{"id":419105,"date":"2014-12-05T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T23:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=419105"},"modified":"2022-09-15T07:41:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:41:14","slug":"our-favorite-december-sneaker-releases-of-all-time-asnkrsdaya-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/our-favorite-december-sneaker-releases-of-all-time-asnkrsdaya-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Favorite December Sneaker Releases of All Time – Snkrs Day Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every December, the majority of the footwear brands bring out their best to conclude the years and 2014 is no different (see Jordan Brand December 2014 Lineup).<\/p>\n

For our latest installment of\u00a0Kick Chronicles<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, we, the Snkrs Day staff, identify and detail\u00a0our favorite and most memorable December sneaker release\u00a0of all time. Check out the shoes each of us selected, and share with us your favorite and most\u00a0memorable December sneaker release.<\/p>\n

Ian Stonebrook<\/h1>\n

Air Jordan 11\/12 Countdown Pack<\/h3>\n

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The most memorable for me has to be the Air Jordan 11\/12 CDP.<\/p>\n
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My junior year of college, I decided to stay at the house I rented with my friends on campus for most of winter break. Mind you, I went to Michigan State and grew up in a nearby suburb called Okemos so I was still home for Christmas and everything. The night before the final and most anticipated Countdown Pack dropped, I was on like four different sites at midnight<\/span><\/span> trying to get them. I had pairs in the cart, had entered my credit card info, but all the sites crashed and no confirmation emails.<\/div>\n
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In the morning, I got up at like 6 AM<\/span><\/span> to drive to the Lansing Mall. While backing out of my own driveway, I got my mom’s old Riveria stuck in a huge mound of snow. I spent like 15 minutes shoveling myself out of the snow, got back in the car, put on “808s and Heartbreak” and made the drive.<\/div>\n
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Somehow, I missed the exit and found myself getting there even later. By the time I arrived, there was a huge crowd outside of Panera Bread at the mall. Mall security eventually let us in Panera and told us all to wait. After about five minutes of waiting, one guy just said, “F that,” and everybody booked it. Since there were no raffles, signs on doors with sizes or any of that back then, it was a mad dash to pick a random store. I ran by Champs and Foot Locker and decided to hit the furthest spot that I usually had the best luck with, Finish Line. After a dead sprint in my Silver\/Black Foamposite Pros, I was about fifth or sixth in line.<\/div>\n
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Upon getting in line, this dude came up to me and said he was ahead of me. I told him, “No,” because he wasn’t and I knew there was no way he was faster than me. He asked everybody their size in line, he was an 11, as was I, and found a guy in front who was like a 9 or something. He convinced the guy there was no way a 9 was going that fast and gave him cash for his spot. My pair was basically gone, and once the employees got there and the fence went up, we soon found there wasn’t much for the pickings anyway.<\/div>\n
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All the while, I was on the phone with my buddy Roland in Flint who was trying to get a size 13. We both agreed that if we had each other’s sizes we’d just do a swap. He was able to get me an 11 but I had no luck on a 13. I hit an ATM and drove to his house to pick up the pair and meet his mom. After that, I drove back to East Lansing and my folks picked me up to drive to Indiana for the Swisher side of my family’s Christmas. I kept the shoes with me so I could look at them on the five hour drive and show my cousin Ty– the guy who got me into sneakers– the pack once I got there. We had a great time in Crawfordsville and Ty wanted them bad.<\/div>\n
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A week later when I was back in East Lansing, my dad gave me a call and said I had a package at the house back in Okemos. To my surprise, one of the orders from Foot Locker had gone through. Since they were a second set of size 11, they couldn’t do much good for Roland but I appreciated him coming through for me. Size 11 happened to be Ty’s size, too. Of no knowledge to him then, I sat on them for three and a half years and surprised him with them as a gift on his wedding day. My mom just wrapped them up and brought them, didn’t tell anybody. He called me the next week when I was walking down South Congress in Austin and told me I was the best cousin ever. Takes one to know one.<\/div>\n
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I’ve still got my “Playoff” 11s and “Taxi” 12s from the pack which I wear on occasion and sometimes hoop in. While rocking them is still fun, looking back the chase was what it was all about.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Twitter<\/strong>: @ianstonebrook<\/a>\/Instagram<\/strong>: ianstonebrook<\/a><\/p>\n

