An Interview with Peter Fahey (Founder of Sneaker Pimps)
Peter, Sneaker Pimps is now in its 7th year. Did you ever envision the tour shaping out the way it has? What were you initial expectations?
When I first started it, I never thought it would last as long as it has and go all around the world, but as the years have gone by I have definitely made sure that we keep making it fresh. Adding more music artists to it as well as bringing in other elements, which I feel, makes up the sneaker culture. Initially I just wanted to do an event that was different compared to other events and was something that I was personally into.
We can definitely see your into sneakers, music, and art, as all of those are incorporated into the shows. Do you have other hobbies aside from those? Are they something you could add to the Sneaker Pimps roster down the line?
Yeah man, I am not a hardcore gamer but I definitely love to play EA’s Skate games, so this year we teamed up with X-Box to create a video game battle at the show, featuring EA Skate 2. Pretty much everything I am into you will see at the events: sneakers, skating, street art, basketball, and music. That’s basically me!
Where you able to catch the NBA finals?
HELL YEAH!!! I was the only one of my touring crew that was rooting for the Lakers. We watched every game, and actually on the way from our Atlanta to Miami shows, we stopped in Orlando and got court side at the playoff game between the Cavs & Magic. Seeing LeBron in real time was amazing!
Kobe all the way man! Speaking of LeBron, who’s signature line do you like better…Kobe or LeBron?
Kobe. All day!
Haha. Obviously you loves kicks. What are some of your favorites of all time?
That’s such a hard question because I am always changing, Nike SB Dunk Lows and Highs are so dope. I skate in them and they are just so comfortable. I am also a huge fan of adidas Superstar Mids and for sure eS Koston 1′s. Those are the greatest skate sneaker of all time!! I am much more into skate shoes than anything else.
Koston 1′s are classic. It must have been great news for you then, to hear about Koston’s switch to Nike SB.
MAN!!!! I was PUMPED. First of all. Koston has been my favorite skater since Mouse came out back in ’94 and I religiously followed all of his releases on eS. When he switched to Lakai I wasn’t really feeling the shoes that they put out (especially the copied eS 1), but yeah the Nike SB thing for him is so rad. Its like two of my favorite things coming together. I am waiting for the day they drop his first sneaker, and the SB video coming out? SICK!
Definitely. You grew up in Australia correct?
Yep, in Sydney.
How was the skate scene out there?
Well, I started skating in the early 90′s and back then it was all about small wheels and street skating, Hip-Hop and skating really started merging. All the inner-city skate rats were skating in J’s and that’s pretty much how the scene was in Sydney. I first went to the US in 2002, but from what I hear and saw in mags it was pretty similar to the US.
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