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The Shoe Is the Story: Amado Rodriguez Jr. on ZX Series, Osaga, and the Running Technology Nobody Talks About
·1 hr 55 min·5 clips
Amado Rodriguez Jr. describes how his parents bought him knock-off MBAs instead of Chuck Taylors, a moment that 'always stuck with me.'
As heard by us
A dense sneaker-history conversation that links older design ideas to modern running-shoe builds.
Amado Rodriguez Jr. treats sneaker history as something that keeps looping back, not just as nostalgia. A 2008 Adidas shoe and a newer model are used to show how older ideas about running-shoe mechanics still show up in modern design.
Why you'd press play
For when you want sneaker history that gets nerdy about how shoes are made.
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