remember the old eastbay?

Nothing is ever going to be as good as you remember it.

and from what i've seen, their coupon codes are not close to as good as they were. Used to be able to buy a gift certificate for 20% off, then use that on a purchase with a coupon code for 30% off the already good sale prices

just got my eastbay. definitely alot of crap in it.

It's even worse when you remember Eastbay as a couple of guys in Wausau willing to come to your school out in the stick in their van to sell running shoes.

skane,SWE wrote:

as i received an eastbay catalog here at work today, i winced and realized how i miss the way it was. remember when it was a track catalog where you could buy old close out spikes for next to nothing? now, it is unrecognizable, hawking hiphop jerseys, street wear, and ny yankees hats with gucci patterns. it kind of makes me sick.

Seriously? When was this mythical time you're referring to? I've been getting their catalogs since the mid-90's, and they've always had that kind of crap.

I've been getting their catalogs since the '80s.

Does anyone remember a running catalog (early 80s)that catered to schools and teams called "Athletics East"? It was a play on the whole Athletics West thing. I think they were out of the New Hampshire area. They had some great stuff. They must have had some connection to Nike because I remember ordering speciality colored Nike racing flats and spikes. You could order Waffle Racers in school colors long before Nike ID ever existed.

I'm not sure if they are what became Eastbay, but I really those days.

pre841 wrote:

I'm not sure if they are what became Eastbay, but I really those days.

They aren't. Eastbay is Wisconsin born and bred.

I need to find out how I can stop getting their catalogs.

"Seriously? When was this mythical time you're referring to?"

-the answer is that you have only been getting the catalog since the 90's. they have been around long before that- i.e. a couple of guys from wausau in a van. why is everyone on this board so quick to be an @sshole? and yes, i definetly remember athletics east. i got a pair of nike olympic zoom d's from them around '86.

Eastbay has the ghetto CASUAL CLOTHES because you have to stay fly and be ballin and these days this goes along with being a great athlete !!!!

wildcow wrote:

and from what i've seen, their coupon codes are not close to as good as they were. Used to be able to buy a gift certificate for 20% off, then use that on a purchase with a coupon code for 30% off the already good sale prices

Still can.

who orders out of a catalog these days?

I remember when I bought a pair of the neon green Zoom Shifts for $9.99. THAT was awesome.

Nostalgia aint what it used to be

pre841 wrote:

Does anyone remember a running catalog (early 80s)that catered to schools and teams called "Athletics East"? It was a play on the whole Athletics West thing. I think they were out of the New Hampshire area. They had some great stuff. They must have had some connection to Nike because I remember ordering speciality colored Nike racing flats and spikes. You could order Waffle Racers in school colors long before Nike ID ever existed.

I'm not sure if they are what became Eastbay, but I really those days.

"Athletics East" was started by Jeff Johnson when he left Nike. They made him change the name because of the obvious similarity to Athletics West. He chose "Athletica".

You are referring to Rick, Don, and Art. Going back further the original Eastbay store was located on the E side of Milwaukee-