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Sneakerhead Spotlight: Eric AKA @g_xire

Question 1: What’s in your current sneaker rotation?

Eric: The weather here in Milwaukee is snowy, cold and messy so I'm mainly rocking kicks I can beat which are my Zoom Crater 1s, Yeezy 700 Dark Glow, Black Gortex 1s and Anthracite 5s.

 

Question 2: What's the last pair you UNDS'd?

Eric: Jordan 3 PatchWork. Underrated pair imo. So much detail in that shoe.

Question 3: What is your fave sneaker you currently own?

Eric: I keep all my kicks in their boxes so I gotta gauge this by which shoe i pull out to admire most and that's A Ma Maneire 3s. Beautiful packaging and the shoe is amazing to me. Can't wait for the 2s.


Question 4: What is your must-have grail?

Eric: My must have Grail is/was Black Toe Jordan 1 which I now have. So a must have Grail that I don't own and is on my radar is the Storm Blue Union 1s.

Question 5: What got you started in the sneaker game?

Eric: My Pops (RIP) got me started in shoes in general when i was young. He wore a lot of gators and Frye boots. I went to a Catholic middle school and had to wear a uniform so we couldn't wear sneakers, so he bought me a lot of Clark wallabees and rockports. So after school was sneaker time and because I took care of them he bought me nice sneakers too. Diadora, Puma, Air Max and eventually got my first Jordan. The Metallic 5s.

 

Question 6: What's something that most people don't know about you?

Eric: That I love all things nature related. Birds, Camping, snow boarding, astronomy. Anything outside I'm in pretty much. I'm also an avid fisherman. Mainly for musky and smallmouth. Summer time you can find me on Pewaukee Lake. Mostly trophy fishing. And I'm vegetarian so I catch and release.

Question 7 (optional): What do you do for a living?

Eric: I'm a Mechanical Engineer. Our company is a fabrication shop. I take a customers 2D part drawing (which some have been hand drawn on napkins) and reverse engineer them into a 3D model so that we can fabricate by forming on press brake and welding. 


Question 8: Where can people follow you on social media? YT, Snapchat, IG etc

Eric: I don't do social media aside from Twitter (@g_xire) I joined to get myself and brother PS5info and ended up staying when I found the sneaker Twitter community. I have a YouTube but i don't post anything. Just where I follow other sneakerheads and sneaker related content.