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The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Paul “P-Rod” Rodriguez Talks Landing His Dream Nike Deal

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys talk to Paul Rodriguez, legendary skater and the first skater to ever receive a Nike signature shoe. Paul talks about what it was like becoming part of the brand, knowing Kobe Bryant, his sneaker releases to come and his most recent sneaker additions.


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0:00.0

What's up, everybody? It's Joel LaPoma. You were listening to the Complex Sneakers podcast.

0:05.8

As always, I'm with my guys. First off, Mr. Matt Welty.

0:08.6

It feels like a week's already happened and it's only Tuesday.

0:12.5

Absolutely. And of course, Mr. Brendan Dunn. How are we doing, guys?

0:16.4

I'm feeling okay. We're recording this on a Tuesday. Yesterday we had the day off,

0:20.4

president's day. I don't know about you guys, but I went into the city,

0:23.8

tried to try to enjoy it a little bit. It was kind of depressing. Where'd you go?

0:27.6

I was just hanging out in Soho doing my usual loop, went up Mulberry Street,

0:32.7

popped into Noah, tried to go to a furniture store, but they were closed because of the holiday,

0:37.1

which is a fake holiday, obviously. It's so cold and so dead in the city right now.

0:41.2

It was depressing. I went to Pepero, so I sat down for a while. It just didn't feel like a used to.

0:46.6

Yeah, I walked the Brooklyn Bridge and there's a point of the Brooklyn Bridge where you could

0:52.0

get off and then go back, or you have to turn around. But then there's points, obviously, that

0:56.6

you could go down the stairs and you're still in Brooklyn. I passed that point and ended up

1:01.0

walking all the way to the city. Very long walk, but to your point, it did seem a little gray and

1:06.7

a little dead, unfortunately. Was it a contemplated period for you, Joe? What did you have in the

1:10.8

headphone? Did you have some cutie in the headphones? No headphones, because you know I'm not

1:14.0

wearing the headphones. I was wearing the headphones, but the bikes, you know how many times I

1:18.3

almost got hit by a bike? Brooklyn Bridge for sure. They're aggressive. Unless I'm in a fully

1:22.8

open spot or field, there's something and I'm taking a walk, no headphones. It's a little dangerous,

1:28.1

so. But yeah, I definitely went for a long walk. It's been, yeah, it's Tuesday. Monday,

1:35.2

we were off, but we really weren't off. It seemed like a busy day. Yeah.

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