10 Years Later: The Nike Pigeon Dunk Riot

Looking back at New York City's first documented riot over sneakers.
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[@freemoney9769]

I remember getting these that day, was one of my best days ever. Sadly I sold them for 800 and still regret it to this day.... one of my worst decisions of my life.

[@razwanakram4446]

Why would you sell it bro you fool

[@freemoney9769]

Idek I never thought they would actually go for 8k. just a dumb decision on my part....@@razwanakram4446

[@dabid1337]

Damn homie! Dope you were there tho...by far my favorite dunk and I'd love to own one some day, I checked on stockX this morning and saw $20k 😪

[@davidrenteria4944]

Bro dont worry about it homie. I had a huge collection around 06-08 sold all my shit fucked up the shoes drew on my kicks cause fuck the hype such an idiot. Luckys unluckys orange supreme highs pusheads jedis all 3 bears Hawaii’s and Many many more

[@aryarock22]

Freemoney don’t stress it. you were part of sneaker history and made $700 profit on a $60 shoe. it’s all good man... the only bad thing to come of it is your reaction to it

[@vs7081]

i'm just gonna keep saying it, 2005 was a crazy year

[@JEFFKINGS]

Riot is a massive overstatement.

[@xxGravyBabyxx]

Totally agree. this was just unorganized. Nike and Reed Space should of realized that releasing a limited shoe to one of the biggest cities in the U.S would attract attention, even for 2005. Glad the police was there to help them out.

[@katakis1]

Very well handled by store staff.

[@actionbraxton]

...and thus, "Hype" was born.

[@jacksonduval4995]

This wasn't the cause of the hype. The hype came from companies not producing enough kicks for everybody.

[@garyzhong1489]

there are tons of "limited" shoes sitting on rack, it's not only about the exclusiveness

[@dominiqueosorio-davis6781]

Limited what still on racks? Ponys

[@antoniodicaprio7792]

Yup and 3 years later this comment is still true! Company’s know most people can’t afford big brand shoes anyway the other half of people don’t give a fuck about shoes. So they still refuse to make enough for the small group of people that want and can’ afford them

[@MrShikamaru888]

Same wit momey. If goverment keep printing it . Money dont worth much

[@jacksonduval4995]

@@MrShikamaru888 honestly think about it, why is it worth anything?

[@nephimcknight5832]

Iconic. Crazy to see what might be the first of what's now a normal thing. Crazy ass release days.

[@lovesox]

I was 13 waiting in line and I remember pissing myself because I didn’t want to leave the line two days prior to release

[@BrickSteiner]

Almost at the 15 year anniversary. Crazy

[@jadenyuki3138]

This is what defined sneaker heads just like "invasion of chaos" defined yu-gi-oh meta..

[@javierzelaya717]

💯

[@blit7079]

This man is a legend 💯

[@jessvilermo5956]

Who else is here after they ruined the pigeons?

[@Rubsters52]

Lmao u big mad

[@jessvilermo5956]

Rubsters52 Nah, I aint one of the people who would spend $300 on a pair of UA’s

[@Rubsters52]

It’s literally an official collab with staple 😂 staple himself came out co-signing the sneaker u sound salty

[@jessvilermo5956]

Rubsters52 Jeff sold & wanted the bag

[@jessvilermo5956]

Rubsters52 Have fun waiting 4 months to get em .By that time I’ve already profited and cooked other shoes for twice the resell that these are gonna sell for. These would probably sit at around $400-$600 since over 50k have been sold just like the heinekens and it will take a couple months to hit the $1000s. Good for those who like the shoe but it aint my cup of tea.

[@alpineflauge909]

Thank you.

[@MultiAdrian12]

What other ones you guys remember ?
Supreme foamposite release
Doernbecker 7s release
Solefly 1s

[@vintageswiss9096]

Jordan 11 Concordes... Original South Beach release...

[@1q3er5]

imagine waiting in line for shoes or phones lol

[@johnhobe9487]

Can someone explain the reason? Whats the point of the shoe?

[@QueensBronxNY]

RESPECT!!

[@jadenyuki3138]

Block was hot

[@masterroshi4714]

I just looked up the price. Upwards of $84k now. I'd still skate them.

[@garyko158]

Dope

[@Geanusfit]

Dam Russ bengstan need some sleep😭

[@steeler7588]

I'm late to sneaker appreciation and have been trying to learn about the history of some of the important shoes. Doesn't this story confirm that hype was an issue before this? All these people looking to kop or steal or sell the shoes... and nobody had even seen what they looked like?

[@AyoTad]

“I’m not gonna look a gay person in the mouth”??? Ayo tf kind of saying is that

[@adamkenton2585]

I was there

[@shawdy2glok]

stupidity was born

[@KenGutierrez01]

It hard finding the shoe in my size. Even if I did find it, I would have to pay 35 or 45k for them in my size

[@freelives5159]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@josemendez8894]

Overrated

[@floydstar1489]

The husky sycamore numerically rule because fertilizer feasibly jail since a ultra spike. maddening, organic europe

[@owenbarnebey1543]

Those shoes look like the streets of New York today. Human shit