Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone out there! Today we’ve got the ultimate Christmas shopping guide to the top running shoes of 1977—a celebration of old-school sneaker style. If you're a fan of retro runners, be sure to explore our collection at RewindRunning.com, where you'll find authentic new-old-stock 1970s and 80s-inspired footwear. Featured in this Christmas guide are iconic 70s classic runners including the Nike Vainqueur, Adistar 2000 Distance, Adistar 2000 Sprint, Tiger Spartan B, Brooks Texan, Tiger Jayhawk, and Nike Elite, Etonic Street Fighter, Adidas Formula I, Adidas ..read more

? Introducing the Mega Pro 'Gusto Racer' Sneaker: Pre-Order PRICING IS Now Available!! ? ***PRE-ORDER*** Mega Pro Gusto Racer 7901 Navy Blue Hyper Orange Men's Retro 1970s Style Sneakers Howdy, y’all, Mike of the Deffest here back with our first major announcement in awhile. In the process of researching and writing histories about old obscure sneaker brands… well.... let’s just say we caught the fever. After many years of trying and a monumental effort to get here we’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Mega Pro sneaker brand today! Mega Pro is a vintage sneaker inspired line dedicated ..read more

A Look Back: The Design Aesthetics of the Rounded Toe Running Shoe and Its Era-Defining Impact Today we’re taking it back to the old school once again looking at one of the most ubiquitous vintage running shoes design and styles: The 1970s round toe runner. While this kind of running shoe is commonly associated with a couple of larger sportswear brands the style was popular and produced by many different brands throughout the 1970s and early 80s. The rounded toe running shoe has a rich history that is deeply intertwined with the rise of running as a popular fitness activity. From its inception ..read more

Puma Rocket Vintage 70s 80s Yellow & Blue Running Shoes Sneakers Howdy Y’all, Just putting up a quick post that we just posted this cool old school pair of bright yellow and blue vintage Puma Rocket running shoes over at our RewindRunning.com web store. If you want to learn more about these old school runners check out this 1979 vintage Puma ad here ..read more

Sneaker Freaker Issue #49: Salehe Bembury ‘Heat Be Hot’ Sup everyone and seasons greetings to you!?? The blog has have been offline for awhile during the process of moving. This will likely be the last post of 2023 and I wanted to use it to send a shout out to Minh Vuong, Woody and the team over at the mighty Sneaker Freaker magazine. SF issue #49 is out now and has a ton of great articles, including a write up on the rare Nike 'The One Line' bootleg sneakers. Y'all should check it out if you get a chance and you can pick it up here. Lastly, The Deffest blog has a lot of good stuff we're wor ..read more

Howdy y’all. Just putting up a quick post that we have a second round of eBay auctions up now until 6/19/2023 and this lot includes some really rare pairs of 1970’s and 80 sneakers. If you’re interested in buying any pairs you can check out the auction at our eBay shop! Good luck! The Deffest vintage sneaker eBay auctions ..read more

Special thanks and shout out to Sneaker Freaker for posting about the current eBay auctions! Thanks to everyone else who has been posting to their IG stories, too. Really appreciate it y'all! The next set of auctions end on 6/19/2023 00 if you’re interested in bidding we have over 60 pairs of 70s and 80s vintage sneakers here ..read more

Thanks to everyone who picked up some vintage sneakers from the recent eBay auctions. It was cool to see that they landed with some legit collectors who will appreciate them. We’ve just cleared out an old storage space and will be putting up more pairs in the next week or two. Some of the sneakers in the next set are the vintage 70s Nike Waffle Trainers, Saucony Grippers, Pro-Wings runners and many more. Please keep an eye out for the announcement on our Instagram account. The eBay shop is here and will be updated soon ..read more

? Attention ? We're stoked to announce that our eBay auctions are live and we're selling some rare vintage kicks this week! Starting bids are just 99 cents with no reserve, so you might just snag a steal. Plus, we offer worldwide shipping! Don't miss out on the chance to add some one-of-a-kind sneakers to your collection. Head over to our eBay auctions here! The Deffest vintage sneaker auctions at eBay ..read more

Check out ‘Five Little Known Sneaker Brands’ over at GEM.app Just putting up a quick post to share a write up for our vintage friends over at GEM.app called ‘Five Little Known Sneaker Brands.’ While many of the brands from the article have gone away, there are still a lot of very cool one-of-a-kind vintage sneakers out there that can be found on GEM app, which brings all the best vintage products to one place. For those of you that are fellow vintage gear hunters we love this app and highly recommend it. If you’re interested in the sneakers featured in the post most of them are for sale at ou ..read more