Everyone loves Wikipedia. Everyone loves Facebook(sort of). So the combination of the two would be a great undertaking of information and culture, opinions and styles.

Especially when it comes to sneakers.

Foot Locker has recently launched Sneakerpedia, a website devoted to those devoted to footwear collection; a niche/fetish that spans ages, sexes, countries, and many other social barriers. The sneaker collecting types are a rabid bunch, and other than showing off your collection of facebook(which would be a little weird); the site provides an outlet for those to share their collections, and from what it sounds like, a decent platform to sort through the masses and connect with other sneaker enthusiasts.

Foot Locker wanted to give back to the segment of the population that has made them the place to buy sneakers and if this site catches on the way they think it will, it should be a fun place for sneaker fans to meet and discuss. My interest in this story, not being of the sneaker loving ilk, is the potential to move to other spectrums. True, there’s already hundreds of forums out there for every interest known to man, but this could be an interesting format that hasn’t been done by a major retailer in the industry. I look forward to see the development perhaps budding into something more widespread, and possibly moving on into interests that I have, like hockey jerseys, softball bats, and Jonas Brothers ticket stubs(Just Kidding).

So all in all, I applaud Foot Locker, for their contribution to a society they helped spawn. It’s nice to see a company give back something fun to their people, especially with such a passionate and specific fan base. Find where to buy all your sneakers, basketball shoes and casual shoes or find a local Foot Locker store at Sportrabbit.com.