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George Kiel<\/h1>\n

Air Jordan 3 “Black Flip”<\/h3>\n

I slept on the “Black Flip” Air Jordan 3 when it released in December of 2011, and I still cringe every time I see them on someone else’s feet. I was turned off by the price at the time – especially when all retros were about $150 during 2011 – but now I’m convinced the extra $25 was well worth it. I love this shoe, and I’m still trying to add it to my collection.<\/p>\n

Twitter<\/strong>: @geokthree<\/a>\/Instagram<\/strong>: geokthree<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gregory Williams<\/h1>\n

Air Jordan\u00a011 “Cool Grey”<\/h3>\n
I remember like it was yesterday when these joints dropped. I had come back home from college for Christmas break and remember catching up with some of my friends from high school and all we were talking about were the Cool Grey 11s. It was the first and last time I had ever camped out for a shoe. I remember being so excited sitting outside of Stonecrest Mall in Lithonia, GA in my car blasting music with my friends and girlfriend sipping on hot chocolate. Once it was time to go in, I remember someone opening a side door entrance and everyone basically made a mad dash to the respective retailers to get in line. I went to Footlocker, my GF went to Finishline, and my brother went to DTLR. The mission was to get me a size 8 or 8.5. After standing in line for I don\u2019t know how long, and watching all my friends walk past me with their kicks, I was almost ready to leave. That is until Footlocker made an announcement that they only had a size 8 and 8.5 left. Everyone in the line except for one other person left and I wound up with the last size 8. Though I had a lot of fun and it’s a totally different experience, it was the last release I ever camped for. I\u2019m not about that life. Haha.<\/div>\n

Twitter<\/strong>: @_AlmightyGreg<\/a>\/Instagram<\/strong>: Almighty_Greg<\/a><\/p>\n

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Matt Halfhill<\/h1>\n

Nike Zoom LeBron IV “Birthday”<\/h3>\n

Jordan Brand has owned the month of December for a number of years, but my favorite December release of all time was actually something from Nike Basketball. For three consecutive years, Nike released a limited run of LeBrons in celebration of King James’ birthday. In 2006, it was the last, but best in my opinion with a Hardwood Classics colorway on the Nike Zoom LeBron IV.<\/p>\n

Twitter<\/strong>: @matthalfhill<\/a>\/Instagram<\/strong>: matthalfhill\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pierce Simpson<\/h1>\n

Air Jordan\u00a012 “Flu Game”<\/h3>\n

My choice would definitely have to be the Air Jordan 12 “Flu Game.” They released during my senior year of high school, and it just reminds me of so many great memories. Shout out to Pflugerville High School one time! Class of 2010.<\/p>\n

Twitter<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>pierceisdope<\/a>\/<\/span>Instagram<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>pierceisdope<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sid Ashford<\/h1>\n

Air Jordan\u00a011 “Playoffs”<\/h3>\n

Seeing how Jordan Brand completely has completely dominated the month of December for the past decade, it’s pretty easy to see which brand my choice lies with.<\/p>\n

Growing up I was fortunate enough to get a ton of shoes, including every Jordan silhouette up to 17. The only downside was I would always get the first colorway to release which was the home, white\/black\/red. Unfortunately, I would miss out on a lot of the now coveted, “Bred” makeups. Lucky for me, Jordan 11s retro every December, and in 2012, I was finally able to snag a pair of the “Bred” 11s for my collection.<\/p>\n

Twitter<\/strong>: @sidashford<\/a>\/Instagram<\/strong>: sidashford<\/a><\/p>\n

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