Sneakerheads Mourn Eastbay, Whose Catalog Was the Bible of Athletic Shoes
Sneakerheads and professional athletes are mourning a mail-order catalog.Eastbay, which sold shoes for more than 40 years, has been slowly dying. News that its website would soon close sparked tributes this week for the catalog that ruled the 1990s for young sneaker lovers. Eastbay was in its prime in the 1990s, years before the iPhone, when sneaker shopping from a sofa meant flipping pages and dialing a phone. The catalog went out monthly with around 100 pages of the latest sneakers and sports gear. Fans would grab it…