Rewind Running™ vintage running and sneaker web store is now open!

Belated Happy New Year Y’all! We’ve been out of pocket for a minute and wanted to put up a quick post to announce that our new RewindRunning.com web shop is online. The concept for the store is built on The Running Boom movement of the 1970s and 80s and the brands, people, products and races that were part of that era.

The new store will feature rare vintage products from Nike, adidas, New Balance, Puma, Brooks, Converse, Reebok, Asics Tiger and more. Also, many of the sneakers that have been posted on this blog site so far will be going up for sale soon at Rewind Running and over at DeffestShop.com once that site is completed. Thanks to everyone who stops by this blog every day. Stay tuned for more info coming soon.

The rarest vintage Nike sneakers ever?

3/28/2022 UPDATE: These ultra rare Nike sneakers will b going up for sale by auction here at Heritage Auctions. You can read the story of the Nike ‘One Line’ shoes history here.

Please join us tomorrow morning right here at The Deffest blog for a special piece of vintage Nike history.

Sneakers from the 1979 movie The Warriors

Last month I posted on legendary rock n roll hall of fame singer Neil Young as a 4 stripe man. Here's another piece of 4 stripe bootleg sneaker history. In the opening credits of the 1979 cult classic movie 'The Warriors' one of the gangs is wearing some 4 stripe sneakers at the 2:56 marker in this video…

These were likely Kmart Trax or Sears The Winner II brand but could also be Bob Wolf brand sneakers.

Going through the rest of the movie most of the sneakers shown are Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars. Most of The Orphans are wearing Converse and Puma but one guys in their gang has a pair of bootleg sneakers that look like a hollowed out Puma logo…

These sneakers might be either Kobe brand or Mark 5 brand.

Outside of that there are a bunch of other fast paced scenes that make it difficult to ID the sneakers…

From the still photo shoot images it looks like the Baseball Furies were wearing some yellow and black LD-1000 model runners.

Based on this photo it looks like the costume designer spray painted over the yellow nylon and Nike swoosh logo on the sides of the old yellow and orange LD-1000s.

For more info on The Warriors I’d suggest to pop over to the very awesome website Warriorsmovie.co.uk.

One last disclaimer… all movie stills and video clips displayed above are done so through “fair use” for blogging and journalistic purposes and are copyright of their respective copyright holders.

Nike late 1970s & early 1980s

Putting up a quick post is to see if anyone reading this knows anyone who worked at Nike and was involved in the decision making process in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The more specific range would be around 1977 - 1983ish. I'm trying to track down information on a really rare piece of Nike history and might need an assist. If you do and can share their contact information please drop me a line over on the contact page. Thanks.

BEST OF THE WORST SNEAKER BOOTLEGS: DY BRAND 70s 80s FAKE VINTAGE NIKE

OCTOBER 2021 UPDATE: We had a tip come in on Instagram about these sneakers and they said that these are DY brand, not DJ brand so I am updating this blog post title. The 登云 characters on the label translate to deng-yun and apparently Dengyun brand is the number one leather shoe factory in Shanghai.

The last time we did a 'Best of the Bootlegs' post we were looking at the strange case of 'abibas' brand sneakers. Today we've got a great pair of bootleg 1970s or early 80s fake vintage Nike sneakers by a Chinese brand called DJ. These one of a kind old school gems with swoosh and stripe are over at @suitezero.archive who let us know about them over on Instagram.

All image credits above to @suitezero.archive on Instagram.

Kinney NBA Nike Le Village vintage sneakers

One of the things we dig about running the blog is hearing about the random vintage finds from all corners of the world. We recently heard from @cmmayse in Ohio about some new old stock vintage Kinney NBA Nike Le Village bootlegs that feature the original box, tissue paper and the upside down swoosh logo. The last I heard these sneakers had been sold but you can check them out below.

Sotheby's & Stadium Goods auction 100 of the World's Rarest Sneakers

UPDATE 7/23/2019: These vintage Nike waffle sneakers sold for $437,500 today.

If anyone has $80,000 - $160,000 laying around Stadium Goods just posted the 100 'Worlds Most Rarest' sneakers up for auction at Sotheby's. Part of this auction is the 1972 Olympic trials handmade Nike waffle racing flat moon shoes.

Kobey's vintage sneaker swap meet June 1, 2019

Just wanted to put up a quick post for our Southern California peeps that they're holding a vintage sneaker flea market / swap meet in San Diego on June 1. I haven't been to this flea market yet but we might try to stop in to take a peek and see what they've got. Information is over at their website here or on Instagram at @kobeysswapmeet. Happy hunting.

Sears the Winner 1974 vintage shoes by Converse AND Adidas

Another sneaker mystery... one of the readers of the blog emailed this over (thanks to Susan S for the photo) so I wanted to post it. The left image is from the 1974 Sears Fall catalog for Simpsons-Sears in Canada. What's odd is that these Sears the Winner shoes there were made by Adidas while the identical shoe model from the same year in the right side of the image was made by Converse for the US market. What’s odd is that the Adidas Canadian version have 3 stripes and the Converse have 4. Either way, I've seen these sneakers for sale online for between $1500 - $2800 so if anyone spots a pair at your local thrift shop you should probably scoop them up.

Here’s another catalog image from Sears in 1976 where the adidas Winner line is featured.

Kinney NBA 1970s vintage sneakers

Vintage 1970s Kinney NBA branded sneakers sporting the upside down swoosh. For more info on these rare and collectible sneaks you can see the other pair we posted here and their old 70s ads here and here. We also posted a photo of the Nike Le Village sneaker from the late 1970s below that inspired these Kinney sneakers at the bottom of this page.

Inspired by the Nike ‘Le Village’….

Vintage Nike Le Village - images credit to Jun.Cooper on Instagram

Vintage sneaker restoration by RetroSnickers

Just wanted to put up a quick post from RetroSnickers youtube channel. His vintage sneaker restoration videos are awesome and he really brings some of these old kicks back to life. If you’ve got just over 9 minutes it’s definitely worth the time.

The most legit vintage Nike waffle sneaker ever

Hey y'all, just wanted to post what may be the most legit vintage Nike waffle sneaker ever. As you can probably imagine when you’re dealing with vintage items you come across some really strange and weird things sometimes. So here’s to presenting the Nike Swampfoot runner! Below was the description posted with this shoe.

One of a kind Vintage Nike LDV running shoe. This was found in the Trinity National Forest in Northern California. Probably been sitting there over 20 years. Moss is slightly brown, but with a little water it will turn green. No Tongue, maybe a squirrel had a nice lunch. 👟🐿️ This was a USA made model. Great addition to the true Nike collector. International shipping $40.

And it turns out that someone bought it like this! 🤣

You can check out the photos below...

UPDATE: January 25, 2019
We spotted this Nike Chia sneaker over on Swoosh262’s Instagram account and are happy to report that it is being properly watered (see below.)

Image credit to Swoosh262 Instagram account