them survived. After college, I moved to Phoenix where I started to play less and own more kicks. Being a true <strong>size 15.5<\/strong>, finding kicks was never easy. My collection is themed around LeBrons. My first pair was a <strong>LeBron 2 Low<\/strong> in all-white, which are no longer with me. It wasn&#8217;t until I bought my first 7 that I went crazy for the LeBron line. Realizing I would never get every color of the 7, I made it a goal to get every 8, no questions asked. Luckily Nike did not release as many 8s as 7s. I accomplished my goal, not counting PEs, I got them all. The hardest pair for me to find was the PS Finals edition, it took me two years to hunt it down. As the LeBron line went on, I liked the silhouettes less and continued buying doubles of 8s so that I could stock DS pairs and customize as many as I could. Finding my size has gotten harder than ever these days, and more expensive, so I continue to hunt down old pairs and work on getting my customs brought to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Personal Favorite:<\/strong> Nike LeBron 7 &#8220;China Moon&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The <strong>LeBron 7 &#8220;China Moon&#8221;<\/strong> has got to be one of my favorite colorways I own. It&#8217;s extremely unique as a 7, and the way the white and gold go together is just so clean in my eyes.&#8221;<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Kickstarter:<\/strong> Air Jordan 5<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The <strong>Air Jordan 5<\/strong> was the shoe that started it all for me, and many other collectors I know. Everything about it, from the Air unit window, to the shark teeth and the 3m.m. It is still looked at as one of the most influential shoes in the sneaker game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most Rare Pair:<\/strong> Nike LeBron 8 &#8220;Denim&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The <strong>Lebron 8 &#8220;Denim&#8221;<\/strong> is probably the rarest shoe I own. I saw a pair of these on eBay once in a size 16 years ago, but did not have the money for them at the time and was extremely upset that I missed them. Patience always prevails in the sneaker game, and I had been informed of a guy who had a size 15 DS about a year ago for sale. I moved a few shoes and got them as soon as I could, not wanting to lose my chance again. If I had to guess, there are only two pairs in LeBron&#8217;s closet in this size, and no more than five others in the world, including mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Oldest Pair:<\/strong> Nike LeBron III &#8220;All Star&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The <strong>LeBron 3 &#8220;ASG&#8221;<\/strong> is my oldest shoe that I own. Another impossible shoe to find in 15 or 16, I was blessed to find these just recently. I traded a pair with a guy I have never met for them and another pair, and now I have another complete stranger who lives across the country from me who I can trust with trades and buying and selling with. I have made deals with maybe five to six other strangers who I met over social media, or thru eBay, that have never scammed me. Shout out to all my size 15 and 16 people who are loyal and trustworthy dudes! #fam15&#8243;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most Frequent Wear:<\/strong> Nike Free Run 2 &#8220;Doernbecher&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The shoes that I wear the most are my DB Frees. I broke these in while training for my third 1\/2 marathon, and now I throw them on anytime I take my daughter to the park or out for a quick errand or a run.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Post a picture of your collection as a whole, with the hashtag <strong>#communitycollections<\/strong>, for a chance to be featured on Snkrs Day&#8217; next edition of Community Collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Collections swings south to put the spotlight on a sneaker enthusiast who has to find his pickups in at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4655,"featured_media":400648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1207912,1215390,1219126],"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: Nathan Valencia | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Size 16 shoes are tough to find, but not impossible. 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