le coq sportif – super ashe mens shoes; GROOVY!

My Dad’s parents visit about every other month. When they do, they often leave with clothes and other things to take back to their home to donate to their church. The last time I was home, I was helping them carry out all of the stuff to their car. One of the last items in the pile was a blue shoe box. When I looked in the shoe box, I saw a brand new (well not brand new, but never worn) really old ass shoes. I mean really old. I remember my Dad wearing these style shoes when I was young.

Knowing that my Dad and I don’t wear the same size shoe, I knew I wouldn’t be wearing them, but I thought I might be able to make some money off of them. For those of you who have issues with me taking a pair of shoes away from the needy, I want to first point out that the shoes were completely unwearable. They were so old that the rubber had begun to deteriorate. So there was no way any needy person would want them, but I was pretty sure some collector would. And so on eBay they went. Here’s was my auction description. The title of the auction listing was “le coq sportif – super ashe mens shoes; GROOVY!” They sold for $35.24!

(Following is the description of the auction as it was on eBay)

The Bid to End All Bids

You are bidding on a pair of le coq sportif super ashe 10.5 size white/navy/yellow mens shoe. These are so retro, you won’t be able to contain yourself. No it’s not 1986, but these shoes will make you feel like it is. Don’t have a time machine? Don’t know who doc Brown is? What’s a gigawatt? Go back in time with these super ashe shoes. So retro, you’ll think headbands are cool.

How Retro?

You may be wondering, honestly, how retro are these shoes? My response: even more retro than Disco. To give you an idea about how retro these shoes are, I’ve included this picture from a long long time ago.

See how retro? These are wang chung retro. Wanna wang chung tonight? Then get these shoes.

It’s hard to tell from the video, but I’m pretty sure all of these guys are wearing super ashe shoes.

Super Ashe Popularity

The super ashe shoes came on the scene middle to late 1980′s. These shoes were very popular with a wide variety of athletes. Le coq sportif used to be a very popular name in the sport of tennis.

A lesser known sport, footbag, also helped make the super ashe a popular shoe. Super ashes are the shoes that Kenny Shults recommended in the very early 90′s video, “Tricks of the Trade.” For those of you not familiar with Kenny Shults, he is considered by many to be the Father of Freestyle Footbag and the inventor of many of the tricks used today.

For those of you familiar with these shoes and the sport, you should also remember the Nike Avenger, Kaepa 165, and the Nike Wimbledon Court. All very popular shoes among footbag athletes.

About Le coq sportif

Originated in France by Emile Camuset in 1920, Le Coq Sportif had one goal, to produce the most innovative and highest quality sportswear available. Le Coq Sportif soon became one of the most popular sportswear brands worldwide, supplying gear to the Tour de France, several Olympic games, and numerous athletes with their signature look and the performance that comes from superior engineering. Today, Le Coq Sportif embraces the future while still celebrating the classic looks, showcasing some of the greatest athletic looks of the past several decades, and contemporary performance looks that use the latest innovations. Le Coq Sportif, for the pleasure of sport.

Product Condition

These shoes have never been worn. They were purchased and put in a closet where they stayed for many many years. As was mentioned before, these shoes are so retro, you won’t be able to contain yourself. Likewise, these shoes are so retro, the bottoms of these shoes haven’t been able to contain themselves either. In fact, over the years of so much retro, the rubber soles just couldn’t take it; they’ve begun to deteriorate. These shoes are completely unwearable. If you put these on and took one step, you would leave a gooey mess of retro rubber all over your floor. But that shouldn’t stop you. These are super ashe shoes, and no one in their right mind would ever consider ruining these shoes by wearing them. Put them in the air tight NASA space quality chamber of retro goodness they belong in.

Thanks,
Happy Bidding.