James Chamberlin

I don’t know about other people, but I hate shoe shopping. Local stores don’t have my size (15!) so I have to do everything online. Picking the right shoe size used to be difficult until I began buying New Balance shoes a few years ago.

When I was a kid, my mom would always have to take me and my brother to the sports stores (Dicks, Foot Locker) to get shoes because they sold so many basketball shoes. Those were the only types of shoes that seemed to come in our size. The problem I’ve had with basketball shoes from Nike (the only brand we liked) was they only cared about the length of the shoe. My problem was my feet were also pretty wide so the standard 15 shoe was always tight across my foot.

A few years ago I decided to give New Balance a try and have been a loyal customer ever since.

Here are my new shoes, the New Balance 654 Tennis Shoes:

I’m a pretty simple guy when it comes to style. Bold colors aren’t my thing. A simple white shoe with black, blue, red, etc is fine. I’m more interested in the shoe’s comfort than how it looks.

My first day in the shoes was excellent. There’s a certain “springiness” to a new pair of shoes. The shoe’s cushioning hasn’t been killed with the hundreds if not thousands of miles a person will put on a pair of shoes over the course of a shoe’s lifespan. New Balance’s “ABZORB” cushioning feels great.

I don’t intend to wear my old shoes ever again. There’s no going back now. 🙂

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