The SoleSavy Podcast

Chris and Drew of WearTesters join us for a trip down memory lane as we discuss the sneaker industry, reviews, the NBA and our personal collections. 

0:52 - Start of WearTesters
3:57 - Biggest Change in Sneaker Industry
9:19 - Relationship with Brands
14:42 - Worst Shoe Ever Reviewed
21:45 - State of Sneaker Reviewer Youtube
25:16 - Our Communities
29:06 - Our Favorite NBA Teams
35:10 - Current State of Sneakers
41:06 - 2020 Sneaker Releases
44:23 - Thoughts on Retros
50:27 - Personal Collections

@SockJig from Twitter joins us to discuss what we're seeing around the industry right now regarding COVID-19, bots, resellers and end the podcast discussing the worst sneaker releases possible (35:40).

Writer extraordinaire Alex Wong joins us to discuss the Raptors Championship Season, the Kawhi shot, sneakers in the NBA, managing our sneaker collection and tons more!

I sit down with former Toronto Raptor Alvin Williams to discuss his NBA career,  sneakers in basketball, stories from around the league and more!

In this week's episode DP sits down with the Editor-in-Chief of Kicks Deals US, Ian Hofler. We discuss how the sneaker industry has changed since the website started in 2011 and more!

1:00 - The Start of Kicks Deals

4:25 - The Changes from 2012 to 2020 in

7:12 - StockX Launches and The Rise of Resell

9:55 - The Jordan Struggle

11:40 - Restocks / Releases

14:40 - The new breed of sneakerheads

16:30 - When we quit our jobs for Kicks Deals

19:15 - What comes next?

24:40 - Resell Culture

30:30 - Member & Follower Questions

33:00 - A typical day of running Kicks Deals

34:48 - How do you decide what deals to post?

37:48 - Our Collections

Intro: Our History before Sole Savy

3:40 - Original business Ideas

6:24 - SoleSavy brainstorming

9:30 - Los Angeles NBA All-Star

14:00 - The first member beta

17:26 - SoleSavy going forward

19:00 - Trip to Nike World Headquarters

21:50 - Believing in our vision