On Saturday Oct. 5, sneakerheads and vendors from all over the east coast descended on National Harbor, Maryland for Sneaker Con DC. The event had around 200 vendors, thousands of attendees and over 100,000 pairs of sneakers. The convention, which was held at the Gaylord Marriott, featured vendors selling sneakers, socks, accessories, clothing and shoe care products. The seven hour event also featured Ace of Customs, a live sneaker customization competition and live BMX riders.

Senior Anthony Bondaruk drove up to Maryland to attend the event; it was his second Sneaker Con he has been too.

“I attended the event because I haven’t been to one in a while, and I enjoy going to sneaker events,” Bondaruk said.

Bondaruk left early in the morning in order to beat the long lines to get in the event, which started at noon.

“I left at 8:00 in the morning, arrived around 10:30 a.m., and left about 3:00 in the afternoon,” Bondaruk said.

He enjoyed the event and was glad he beat the line to get in the door.

“The event was good. Parking wasn’t an issue. I came at 10:30 and there was plenty of space to park. The line wasn’t that big around 10:40, but around 11:30 the line was crazy long,” Bondaruk said.

Bondaruk got to meet new people and even picked up a new pair of shoes.

“My favorite part was meeting the sneaker youtubers, but I also ended up buying a pair of 2016 Bred 1s,” Bondaruk said.

He had no complaints and will attend the next Sneaker Con DC.

“I enjoyed the event. I really didn’t dislike anything, everything was pretty good. I plan to go to another event,” Bondaruk said.

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