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The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Ronnie Fieg on Asics Collabs, Supply Chain Issues, & Kith's 10th Year

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. They are joined this week by Kith founder Ronnie Fieg, who brings with him some exclusive Asics collaborations to unveil around his brand's 10-year anniversary celebrations. In addition to breaking down the "Salmon Toe" and "Leatherback" Asics Gel Lyte Vs, he talks about how much supply chain issues have disrupted the footwear business, sneaker trips to Tokyo, and that lost feeling of opening a box and seeing a new shoe for the first time. Also, Welty celebrates his new gig as superintendent and the co-hosts talk car crashes.

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0:00.0

What's up, everybody? It's Joel LaPouma. You were listening. You were watching the Complex

0:07.3

Sneakers podcast. We are back in the studio. And as always, I'm with my guys first to my

0:12.4

right, Mr. Matt Welty. It's a big day. Big day. Big guest to my left. I see, I see him

0:20.6

smiling. That's how excited he is. Mr. Brendan Dunn. We're back in New York. We're back

0:25.3

from Complex Come. We're back together. We have no cards to crack open today. Thank God.

0:30.2

Because it went a little shaky. It went a little shaky. Wait, hold on. Where's my

0:35.8

Nate Diaz cards? Who has them? You must have left them on the day Matthews has them.

0:41.0

No, I have your cards. I have your cards that we open. We open packs of cards. Is that why I saw

0:46.5

two Nate Diaz on Stockex yesterday? I might sell mine back on eBay just to keep it all in the

0:53.6

family. Oh, yeah. That's what I'm doing. Put them on eBay. That's right. Yes. So how

1:00.4

do we feel? I was in Cali. I stayed a little longer than you guys. I'm happy to be back

1:04.4

in New York. You guys have a busy week this week. Evergreen comment. Yes. Yes. Absolutely.

1:12.2

I know. I feel like Welty is going to be busier than ever too. Why is that? Don't you

1:19.6

have some new responsibilities? Yes. Yes. We were holding this. Don't you have like a new

1:24.5

title? Where is this right? You're still very much at complex complex. Yes. Yes. Is your

1:28.2

day to day? That's your your your nine to five. Uh huh. But you have a new role that you've

1:32.8

taken on. Can we put the letter in the company or the text we have to we'll blow out the

1:38.5

name, but we have to put the text. We want to congratulate. This is huge. Our producers,

1:44.2

our directors, everyone in the green room. We want to congratulate you on your new job

1:51.3

title. Please let people know. Please let people know. This is huge. This is big. Super

1:56.4

intended. You know, there's some things when you feel like super intended of his building.

2:01.2

There's some things when you feel like someone who you're close to has a win and you're

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