As 2009 comes to a close, Complex will be releasing a series of lists recapping the year's best, from albums to girls. To kick things off, we put together a celebrity panel of sneaker heads to help us determine the best kicks of 2009. We recruited Matt Halfhill (Nicekicks.com), DJ Clark Kent (God's favorite DJ and sneaker connoisseur), Mayor (AF1 king), Wil Whitney (Founder of Nom de Guerre and Nike 21 Mercer Head Coach), and Chris Vidal (ALIFE manager), along with Complex sneaker experts Bradley Carbone and Joe La Puma. Nothing's getting by this team.
Before we drop the panel's official top 10, we're giving each of our trusted contributors the chance to tell you about their personal favorites. Today we're taking a look at DJ Clark Kent's Top Ten Sneakers of 2009...
#10: Reebok Pump 20th Anniversary Bringback
CK SAYS: "The Reebok Bringback collection was the perfect execution of a retro. The white and blue and the black and white are great concepts, great retros, and then the shop collection was done right. There were too many that were good. To me, none of them were whack, which never happens. Some where better than others, but the execution of bringing that back and getting all those guys to do shoes was done right. That shoe was desirable when we were young, and this was the way to pay homage to it."
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NDP December 15th, 2009 at 05:38 PM
Solid list. Surprised VIIs were that high and no Max Griffeys...but good reasoning. You GOTTA replace the pic of those yellowed ass Space Jams though...
Rex December 15th, 2009 at 06:44 PM
It's true that the picture of his dunks don't do it justice, the leather on them are of beautiful quality, soft to the touch and the 3x dry material is awesome and gives the shoe a good stiffness, not commonly found on other shoes.
Devin December 15th, 2009 at 07:22 PM
Solid Top 10 choices. Reading the commentary from Mr. Kent hurt my brain...
Lenky December 15th, 2009 at 08:00 PM
Buns. The True Blues were the best on this list. Parra AM1's and clot AF1's were definitely solid and should've been ranked higher. However, the un-gucci's listed before the gucci sb's, or even at all(shameless self promo)is pretty weak. The alife Dunk Hi's, which weren't listed, came out first, used better material and had sticky gum outsoles. Busted.
e_weezie December 15th, 2009 at 09:54 PM
This was a good list. i'm surprised the 2009 was that high tho. And Clark, how come my Wet Floor Sign's aren't up here?? I guess they were #11.
chrisparris December 15th, 2009 at 11:24 PM
what is the name of that colorway of air max 2009 ?
santo gold December 16th, 2009 at 07:34 PM
Show us a picture of the shirt DJCK! True Blues are one of the sickest pair of J's next to the infrared 6's and the space jams
Feets Malone aka FM101 December 16th, 2009 at 11:49 PM
YES!!!!!! I DIDN'T EVEN CHECK #1 CUZ IT ENDS HERE!!! BEST SHOE OF 09 PERIOD! POINT BLANK!!!
Feets Malone aka FM101 December 16th, 2009 at 11:59 PM
DIDN'T REALIZE THE COMMENTS AFFIXED TO ALL THE SHOES...BY "HERE" I'M REFERRING TO THE AIR MAX 09 AT #2 (I'M STILL IN CAPS BECAUSE I'M STILL AMPED!!)
Dontwatchmewatchtv December 21st, 2009 at 07:05 PM
CK list has the best list thus far in my opinion. I don't understand why the griffeys aren't up here. 2 OG Colorways released. i thought that sneaker had potential to even be the best of 09'.