View Single Post
Old 10-08-19 | 10:51 PM
  #42  
Vintage Schwinn
Senior Member
5 Anniversary
 
Joined: Jun 2019
Posts: 645
Likes: 419
STAN SMITH Adidas originals with the Fairway Green color at the heel.
I wore the Stan Smith Adidas tennis shoes back in the 1970's when I was a decent amateur tennis player, once ranked in the top ten in two different states for about five years but really I was probably overrated but I did outlast some much more talented competitors, mainly because I was probably in better shape and simply wore them down. I was swimming like crazy, bicycling and hanging out with marathon runners so my endurance was great especially in the heat so that allowed my slightly better than average tennis skills become razor sharp. I played my best while wearing the old Stan Smiths. They were my favorites for bicycle riding too.
Adidas brought them back about seven or eight years ago.
I wear them to ride. In 1979, the final round of a golf tournament, I left my Footjoys in the trunk of the other car in my garage, so when I arrived at the course for the last round of the tournament, I didn't have my golf shoes and had only the Stan Smith Adidas tennis shoes. That turned out great because I shot 35-32 , five under par 67 and won the tournament in my Stan Smiths. So, yeah, I like the Stan Smiths, because they are clean looking without much adornment and they are comfortable. Stan was one of my favorite tennis players too. I saw him in Hilton Head not too long ago.
Vintage Schwinn is offline  
Reply