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The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Jerry Lorenzo and Jason Mayden on Building the Future of Adidas

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys speak to Jason Mayden and Jerry Lorenzo on what their future at Adidas will look like. The guys discuss how their partnership came to be, the importance of not trying to be in competition with Nike, and the impact they believe they will be able to bring to Adidas. Jerry Lorenzo also shares the story behind his 3 stripe tattoo as well as the conversations he's had with Kanye leading up to and after the deal was signed with Adidas.

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0:00.0

What's up everybody it's Joel Puma you were listening to the Complex Sneakers podcast as

0:05.2

always I am with my guys first off Mr. Matt Welty how we doing buddy. Hey it's a earlier

0:10.2

in the week than normal but we're here. Yes sir and of course Mr. Brendan Dunn what's

0:16.0

up my man.

0:17.0

Do you know what that is? Do we have to clear it? No we're good.

0:26.3

It was supposed to be the Godfather theme. Okay did you do another one? It's been a running

0:33.5

bit I just want to get it out of the way at the top. Godfather 3 famously not very good

0:37.3

I fell asleep it didn't capture my attention I got to try again.

0:40.7

That's how you spent some year weekend the long weekend. Man it was it was a busy weekend

0:44.4

it was a hectic weekend. What do we do? How I went back to Long Island I had some nice

0:49.8

bull and a's if we're talking you know Godfather and some Italian let's make that connection

0:54.4

paint the picture for my mom's my mom's infamous bolognese always hits okay and it was

1:00.4

nice to chill out a little bit and it felt like Friday because the weather was so nice

1:05.8

it actually felt like a real day off. Did you know a little different that it was what

1:11.8

was it almost 60 degrees and it really felt like for the first time off a nice what what

1:17.0

was the fit like fit what did I have just a hoodie and pants you know just a hoodie and

1:22.8

some on-the-wire pants actually new on you know no new on the war pants try to Rob Garcia

1:29.7

he sent like these new these new pants that they're not leather they're not leather kind

1:35.0

of like a nylon material the type that swishes when you walk Joe have you worn not have

1:41.8

you worn leather pants once during quarantine or no the less Instagram with the busy

1:47.1

peas those are on the war leather pants from 2014 guys bringing that feeling back yes so yes

1:53.7

how did it feel to have the you know the dead animal skins caress the calves. Oh I think the

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