Sneacast - Dein Sneaker Podcast · Adi & Sam

Latest Pickups 2026 so far

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Adrian almost instantly ordered a shoe after watching an Overkill reel six times, but it only came in women's sizes.

1. Sneacast hosts Sam and Adrian review their Q1 2026 shoe purchases (LPUs) and read community submissions for the quarterly edition. 2. Sam hosts, Adrian co-hosts; both were previously live before the recording, acknowledged as such for transparency. 3. The episode is structured around a personal LPU reveal from each host followed by curated community LPU submissions from Discord and Instagram. 4. The week's notable releases include the Adidas Adistar Control 5 in silver-brown at approximately 110 euros, a Liberty London x Adidas Handball shoe in Delft Blue, and the Nike Kobe 9 Elite. 5. The Virgil Abloh Archive Jordan 1 is highlighted as the week's marquee release, available via Soulbox and Biesten raffles. 6. Sam's Nike Air Max Gordome Low in brown with red laces is described as a potential shoe of the year; he notes the shoe barely shows Nike branding and a colleague asked if it was a boot. 7. Adrian confirms his only Nike purchase this year was the Air Max Gordome Low brown, saying Nike's overall Q1 performance did not impress him including the Nike Air Max 95 releases. 8. Adrian's standout LPUs were the Anthony Edwards AE2 in Timberwolves colorway and the Harden Volume 10 in champagne, his first performance basketball shoes in a while. 9. Despite expecting to love the AE2 more, Adrian finds himself happiest every time he wears the Harden 10, calling it his current favorite LPU of the year. 10. Sam's Vans Oldschool x Parra was an unexpected score — he spotted it in a Lobby Hamburg Instagram Story as a returned size 42.5, two weeks after the official release, and bought it immediately. 11. Sam calls the Vans Oldschool x Parra one of his best finds of the year and says he intends to wear it all summer, adding the shoe says 'don't forget to skate these shoes' — which he admits he will forget. 12. Sam's New Balance 992 in grey came from an SNS 27th-anniversary sale for around 160 euros, which he calls 'divine providence' after being frustrated by earlier NB 992 restock chaos. 13. Sam also bought the Puma Suede Charles F. Stead in orange — a shoe he had spotted at Biesten during Paris Fashion Week — for a strong discount, returning to orange shoes 'back to the roots.' 14. Community member Kain Hakel's highlights include the Adidas x Villi Chavarria Mega Ride and four Curve Marvel SXG X-Men character colorways bought on the secondary market. 15. Bobby Sneakers submitted a review of the Sonra Type 80 Toulouse Low Track — limited to 130 pairs, using real fish leather and tumbled leather, inspired by Michelin-star chef Max Strohe, with each pair unique due to fish leather grain variation. 16. Community member Christopher from Heidelberg bought nine shoes in Q1 despite wanting to buy less, sold a Shadow 6000 for 45 euros and a Saucony Sandbar for 80 euros, noting that used sneaker prices are dropping. 17. The Unheard of x Adidas Piggy Runner is praised by a community member in Heidelberg as the top drop of 2026, referencing the founder's Cincinnati community events. 18. Sam notes that no single shoe dominated Q1 as a clear trend moment — when asked what the 'trendshoe' of Q1 was, he had no answer. 19. Sneaker collectors who track specific new releases, follow the German sneaker community closely, and want to hear real buyer reactions rather than marketing will enjoy this episode. 20. Listeners expecting release-day hype coverage or non-sneaker content will find the episode narrowly focused on footwear and community culture.

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