As many of us are preparing our ‘Best 9’ for the year, sneakerheads are working on their Top 5 pick ups. In this story, Simon explores his relationships with sneakers during 2018, selecting his favourite 5 pick ups and explaining why. Even for the non-sneakerhead, this is worth a read

Amidst the onslaught of new sneaker sole technology appeared the Nike VapourMAX. It took one year for my interest to pique enough into copping, find out what it was that tipped me over the edge