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Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman s Thirty Five Ventures to Premiere New Video Series About Sneaker Industry (EXCLUSIVE)
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Variety caught up with host Nick DePaula ahead of the show’s premiere next month.
First sneaker:
My first cool shoe as a kid was the Nike Air Thrill Flight. I was 10, and I had a $40 budget.
Number of sneakers you own:
Every closet. Every hallway shelf. Just stacks and stacks of boxes all over. My basement looks pretty much like a mom-and-pop stockroom. I’m usually hovering around 750-800 pairs, but I try to donate 55 pairs every back-to-school window to downsize when I can. Still, it’s entirely out of control at this point. I just keep telling myself I can’t cross four digits.
Highland dancer eyes comeback after virus shatters Big Apple dreams
Pandemic hits as local dancerhopes to make it in dream city
Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@edwpub.net
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HIGHLAND While he does not work as a first responder, a health care worker or any other frontline employee during the pandemic, the coronavirus impacted him heavily, nonetheless.
Nick Zobrist had made his life-long dream come true, moving to New York City to pursue a career in dance. He lived there for two years until March when, like everything else, the pandemic shattered his dreams.
Zobrist graduated from Highland High School in 2011 and attended SIUE from 2011 to December 2015. He spent the next two years living and working in St. Louis. He worked in a restaurant and as a dance trainee for the Big Muddy Dance Company.