Dunlop Volleys

Bentleigh · Dec 30, 2004

Dunlop Sport - Volleys. Opions?

Very popular these days, loverly white shoes with a blue trim. fashionable.
I wear them because im rather cool.

year of the roo · Dec 30, 2004

Bentleigh · Dec 30, 2004

year of the roo said:
Gay.

Karbassiyoon said:
if the definition of "gay" is "not homosexual", then yes, i am gay.

otherwise, i am not gay

you are wrong.

..

Minka Beaver · Dec 30, 2004

Terrific for playing tennis on shale(?) surfaces. Great to see them make a comeback.

Bentleigh · Dec 30, 2004

I play tennis with them on clay also. However, dont play basketball / netball etc. totally rip your foot apart, i know from experence. Get proper runners or basketball shoes.

I just 'googled' dunlop volleys;

Why I love... Dunlop Volleys
By John Harms
January 17, 2004

It's funny how an unpretentious sandshoe can have a profound effect on you. Not long ago, I was bushwalking in a national park in the Tasmanian wilderness when, in the dust, I spotted the familiar tread of the Dunlop Volley. It made me smile. It was like that moment when two Volley-wearers make eye contact in the street. For an instant, there is a common humanity. I love Volleys - for their truth.

While flashy designer sports shoes spruik the tyranny of modern fashion, Volleys chant a quiet mantra of substance. I love Volleys because they represent everything that is good.

They're sort of Mahatma Gandhi, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley and Martin Luther King expressed in a sandshoe.

You can imagine Sir Thomas More requesting his Volleys as he prepared for the executioner; English and German soldiers exchanging Christmas Eve Volleys before joining together to sing Silent Night; nothing else adorning Zorba's dancing feet.

Volleys are so versatile. Roof-tilers put their lives in the hands of Volleys daily. So do wood-choppers. And you cannot get a painter's licence if you haven't got a pair.

North American canyoners and mountaineers rave about them on websites, lauding the qualities of the "little-known Australian canvas tennis shoe".

They are worn by trekkers in the Himalayas and recommended for a variety of adventure activities in New Zealand.

In broomsball, which is basically curling in an RSL hall, unfailing grip is vital and top players admit that Dunlop Volleys are better than official broomball shoes. And Pat Rafter, interviewed wearing Volleys on the yacht, Nicorette, soon after finishing third in the Big Boat Challenge, labelled Volleys "the best sailing shoes". Of course, Volleys start out as a sandshoe suitable for all sports. It is only the rigours of athletic endeavour that cause them to wear. Two holes develop: one where the canvas meets the rubber at the point of the big toe, and the other at the widest part of the shoe, resulting in the exposure of the little toe.

At this point, I tend to dispense with the three-hole lace up, reverting to two, giving Volleys the added feature of being slip-ons but finally rendering them useless for opening the bowling. They become ideal for gardening and you can delight in the knowledge that they are now precisely the shape of your foot. I am of the school that argues that mowing the lawn in Volleys does not preclude them from going to the opera.

Further down the track, the laces get so threadbare they can just fit across the two bottom holes. The big toe hole and the little toe hole are separated by a mere isthmus of canvas.

At this point, some retire their Volleys to oyster-collecting around rockpools and, when at last the laces snap and are removed completely, to mopping up flooded homes and communities. When the isthmus finally breaks, we grieve for the loss of a good and faithful friend.

It is this time of sadness when we need to remember how gloriously the Volleys started life; when we need to think of the great moments of that pair of Volleys; when we need to remember great moments of Volleys generally.

That's when we need to think of that windy, 40-degree day in January 1976, when Mark Edmondson, the unknown 21-year-old from Gosford, beat John Newcombe to be the last Australian to win the men's singles at the Australian Open - wearing a pair of Dunlop Volleys. Volleys helped us to love Mark Edmondson.

And that is proof of their spiritual power.

Amen.

Bentleigh · Dec 30, 2004

Squeak · Dec 30, 2004

Volleys are good. Adidas Nastases are better.

