Nick Engvall has spent 20+ years in the sneaker industry, from wear-testing shoes for Nike to starting the Eastbay blog and writing for Sole Collector, building the first Complex Sneakers team, and joining StockX as employee #9. He runs Sneaker History, The Sneaker Newsletter, and is figuring out this SC Community reboot thing one day at a time.
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Jun 2, 2026
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Nobody knew it then, but that was the beginning of something.