The Origin of New Balance in Washington, DC 

The original Doc!

New Balance owes so much to the DMV area for what they did to bring this brand into the limelight

2000s & 574s will forever be my favorites I promise you DC was the only place I seen New Balances wore as a actual fashion fit

DC deserves the recognition ❤ they made this brand popular hands down… my senior year of high school I went to a trip to DC, Baltimore and Philly and everyone wearing the 1300 or 574 and that was my intro to their shoes and they were my favorite hands down! Now I got 4 pairs only but they will grow!

🔥🔥🔥 finally a proper documentary for the DC NB culture! Well done! 💯

I first visited DC in 1996 and I saw lots runners wear 'em near the Capitol Hill area, classic grey New Balances. Two years later, I bought my first pair the 990 in 1998, which is now known as the 990 version 2. I am from Canada and I was the first person to rock the grey New Balances in Canada, I swear. In 1999, I saw in the Italian fashion magazine called L'uomo Vogue, they had a fashion photoshoot of models wearing the grey New Balance 990 version 2 wearing classic clothing, and I knew that these shoes are good looking and will work well with different outfits. Heck, I ran my first 10k running event in 2002 wearing the New Balance 991.

New York punching the air rite now.

Great film! It’s amazing how much DC influenced the culture going on 4 decades! Thank you.

This one of them videos ik imma keep coming back to. Interesting seeing new balance be so popular now seeing them so often here growing up

I grew up in DC and I am still here and I remember growing up and I used to cry as kid because we were poor to buy them and I used to watch all of the hustlers wearing them and I used to imagine how I would love to have them. Once I able to get a pair I went crazy buying them in the bundles. My favorite are the 2000's some of the most comfortable shoes ever.

DC rocked New Balance the best because everybody's feet looked good in them - unlike the Reebok Classic, Freestyle, Fila Classic, or K-Swiss which were a hit or miss fit. New Balance definitely belongs to DC Culture! Loved this documentary.

Congratulations on your a great documentary about DC style. I rocked my first 990 pair in 1984 and always have had a pair in my closet since.

I remember seeing DC dudes rockin New Balance with slouch socks

The cinematography, the story, the color grading…this is just quality work 💫 good!!!

this was sick. great story telling. quality work

Now we need a Nike Boots documentary. 💯💪🏽🏁

This was dope! DC all day!

So dope but also the discussion panel was priceless.

Dope 🤟🏾trend went all across Maryland too

Excellent work! I’m on tour with my 990 v5

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 about time

This is really dope. 991s are the greatest sneakers ever made. The 2000s were the top tier luxury line, so comfortable. But I miss my Navy Blue 991s, the most comfortable sneakers I've ever worn.

Awesome job Fam! Congratulations.

We need a part 2 !

Dope documentary bro 🌊🌊🌊

great job keep going! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Soo happy for you!! The best person for this documentary!

Wasn't nuttin fresher than a crisp new pair of grey 996s, then the grey with navy blue 1600s

Great joint slim!❤ ay that encap with the back side of a butter knife was the best you could do

🔥🔥 too tough.

Bmore been rocking these joints since 82!!! We definitely put these joints on da map😎

Great work right here!

Well put together! 🔥🔥🔥

Very well done!

Really really well done film.

So dope!!!❤❤

great content

Had to double back🙏🏾

Ronnie Ferg need to se this

Somebody Need to get this to my fellow #Baltimorians .. I’m jive tired of this argument💪🏿

Man out west we never wore them but when I went to visit my cousins for the first time in the Sursum Cordas I asked were the official shoe for y’all 😅

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I had my first pair when I was a baby

Does anyone know the name music video from the early 2000's or maybe, late 90's where all of the rappers wore New Balances in the video? In the video, there were seen rapping in the middle of the street at night and they were all wearing New Balances in various colours.

I have the blue and white New Balance

Yessuhhhhh

Growing up is was Nike, New Balance, or Jordan’s. #202

996’s 🔥

Now they are bout to watch and say we have been wearing those versions 😂😂

There’s a reason Kanye got his style from the dc

Baltimore take this L

This is rather confusing. In the very early 1980s all the guys were wearing white Adidas and in contrast, the white kids were wearing black or other color Nikes. In the mid 1980s, in Go Go there was a pronounced shift to Fila. Girls wore pastel Reeboks. Had to be Reeboks, had to be light blue, pink, white or other bright colors for girls. Mid-80s, White kids started wearing indoor soccer shoes- specifically Mitre. Mitre Indoor Soccer shoes were absolutely hot in 1985, 86, 87 and completely unknown outside of DC- they were slim and low to the ground which was on purpose when junior high kids were wearing unlaced, pumped up white Jordans- always bought a size too big because these little kids were going to "grow into them." This is when kids in NYC were revisiting the Adidas Samba. The indoor soccer shoes were big with skaters in the winter when Vans were just too cold. As far as I'm concerned, this film is either hyper local to one store and one high school or primarily fictional. I knew plenty of people in Go Go and they wore Adidas and then shifted to Fila track suits and sneakers by 1986. This movie just focused on one crew and ignored everyone else who made up the majority of the city.

Hi, do you have an Instagram?

I’m from Delaware and my cousin from DC put me on to the 990s & foamposites back in 06 and I haven’t look back since 🫡

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