Reminiscing: Airwalk Lava 600

When I was a kid, I was a pretend skate rat. I had a nash board and couldn’t ollie over a penny. It was a little sad. That didn’t prevent me from skating up and down the driveway for hours on end, of course.

One day, I went semi legit. And it was only because of the sneakers my mom brought back for me on a work trip. Normally, I would wear some basketball kicks (despite never playing basketball). Not Jordans. No way. More like Pony and British Knight. We were never well off, but one time my surprised me with some new kicks. The Airwalk Lava 600. My mind was BLOWN away.

These sneakers were the epitome of awesome. You gotta remember, this was the mid 80s and everything neon was cool. Most of my shoes were black and white as Pony and BK were pretty chill sneakers. These nearly jumped out of the box at you. And the lace save — Unheard of technology, for sure. Pretty much space age quality stuff.

I wore the hell out of these shoes and then they got sent to the basement. Where they stayed for years. It wasn’t until my dad redid the basement back in the late 90s that they were tossed. I wish I had gone back and scooped them pre-trash run. oh well.

If anyone has a pair, hook a brother up. Peace!