Starter jackets, Guess t-shirts, FILA crew necks, playing backyard basketball in Reebok Pumps, listening to Puff Daddy and the Fam on a boom box - these are the things that make me smile a big fat B.U.M. Equipment smile.
We’re going back to one of my favorite times ever, when MTV played music videos and people played pogs. I’m talking about the 90s.
So throw up a finger if you feel the same way. Shout out to Mrs. Bruno.
xo
Stefan
You’re on the blacktop playing a high stakes pickup game. Sometimes you needed to air out your Pumps, just to let everyone else catch up a bit. Then BAM, you’d pump it up for game point. You’re playing win-by-two and your oppenent thinks you peaked too early.
You pump fake in the triple threat position and the entire defense goes for it. You dash towards the hoop and end on a finger roll, even though Coach C told you you’re not allowed to use a finger roll unless you can dunk. Not today Coach, NOT TODAY.
- Jutty D wore New York Knicks and messed with Goat Gear
- Nick Diesel wore Kansas City Chiefs and made the bowl cut look GOOD
- Jay Dubs wore Toronto Raptors most likely because there was a dinosaur on it
- T-Money wore Charlotte Hornets and won spelling bees like it was no big deal
- K-Nizzle wore UNC Tarheels and could spin a bball in his finger for days
- Cory Zemba’s starter jacket is unknown to this day but he had a really fun house where we played basement hockey
- Dom P wore the Dallas Cowboys and had a Troy Aikman poster in his locker
- Triangle is equilateral
- Question mark includes another equilateral triangle as the dot
- Two triangles total in there
- It would be crazy if they put another question mark inside the smaller triangle
- Good thing they didn’t
- A$AP dollar signs
- Oversized fit
- Best soccer shorts period
- Classic Umbro checkers
- Shorter than you’re comfortable with
- Things might fall out while wearing them
- Be loud and proud
- Everyone will be jealous
- Classic red is simply the best
- Black and blue colors available too, but don’t be a dummy
- Shout out to Mrs. O’Leary
- Wear this while bumming around the crib
- Crew neck is vintage and pre-worn
- Apparently the acronym doesn’t stand for anything
- But some say it stands for Basic Urban Merchandise
- Which is pretty sick
- B.U.M. was basic 10 years before norm core
- “One of the most successful young men’s sportswear brands in California fashion."
- Couldn’t agree more, George
There’s not much to say other than it’s the dopest purple sweatshirt that I’ve ever seen. If you can find a cooler purple sweatshirt, text it to me and I’ll tell you that you’re wrong. Only comes in Medium.
