Sneaker Freaker. The Ultimate Sneaker Book. 45th Ed. in Bloomington, MN

Back in 2002,
Simon “Woody” Wood
was dreaming up schemes to get free sneakers. Two weeks later, he was the proud owner of
Sneaker Freaker
and his life was never the same.
From its early roots as a punk-style fanzine to today’s super-slick print and online operations, the fiercely independent publication has documented
every collab, custom, limited edition, retro reissue, Quickstrike, Hyperstrike, and Tier Zero sneaker
released over the last 20 years.
Woody’s original premise that
would be “funny and serious, meaningful and pointless at the same time” has certainly been vindicated in
The Ultimate Sneaker Book
. With more than
500 pages jam-packed with insider knowledge
and his own irreverent observations, the insane historical detail and otaku-level minutiae is beyond obsessive.
Traversing
100 years of history
, each chapter paints a rollicking picture of the sneaker industry’s evolution. Air Max, Air Force, Adi Dassler, Converse, Dapper Dan, Dee Brown, and Michael Jordan—along with obscure treasures like Troop, Airwalk, and Vision Street Wear—are all exhaustively documented.
This is a definitive source of knowledge. This is…
!