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BRIAN GIBBS |
This next post is a little something different. Circling around my head is the question, “is it dance related?”
Well, I dance and I make dances. Yes. It is dance related.
I will give a little insight about myself for all of you who do not know me. I love shoes! Between my house in Charlotte and my apartment in San Francisco, i have well over a hundred pairs. The things that i do for shoes or a good shoe sale always makes me laugh. A couple days ago while costume shopping i found a really cool pair of sneakers. Not until 4 days later and a whole bunch of my friends making fun of my feet did i realize that the shoes were 2 sizes too small.
With that said, this next blurb might be the most ridiculous situation that i have ever put myself in for a pair of shoes.
Last week we knocked out our performances. I do not have anything on the plate until the beginning of next year, so im chillin’. My only “artistic” concerns are just putting material together , cementing and exploring some of the ideas of i have buzzing around. Because i am on hiatus i decided to take up skateboarding again……That’s where it all went wrong.
San Francisco has a super strong sneaker culture and there is a shop that all the “sneakerheads” go to. It is called “HUF”. The owner of the company is named Keith Hufnagel. Huf is a pro skater who has a whole culture/empire in San Francisco and around the world. He has a shop in our neck of the woods and is a friend of ours.
A few weeks ago, “HUF” had a warehouse shoe sale for 60% off. Something that would have been cool to go to, had i not been out of town. My roommate, Jeezy, was supposed to hook me up with a pair and totally forgot about it. As soon as i got back into town from vacation i had to go directly to rehearsal with Dores. After we had finished up, her and i were walking back to our homes and ran into Keith and his girlfriend MariEllen. I was talking to Keith about how bummed i was that i missed the sale. He was telling me that Jeezy had come in on Saturday and bought three pairs of shoes and jackets. That killed me because he was supposed to get me a pair , so i was asking if they had anything left over. Keith told me that he would see what they had left over and i got excited. This is where it really goes downhill.
MariEllen was saying that he should try and bet me for a pair of shoes. He and i decided that we would play a game of “SKATE”. “SKATE” is a game where you have to match whatever trick your opponent performs. If he lands a trick and i miss it, i get an “S”. The first person to spell “SKATE” looses. We made a bet that if i win, i’ll get a free pair of shoes. If he wins, he gets a hundred bucks from me.
I have skated for 11 years and stopped for 7. I do not really skate now , but i have been getting all of my old tricks back (building up the Stats). I know that i have a chance of getting him with some technical tricks, especially if i go “switch,” which is skating with the opposite leg. The only thing that really worries me is that he is a professional skater on some of the best teams, with his own shoe and stores. Not to mention, i liked his skating style when i was younger……Aside from all that, I’m Fine.
Wish me luck. The game’s on sunday.
B
P.S. www.Hufsf.com is where you can browse the merchandise. Good stuff. Tell him i sent you.
