Saturday, January 3, 2009

Usain Bolt Sells Pumas

Hillcrest, San Diego, CA

This afternoon I was standing in line for a movie and spotted a gentleman roughly of 60 who was sporting a pair of flashing new Pumas. The shoe was packing a thick Puma Cell crash pad which I guess is Pumas current cushioning technology. The line for the movie was exceedingly long which meant everyone near Hillcrest had the same idea on this crappy weather day. A movie was the perfect way to spend the afternoon and Slumdog Millionaire, Doubt, The Reader and Milk are atop the box office hit lists. The shoes looked relatively new and I doubt they were purchased at a discount store which meant the guy wanted something that was athletic yet casual. The bright yellow brought a little pop to the shoe but the brown leather was probably more familiar to the guy. Perhaps he was inspired to wear a pair of Pumas after witnessing sprinter Usain Bolt take on and dominate the world at this year's Olympics. I highly doubt that to be the case, but considering the shoe's lack of weathered appearance they were probably purchased post Beijing Games.

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