Disgustipated · Dec 30, 2004

Dunlop Volleys are the essential Big day out footwear

coxon · Dec 30, 2004

ah.. volleys are too trendy for me...

dunlop k26's are the way to go...

SaveFeriss · Dec 30, 2004

Bentleigh said:
I play tennis with them on clay also. However, dont play basketball / netball etc. totally rip your foot apart, i know from experence. Get proper runners or basketball shoes.

I just 'googled' dunlop volleys;

Why I love... Dunlop Volleys
By John Harms
January 17, 2004

It's funny how an unpretentious sandshoe can have a profound effect on you. Not long ago, I was bushwalking in a national park in the Tasmanian wilderness when, in the dust, I spotted the familiar tread of the Dunlop Volley. It made me smile. It was like that moment when two Volley-wearers make eye contact in the street. For an instant, there is a common humanity. I love Volleys - for their truth.

While flashy designer sports shoes spruik the tyranny of modern fashion, Volleys chant a quiet mantra of substance. I love Volleys because they represent everything that is good.

They're sort of Mahatma Gandhi, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley and Martin Luther King expressed in a sandshoe.

You can imagine Sir Thomas More requesting his Volleys as he prepared for the executioner; English and German soldiers exchanging Christmas Eve Volleys before joining together to sing Silent Night; nothing else adorning Zorba's dancing feet.

Volleys are so versatile. Roof-tilers put their lives in the hands of Volleys daily. So do wood-choppers. And you cannot get a painter's licence if you haven't got a pair.

North American canyoners and mountaineers rave about them on websites, lauding the qualities of the "little-known Australian canvas tennis shoe".

They are worn by trekkers in the Himalayas and recommended for a variety of adventure activities in New Zealand.

In broomsball, which is basically curling in an RSL hall, unfailing grip is vital and top players admit that Dunlop Volleys are better than official broomball shoes. And Pat Rafter, interviewed wearing Volleys on the yacht, Nicorette, soon after finishing third in the Big Boat Challenge, labelled Volleys "the best sailing shoes". Of course, Volleys start out as a sandshoe suitable for all sports. It is only the rigours of athletic endeavour that cause them to wear. Two holes develop: one where the canvas meets the rubber at the point of the big toe, and the other at the widest part of the shoe, resulting in the exposure of the little toe.

At this point, I tend to dispense with the three-hole lace up, reverting to two, giving Volleys the added feature of being slip-ons but finally rendering them useless for opening the bowling. They become ideal for gardening and you can delight in the knowledge that they are now precisely the shape of your foot. I am of the school that argues that mowing the lawn in Volleys does not preclude them from going to the opera.

Further down the track, the laces get so threadbare they can just fit across the two bottom holes. The big toe hole and the little toe hole are separated by a mere isthmus of canvas.

At this point, some retire their Volleys to oyster-collecting around rockpools and, when at last the laces snap and are removed completely, to mopping up flooded homes and communities. When the isthmus finally breaks, we grieve for the loss of a good and faithful friend.

It is this time of sadness when we need to remember how gloriously the Volleys started life; when we need to think of the great moments of that pair of Volleys; when we need to remember great moments of Volleys generally.

That's when we need to think of that windy, 40-degree day in January 1976, when Mark Edmondson, the unknown 21-year-old from Gosford, beat John Newcombe to be the last Australian to win the men's singles at the Australian Open - wearing a pair of Dunlop Volleys. Volleys helped us to love Mark Edmondson.

And that is proof of their spiritual power.

Amen.

That is disturbing.

I tell ya why they're making a comeback. Because back in about 1983 for ten minutes it was fashionable for Men to wear Lacoste T-shirts, Ralph Lauren Polos, and Bennetton tops. Only took most people about 9 minutes to work out the entire world was looking homosexual and only lawyers and bankers continued.

Today we just have a youth who are picking up the next fashion that hasn't already been recycled.. i.e. mid 80's.

It's a very gay look.

Bentleigh · Dec 30, 2004

SaveFeriss said:
That is disturbing.

