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''One day boom, DS pair, my size. Took the train from Manhattan to Brooklyn and back. Some guy named Tinker Hatfield wants to come and check out the store. Tinker Hatfield!''

''What's up everybody it's L (@el.leche) coming to you from Brooklyn and this is the story of how I got my grails the 2011 'Black Cement' Jordan 3s.''

''It's 2001 and my life changes forever. My grandma gets me my first pair of Jordans. The re-realease of the OG 'Black Cement' 3. From that moment on that shoe meant the world to me so in 2011 when they released again, even though it wasn't an OG I had to get my hands on a pair.''

''My good friend Diana, blessed me with a pair of Jordans for the holidays. Fast forward 2016, I go to work, I get an email from my boss and he says some guy named Tinker Hatfield wants to come and check out the store. Tinker Hatfield!''

''Tinker Hatfield steps into my job, you already know I had the Jordan 3s on me. After showing him around the store we took a couple photos in the photo booth he finally signs my shoe and that is how my AJ3 'Black Cements' 2011 became my grail.''

''What's good everyone my name is Omari (@smooveguyo) representing Brooklyn and I'm here to share my story on how I copped the 'Gatorade' Jordan 6s.''

''One day back in October 2017 I was surfin' the internet on my phone and low and behold I saw the unreleased images of the shoe. Come to find out they was coming out December 30th. That day came unfortunately I wasn't able to get the shoe.''

''But I knew somebody that knew somebody that had an extra pair. So we was able to connect, but I had up to two days to go get the shoe. I had to work those two days, so I went to work, came up with a plan and told my coworker the situation.''

'''He said go ahead bro, I'll cover your lunch shift.' Which is normally 30 minutes. So I immediately took the train from Manhattan to Brooklyn and back. 45 minute train ride was all worth it.''

''Almost got in trouble though, but hey, at least I had an orange box with these bad boys in here. My 'Gatorade' Air Jordan 6s…I wanna be like Mike!''

''Yo it's Darrell (@dharrelll) and this is my story, how I got my hands on my ultimate grail, the Air Trainer 1 'Safari'.''

''Back in '06 freshman in high school, wasn't really paying attention in class. Was on my sidekick lurking the sneaker forums and I saw this photo of Johnny Mac and Andre Agassi wearing these shoes with the strap.''

''Boom, got my shoes and rocked them to death. So much that the soles crumbled. So you know I had to get a replacement but could never find a pair.''

''One day, boom, DS pair my size, and the seller was in LA. Met with the seller, and looked like a familiar dude so I had to ask, who your homies are? So it ends up…''

''…that we got the same friends so we chopped it up for a bit. Super cool dude, even gave me a better deal, and that's how I got my pair of my grails, the Air Trainer 1 'Safari' baby.''

Grail Tales

Episode 5