Portland footwear pioneer Mikey Nguyen on living in ‘the Silicon Valley of Sneakers,’ the NBA players who visit his shop and more: Soops & Hoops

Today, this episode is all about kicks. I sat down with Portland footwear pioneer Mikey Nguyen — co-owner of Index PDX along with Terrance Ricketts — the city’s first sneaker consignment store located in Northwest Portland that specializes in selling rare shoes. That includes unreleased pairs, player edition sneakers made exclusively for NBA and former college stars, precious design samples from Nike and Adidas and other hard-to-find footwear you may have seen on the feet of savvy collectors, celebrities and cultural icons.

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