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Airwalk with 15-year-old Bunshiro.

Airwalk with 15-year-old Bunshiro.

AIRWALK〉 was born in California in 1986. Starting with skateboarding, the brand has released shoes that are linked to the mountain bike and BMX scenes, and has gained tremendous support from youth culture. In this day and age when there are so many choices of sneakers, how does AIRWALK look to the eyes of a teenager? He is 15 years old, born and raised in Tokyo. Born and raised in Tokyo, this 15-year-old wears "Airwalk" in his current life size.

  • Photo_changsu
  • Hair_Fumiya Ushiku
  • Model_bunshiro
  • Text_Showgo Komatsu
  • Edit_Yusuke Suzuki

Old school with a fresh feel.

. - you don't have a sense of nostalgia, which is why the 80's and 90's feel fresh to you.

Bunshiro: Maybe so . . and I like to listen to music on records and cassettes.

-Enigma" was one of the most popular skate shoes of the 90's, and was also called the "King of Skate Shoes".

Bunshiro: . I've seen these at a thrift store. They are also retro, but they feel new, because they have a design that you don't see in today's sneakers. I think it's interesting that there is a gap in perception between what is new to me and what is nostalgic to those who know me.

-He paired "Enigma" with a classic outfit of shorts and high socks.

Bunshiro: . I knew I wanted to wear them in an old-school style.

-Oh, by the way, I heard that you also skateboard.

Bunshiro: . a little bit with a friend. We were talking about how we wanted to leave something behind if we were going to go to the trouble of skiing.

-For example?

Bunshiro: Skate video. Since we are also a band, we wanted to make a skate video with music. Even if we are not good at skateboarding, we thought it would be fun to make it look like a home video. . We are planning to film not only the skateboarding, but also the people having fun with each other.

. -The zine feel, or the handmade feel, would be interesting.

Bunshiro: I like old skate videos without much skateboarding, so I would like to shoot something like that. I'm also interested in video, so I'd like to try my hand at a variety of things.

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