I tell ya why they're making a comeback. Because back in about 1983 for ten minutes it was fashionable for Men to wear Lacoste T-shirts, Ralph Lauren Polos, and Bennetton tops. Only took most people about 9 minutes to work out the entire world was looking homosexual and only lawyers and bankers continued.

Today we just have a youth who are picking up the next fashion that hasn't already been recycled.. i.e. mid 80's.

It's a very gay look.

I steared clear of Lacoste T-shirts, Ralph Lauren Polos, and Bennetton tops

nicho_magic · Dec 30, 2004

Squeak said:
Volleys are good. Adidas Nastases are better.

yes but they cost $100 more or so

SaveFeriss · Dec 30, 2004

Bentleigh said:
I steared clear of Lacoste T-shirts, Ralph Lauren Polos, and Bennetton tops

You also stayed clear of Waifers, Huey lewis and The News, and George Michael... But they're all still gay.

Squeak · Dec 30, 2004

Yeah true nicho. Picked mine up for $40 when my mate worked at DFO Adidas though.

SF don't diss Huey, or the News for that matter or else I will laugh at you when you actually do need a credit card to ride this train.

pav_is_god · Dec 30, 2004

I had a pair of volleys when I worked at a car wash - they lasted 5 years before totally disintergrating. Best $20 I ever spent.

Cassius_Clay · Dec 30, 2004

dunlop volleys=worst shoe ever made

Rave Slave · Dec 30, 2004

Dunlop Volleys rock my world

SaveFerris - Lacoste is not gay, sometimes things can be so uncool they are actually Super cool - It's a statement. It takes a person that is ULTRA cool to pull of stuff that looks completely uncool to others.

Thankfully I am ultra cool

littleduck · Dec 30, 2004

1970s - tennis shoe for the yupppies.
2000s - choice shoe of welfare recipients, aka unreciprocating dole bludgers

Eriiin · Dec 30, 2004

It's funny how Volleys only became cool because everyone decided they weren't cool, and so they should become cool. So, the cool people wore them, making a fashion statement, then everyone else followed the trend to look like they (people) were cool, resulting in an adverse effect making them once again, uncool...

Rave Slave · Dec 30, 2004

littleduck said:
1970s - tennis shoe for the yupppies.
2000s - choice shoe of welfare recipients, aka unreciprocating dole bludgers

I can't say i have seen that many Pov people wearing Volleys (and i support Centrals so I have seen the finest in inbred bogan fashion)

Rave Slave · Dec 30, 2004

Eriiin said:
It's funny how Volleys only became cool because everyone decided they weren't cool, and so they should become cool. So, the cool people wore them, making a fashion statement, then everyone else followed the trend to look like they (people) were cool, resulting in an adverse effect making them once again, uncool...

Nah I could make a potato sack look fashionable I'm that trendy

HurricaneHazza · Dec 30, 2004

Eriiin said:
It's funny how Volleys only became cool because everyone decided they weren't cool, and so they should become cool. So, the cool people wore them, making a fashion statement, then everyone else followed the trend to look like they (people) were cool, resulting in an adverse effect making them once again, uncool...

cool

SaveFeriss · Dec 30, 2004

Rave Slave said:
Dunlop Volleys rock my world

SaveFerris - Lacoste is not gay, sometimes things can be so uncool they are actually Super cool - It's a statement. It takes a person that is ULTRA cool to pull of stuff that looks completely uncool to others.

Thankfully I am ultra cool

yeah, Tennis coaches are real cool.

Cool is butting a cigarette out on your tounge while eating fine pussy.

SaveFeriss · Dec 30, 2004

Eriin. You speak truth

Rave Slave · Dec 30, 2004

SaveFeriss said:
yeah, Tennis coaches are real cool.

Cool is butting a cigarette out on your tounge while eating fine pussy.

No tennis coaches are not cool - I am however

I decide what the sheep will be wearing in two weeks time by starting the trends that others follow

Munching rug is overrated - I'd rather make like camels and hump

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