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 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