As promised by today’s story on a shoe fanatic’s passion turned into a play at Chabot College, here are The 10 Sneaker Commandments by Kevin Palofox:

1. Thou shalt always bring heat!!!!

You always got to have a fly pair of shoes on. You want to be walking down the street breaking necks, meaning people are turning and looking hard at your kicks (shoes).

2. Thou shalt not rock (wear) beaters even if they are vintage.

Even if you have a pair of original Air Jordans 1’s from 1984 — which is cool because they’re classic — they’re more than likely to be beat up because they’re so old. You don’t want to look like you took your shoes from a bum. Really, you want to always be wearing something nice and crispy.

3. Three is the magic number.

One pair to rock, one to store for the future and one to store, lose and later find to rock (wear) 10 years from now.

4. Thou shalt not camp out less than six to 12 hours for a highly anticipated release, or no more than two days.

Beyond that, you really have no hookup or no life. If you don’t put in the time, you’ll most likely lose out in getting the goods, but if you put in too much time — like, say, two days in line — then that’s pretty extreme.

5. Thou shalt not exceed or recede more than one, maybe 1.5 shoe sizes.

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