Cool Kicks in the Sky

lizzard_nyc

I don't know why people do this--throwing shoes up on power lines, specially such a cool pair of shoes! I want them.

There is a family of shoes growing by leaps and bounds on the power lines one block from my house (shot #2)--they must be caught and neutered.

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adbsgicom

There are some pretty new shoes in your power lines....

lizzard_nyc

adbsgicom wrote:

There are some pretty new shoes in your power lines....

Right?
I think I'd have a problem with my kid throwing his good shoes on to the lines.

BTW, the second shot wasn't meant as a "cool shot" I just snapped it so you guys can see where the original shot lives.

Dogdots

Ha...I haven't seen shoes thrown up like that in a long time. Not a clue why they do it tho.

Liz...you need to catch a kid doing it and ask them why they throw good shoes up there

invisible

The shoes hanging from power lines have to do with some gang code. At least that's what it is said around here.

Love the first one, by the way. Composition, colour, and post-processing are all spot on in my opinion.

Edit: some info on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_tossing

Dogdots

invisible wrote:

The shoes hanging from power lines have to do with some gang code. At least that's what it is said around here.

Love the first one, by the way. Composition, colour, and post-processing are all spot on in my opinion.

Edit: some info on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_tossing

Very interesting read on wiki -- thanks for looking it up

lizzard_nyc

invisible wrote:

The shoes hanging from power lines have to do with some gang code. At least that's what it is said around here.

Love the first one, by the way. Composition, colour, and post-processing are all spot on in my opinion.

Edit: some info on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_tossing

Thanks for the info:) some interesting theories in that article from "shoefiti" to a "shoe throwing sport". That particular block has a group of kids in their early teens, they are big time into skating and usually gather under that particular line with shoes--I will ask them next time, they are a nice bunch of kids.

I laughed so hard when I read about how shoe throwing is big in all these different countries, including Bolivia (which is where I"m from) but also the U.S..

Thanks for looking it up and for commenting on my first photo. I also like how it came out and was particularly pleased that it was so sharp.

lizzard_nyc

Dogdots wrote:

Ha...I haven't seen shoes thrown up like that in a long time. Not a clue why they do it tho.

Liz...you need to catch a kid doing it and ask them why they throw good shoes up there

I just asked my husband and he remembers doing that when he was a kid but doesn't remember why they did it, just that it was really cool to have your shoes up there.

I never did that--my mother would have killed me .

invisible

lizzard_nyc wrote:

I laughed so hard when I read about how shoe throwing is big in all these different countries, including Bolivia (which is where I"m from) but also the U.S..

Hola, vecina! I'm originally from Argentina

lizzard_nyc

invisible wrote:

Hola, vecina! I'm originally from Argentina

Hola amigito,
You will be happy to know that shoe throwing on powerlines is also prevalent in Argentina:)

Where are you living now?

invisible

lizzard_nyc wrote:

Hola amigito,
You will be happy to know that shoe throwing on powerlines is also prevalent in Argentina:)

Where are you living now?

I never saw shoes on power lines in Argentina, but things might've changed since I left. I'm in Winnipeg, Canada. Where are you planning on moving to next?

lizzard_nyc

invisible wrote:

I never saw shoes on power lines in Argentina, but things might've changed since I left. I'm in Winnipeg, Canada. Where are you planning on moving to next?

For now I'm staying put.

For now:)