{"id":590646,"date":"2018-03-26T12:41:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T16:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=590646"},"modified":"2018-03-26T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T19:48:10","slug":"bubble-koppe-talks-favorite-air-maxes-and-they-aint-runners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/bubble-koppe-talks-favorite-air-maxes-and-they-aint-runners\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubble Koppe Talks Favorite Air Maxes and They Ain’t Runners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lead image by\u00a0@indexfinger88<\/em><\/p>\n

Today is Air Max Day and you won’t find a collector or creative much more dedicated to the tech than Justin Ronne, better known as Bubble Koppe<\/strong> on IG.<\/p>\n

The South African Air Max enthusiast is all about Swoosh silos with an Air bubble in the back, but while the tech and holiday generally circle around the genre of running, the Cape Town collector prefers the cushioning when packaged on basketball and training favorites.<\/p>\n

Hear about him, his collection and favorite Air Max models below.<\/p>\n

Snkrs Day: Hi Justin, Tell us a bit about yourself and your Instagram account @BubbleKoppe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bubble Koppe:\u00a0<\/strong>Hi there! Before we start I would just like to say I am a big fan of Snkrs Day I have been a reader for years, shout out to Matt and all the good work he does.<\/p>\n

I am a designer and sneaker collector from Cape Town, South Africa. I have been pretty much obsessed with Nike and Air Max Technology for most of my life. I grew up in the ’90s and played a lot of basketball in my spare time, I collected basketball cards and idolized the NBA stars as well as their sneakers. I have always had a thing for Bubbles, I remember having some interesting and unusual Nikes that weren’t really mainstream however I never really got the ones I really wanted. When I started working I started to actively search for those models that I remembered and today I still look for vintage models and interesting display pieces.<\/p>\n

In 2011 I started a passion project called “Bubble Koppe” pronounced “Khop -pah,” an Afrikaans term for “Heads” essentially meaning (Bubble Heads) which is unique to my country – people are crazy about Air Max technology over here. I started a Facebook group where I began posting photos of as many Air Max models as I could find, it sort of grew from there. Week by week I would find models that I have never seen before. To this day my followers DM me photos of models and vintage finds which I’ve never seen. The whole emphasis of Bubble Koppe was to shed some light on all of the weird and wacky models that Nike has produced in the past, the forgotten and obscure. Most people know about the Air Max 1, 90 and 95 but I wanted to show how deep the rabbit hole goes. It really is an exploration of Air and I feel like Bubble Koppe is my gallery or museum. I have had many famous people like and comment on posts, it really is just a fun platform for collectors to talk and exchange ideas. I know that I have connected buyers and sellers all over the world just from the comments on my posts.<\/p>\n

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