Nike OTC Meeting 2024 Part 3

Now that you know what the OTC meeting is about, I want to show a bit more what is happening there.
Of course we all meet to share our passion and collections, exchange knowledge and enjoy each 

other's company, but we also have a few activities taking place:

Each year every participant brings some vintage pieces they are willing to let go from their 

collection and they are being raffled. 

This year's raffle once again featured some incredible prizes, for example a pair of baby vintage 

Carmines or an amazing OG Blue Ribbon Sports longsleeve which Nic kindly provided.

Foxtrott Uniform also had a special moment when Mark revealed their first neo vintage collaboration 

with Asics and also raffled a couple of pairs of their X89 to the participants.

Since I seeded a few members of the OTC fam with my family & friends Conductor and many of 

them showed up with their pairs to get them signed.

I felt very honored signing my shoe and other personal items for people whose autograph I should be 

collecting. 

I also brought some memorabilia from my archive to give to the guys, which you will spot in the pictures.

They included a shirt the 3foil crew from Indonesia made for our exhibition in Jakarta in 2017 

and the booklet the Turnschuhzuhälter crew and I produced for our Formaganda exhibiton in 2011.

I already miss everyone and can't wait to return in 2025!

All pictures after the jump

Nike OTC Meeting 2024 Part 2

I prefer not to put all the pictures I shot into one post, as I feel it is devaluing the extreme heat 

presented every year at the Nike OTC meeting.
Also I realized that many might not even know what the OTC meeting is actually about.

If you are serious about collecting vintage Nike then you probably got your hands on the Lightning 

Nike Chronicle deluxe and/or Chronicle extra at some point and realized what incredibly precious 

and meticulous works they are.

Now imagine all the collectors who are listed in them as 'Special Supporters' meet in one room and 

bring some of their grails and all of their knowledge and love to the table. 

This is what's happening once a year in Tokyo and let me tell you it's as good as you imagine it to be.

So get your tissues ready for another round of Nike vintage heat and don't forget look for the details;

Like that white tongue labe on the displayed Sky Jordans, a complete set of the beautiful AJ I 

cardboard art by Tomotatsu Gima behind a Team Convention, Dynasty and Dunk Hi Rainbow (yes, 

those Terminators are crazy), all those SMUs (+Hatu Guni's Baby Collection!) or what everyone 

has on their feet and in their hands...

There's plenty to feast your eyes on and impossible to go trough everything in detail within one 

afternoon that passes like the blink of an eye. So I shoot my heart out as soon as I realize the day 

is almost over and after 5 or so hours we all stagger out of the meeting buzzing on a vintage high.

Once everyone has packed their collectibles we always go for dinner together, so we can thoroughly 

discuss the heat of that day ;)

These customs are on Mr. Sabotage's feet.

All pictures after the jump

Nike OTC Meeting 2024 Part 1

Most of my readers probably know by now, that the annual OTC meeting in Tokyo is always a highlight in my 

sneaker year and I try everything possible not to miss it.

Making it happen turned out to be a real challenge this year, but after hustling through I finally made 

it to Japan again.

Words can't describe how happy I was to visit and see all my otaku friends, but my smile says it all.

Without further ado I of course want to share my pleasures with you, so feast your eyes on part 1 

of this year's gathering which had the theme: Nike The Sting and all shoes with similar uppers from 

that time, as well as the Nike Air Jordan 1.

A special thank you to Smits, Yusuke and Toshiya-Towa for all their hard work making this event happen!

I am so grateful for the whole OTC Crew, the insane amounts of presents I received as well as all their shared 

love and passion!

The only regret I take away from every meeting is not being able to spend more time with every individual. 

Learing more Japanese is becoming increasingly urgent.

Part 2 is coming very soon! All pictures after the jump

Nike OTC Meeting 2023

After 3 years of COVID-related abstinence, last weekend the Nike OTC meeting finally took 

place in Shibuya again.
It's been a long wait, I was eager to see many familiar but also some new faces again, 

have some time to chat and nerd out about the models everyone brought and get my 

yearly dose of sneaker obscurities.
Unfortunately our dear Jumi was unable to join this year due to a knee injury, but Marseille 

was very well represented instead.

Because to the very long COVID break this year’s awesome theme was “good bye CORONA”

COLONA, the japanese pronunciation includes the numbers:

CO→5
LO→6
NA→7
so everyone was supposed to to bring models produced in 1975.76.77 or 1985.86.87.

Of course the Nike Air Jordan 1, Terminator and Dunk where heavily represented in every 

obscure way, but also a huge amount of 70s models were filling the shelves.

Apart from being able to spend some time with my dear Japanese sneaker crew I was 

overwhelmed with incredible presents, which made me feel like my birthday and Christmas 

came on the same day.

Ravanelli.konno surprised me with a beautiful original Salem Ewing t-shirt, Kunii-San sent 

me some Mita Forums, which where hand delivered by Chooee and I was super lucky to 

win an amazing bundle of vintage goodies from Nic at the raffle!

I will post these items as soon as I am back in Germany, but for now I am enjoying 

some time off in Koh Lanta, Thailand.

Thank you Nike OTC for your warm welcome, making great new memories and the precious 

time. 

A noteworthy special thank you goes to Smit/Shin-Ichiro, Yusuke and Toshiya-Towa for 

putting so much work and love into planning this perfect event!

All pictures after the jump