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Meet Small Town Sneakerhead Gabriel Vargas

Sep 14, 2022

Crosby, Texas native Gabriel Vargas, a proud Mexican American and MBA student at Texas Christian University with a passion for sneakers, talks about standing out as a sneakerhead in a small town in Texas.

“The top things Crosby is probably known for are BBQ, rodeo and football,” said Vargas. “In Crosby I am unique because you mostly see people wearing boots and boat shoes, but you don’t see a lot of sneakerheads like me.”

As one of the few sneakerheads in his community, Vargas is proud share his love of shoes with his family and friends and has enjoyed showing the meaning and value sneakers can bring to people’s lives.

“What draws me to a pair of sneakers is uniqueness and something that makes them distinct from other pairs, such as the Air Max 1 Travis Scott Brown backwards swoosh. I also really like when sneakers have a really good story to them such as a retro of a game worn shoe or some other nostalgic factor that relates to Nike’s history. Lastly there are certain silhouettes that I prefer over others such as the Air Max Zero or the Air Max 1.”

Gabe Vargas in front of local Hibbett store
Gabe Vargas posing with parents in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
Close up image of Gabe Vargas' triple white AF1
Gabe Vargas sitting in stadium seats
Gabe posing with Hibbett shopping bag
Gabe Vargas in front of local Hibbett store
Gabe Vargas posing with parents in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
Close up image of Gabe Vargas' triple white AF1
Gabe Vargas sitting in stadium seats
Gabe posing with Hibbett shopping bag

The Small Town Sneakerhead Story

Sneakerheads come in all shapes, sizes, colors, genders, and locations.

You don't have to be from Chicago to know Mike.

You don't have to be from Uptown to know Uptowns.

In fact, some of the biggest hotspots for sneakerheads and sneaker culture are in the small towns across America, and no one knows the small town sneakerhead scene like Hibbett | City Gear.

Hibbett started small in rural Alabama in 1945, and this year we're celebrating 75 years of small town sneaker culture and shining the spotlight on small town sneakerheads across the nation in partnership with Nike and Nice Kicks.

Small Town Sneakerhead is a multi-episode video series that showcases the diversity among footwear enthusiasts, taking viewers through a day in the life of several footwear aficionados and sneaker collectors as they share their stories about how they got into sneaker collecting, what's in their collections, and what they are most excited about for the future of sneaker culture.

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