Usain Bolt Goes Sneaker Shopping With Complex

[Music] what everybody's Joe from complex we're in LA I blends with 11 time world champion and the fastest men on the planet Usain Bolt everybody there thank y'all fire but I know good to do some sneaker shopping today get to see what he's feeling what he's not and then I'll hopefully he's gonna buy some sneakers for sure let's go [Music] you saying I want to talk about you growing up and playing football and cricket and the streets of Jamaica with your brother what was the footwear like back then what footwork you know that for me yeah we're in a country we don't really wear shoes we just up on roads outside is playing football naturally is countless times of loss couple of toenails really miss playing on the street name but for me I'll never exchange brevity it's just a lot of fun you know me absolutely you say when it comes to track spike some stick out more than others Michael Johnson's Olympics 1996 the gold ones but these that Hamid your high school colors and then also have the gold where do you rank them in terms of the best spikes overall so for me this is where the best thing I mean when they came up that I go what I was gonna do this here pitching ideas I was like you know what I like yeah do my school colors and put one and go so they kind of mix and match all of them together angles listen everybody love these yeah everybody that you like you know fire like I know [Music] you seen you watch the Superbowl with Michael Jordan one year yeah what was that like what did you guys talk about listen reservoir I was frazzle toddies that's the first thing you know but we just wrapped you know I mean because Michael Jordan is his legend to this chill talk about basketball a little bit he's into golf so we talk about golf I'm not good at golf but it was a good vibe he was chill and it was cool yes Michael I was excited just to hang with him you know was that the first time you met her yeah it's the first time you know I mean he's the Gatorade ambassador so it was a pleasure just to be around and just talk to understand what he did and just always as a person so it was pretty good he talked about back in Jamaica at the high school did anyone have Jordans back in high school no no way I was you know you know where I was was pretty much just simple stuff a bit of Clark's and then it was a little bit of Reebok and then I got into just Puma so that's what we all started out for me talk about what it means to you to be recognized all over the world and not just in one place up to now like last week I was sitting I was hanging my friend else I go can you believe we're how far we've come in I mean watching mom and oddly Pelle and all these guys Michael Jordan Michael Johnson and now I'm in that category no means that is a different feeling to be walking on stream please Maggie listen can I take a picture yeah can i you know I mean it is different now odd I've never thought I would ever experience to see I mean so it's actually being that situation is just a dream come true it's some different levels oh it's amazing [Music] I want to talk about the recent collaborators Puma is working with Rihanna with the Fenty line the weekend you signed to Puma I think in 2002 yeah did you ever think that these celebrity entertainers were gonna follow suit when I got sponsor I was excited yeah I was like yeah this is good it's a good start I can help my family and I mean and then I started traveling it's getting bigger companies start growing and then they start the circular collapses with everybody and I was like oh this is gonna be a different level right now the Fenty's a fire you know I mean as soon as the hit stores are like gone when the weekend came out with the EXO's I'm not girl listen I need candy cool let's hit with every pair you know give me a bit because I love these these right here a fire people get deals and it's a lot about free apparel and free shoes but what I read is that whom I actually sends stuff to your high school yeah that's amazing how would I got started after we got a deal after a while I remember I went back to school to watch in football never like no other guys didn't have any proper football boots and I was like yo this not cool let me talk to my sponsor so I hit my balls I missed my sports team needs himself and exactly no problem we can get so they they hold the track team up you know the football team up even a cricket team up big day all the teams that are in the school get pull my stuff every year so every year they get a proper new gears and it's always that's precious we know a lot of people just see the oh we got these early because you sponsored the Puma that's a little deeper and really applauded about yeah for sure me I try to I try to give back in any way possibly in a man whom I always support me no matter what it could be a simple team or just getting some true of some people because sometimes like I'm in Kingston people hit me up like yo have a team here we like to get some I like are cool let me talk to my people and they all they never say no yeah you're the plug [Music] you saying in the last few years we've seen a re-emergence in technical runners you know we have the flying it's the boost technology Puma with the sugie's what do you think about these and when you were training did shoes look like these now I think I think over over time it's evolved technologists evolved I think they're finding different ways to make you more comfortable because I don't really go for long run okay what quick sprint is either I mean so for me when I get these these are for like when I'm warming up jogging or say I just want a casual stroll you know I mean so these a much comfortable easy just to slip on you know I mean you said once that you admire Jordan that he got his name on shoes and that you said that you really want your name on shoes but you really want to be involved in the design process now that you're retired maybe you have more time to design a special Usain Bolt Puma yeah we're working on it it's in the pipeline for me that was a big thing like when I actually got my pose of that list it's just I joined he and I work on it so I put it on my spikes but now that I'm retired I'm gonna I told her mister we need to get into it make a shoe just hit him with it that John Ensign I got mine so yeah it works out something that's in the partner we're trying to work on to the job the fire and everybody we talked about everything now is the easy part you get the browser shells and I'll pick up some shoes I'm focused do it [Music] listen Danny jeez we need that zooming need definitely want these I don't know which one I want but let's get both of them right I live for Suede's well believe us way to put me up and yeah what's doing yeah all right comes out to 480 394 I need these pirate ship I need it [Music] so the legend Usain Bolt came through told some great stories got some Pumas that he didn't even have thank you so much for taking the time as appreciated [Music] you

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Id: aoERBs551uA

Length: 7min 49sec (469 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 13 2017