It’s one of my favourite lines from one of my favourite movies, and so when I was working at Aglet, I chose it as my ‘signoff’ when signing emails or in-game messages. It became something that Aglet players identified as being “my line”, when in fact I had simply borrowed it.

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As most of you know, daverunner knows all about the grind. His entire being is all about grinding. Whether it’s grinding out deals, or just getting his immense, Sisyphean workload completed, the grind is just a part of life. So with that in mind, the Aglet Grind DAVERUNNER was born. Featuring the much-loved colorway from the original DAVERUNNER, including Aussie flag laces and tongue, 3138 postcode (Mooroolbark rocks!), “help” swing tag and green and gold Aussie colors, the Grind is sure to be another DAVERUNNER success story.

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Super exclusive, this Gold Aglet DAVERUNNER was originally going to be called “Friends and Family”. But then the team realised that daverunner has no friends, and his family have no interest in shoes. So that idea was canned, and it became a GA instead. Whatever the genesis, we’re sure you’ll agree that the combination of black, plus Aussie-themed green and gold, makes for a striking upgrade to the original DAVERUNNER. Not for everyone, but for those with Gold Aglet reserves, this one is sure to be a collectors piece.

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The infamous ‘daverunner’ is back, and this time for those collectors who need some Highs on their shelf. Bold and unexpected colorways are the name of the game for the daverunner and this one is no exception. Aglet continues to build its inventory of heat, so be on the lookout for more from Aglet. Dave and Dan retreated to a Fransiscan monestary to contemplate the meaning of sneakers and the universe, arriving at the conclusion that every sneaker should have exactly 42 components. Out of that monastic retreat emerged this sneaker, engineered to perfection. Dave reached a state of enlightenment on the retreat, levitating 2x. Hence, we went with a “high”. A must-have for the collection! Get’em while you can.

Released as part of the ‘Grinders Drop’

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Well, where do we start? 12 months since the original DAVERUNNER launched, and the hype hasn’t stopped. The original remains one of the most sought after shoes in the game. The numbered ones are hyper-rare, especially in Deadstock condition, and if you have one, you’re one of the lucky few. So how do we even begin trying to improve on the original? Well, to start with, we added a little bit of Travis-inspired paisley into the mix. And then we added more flannelette, because as any true bogan knows, you just can’t have too much flannelette. Will these top the originals? Only time will tell. But if I were a betting man, I’d be betting on these becoming another Aglet icon shoe.

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As part of a weekly promotion, our in-house illustrator Jordan created this fun take on an old-school internet pop-up ad, spoofing the “Hot babes in your area now” and used an avatar version of me and modified the text to “Hot Daves in your area now”.

Over time, this image was used in several of our in-game shoe designs, including the Aglet Socks ’N’ Slides ‘HOT DAVES’, the Aglet One High ‘HOT DAVES’ and the Aglet Freeflow ‘HOT DAVE’

The original design

The Socks ‘N’ Slides version was created by player S34N as part of the Aglet Creators element of the game. Here’s the Tech Pack S34N submitted leading to his design being included into the game.

The in-game version

The in-game version of the show was released in a batch of 2,000. Here is the #1 of that release as displayed in-game.

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In April 2020 I started working at Onlife, which had at that time just released a mobile phone game called Aglet. The game was a map based game similar to Pokemon Go, where players would navigate to locations around them and collect in game assets such as sneakers and street wear.

Initially I was employed as a casual, just helping out a friend who was one of the co-founders of the company. We were in business together with the real estate business, and he knew I could do with a few extra dollars given that real estate was essentially shut down due to lockdowns. When I started there were just a handful of us. Things grew very quickly and the role was made full time. I was essentially handling all of the in-game support requests and engaging with the community on our Discord chat server.

The game revolved around sneakers and street wear culture. We were releasing a lot of very cool sneakers into the game, and players were loving the ability to collect their favourite sneakers, albeit digital versions of them, in a game that was fun to play. 

One of the “hype” brands was Adidas Yeezy’s. Designed by Ye, these shoes were as much a hit inside the game as they were in real life. One of the more popular Yeezy’s is the “Waverunner”, and so it wasn’t a big surprise that my colleagues gave me the nickname “Daverunner”, a play on my name and the popular Yeezy shoe. 

So in all my engagements with our players, they knew me as Daverunner. So it made sense (to me at least) that I begin agitating for us to release a Daverunner shoe inside the game. To that end, I began dropping subtle hints in team meetings, and also began stirring up our players, getting them onboard with the idea that releasing a Daverunner was a good idea.

Our Senior Illustrator, Dan, came up with an impressive design which incorporated numerous elements that were relevant to me, and in time the tide was too much for management to ignore, and the Daverunner was released into the game. 

At the time, the release of this digital shoe was the most successful of any we’d released to date, including shoes like Nike, Adidas, New Balance etc. For an “unknown” shoe, it gave us an insight into the fact that the “hype” around particular shoes wasn’t always just due to the shoe being popular in real life already, but that we could manufacture our own hype around a brand. 

Over the next few years, we successfully created and launched 16 “Daverunner” shoes, all with differing styles and colours, but all featuring the Daverunner name on the sole, and all backed by the hype we created around the brand. 

In addition, we released a further 12 shoes which featured “Dave” in one way or another. I had become a meme within a game. 

If you’re interested, you can read about how we set about manufacturing the digital version of the Daverunner into a real shoe and made it available to purchase, ultimately selling over 700 pairs worldwide.

Here is a list of all the “Dave shoes” we created and released;

AGLET ONE ‘DAVERUNNER 

AGLET ONE ‘DAVERUNNER 2.0’ 

AGLET ONE HIGH ‘DAVERUNNER’ 

AGLET ONE ‘DAVERUNNER GA’ 

AGLET GRIND ‘DAVERUNNER 

AGLET ONE HIGH ‘DAVERUNNER GA’ 

DIME ‘DAVERUNNER’ 

AGLET ONE ‘BANNED DAVERUNNER’ 

AGLET ONE ‘DAVERUNNER NFT 

AGLET ONE ‘DAVERUNNER IRL’ 

AGLET ONE ‘GREEN DAVERUNNER’ 

AGLET ONE ‘BLUE DAVERUNNER’ 

AGLET ONE ‘YELLOW DAVERUNNER’ 

AGLET ONE ‘FLANNEL DAVERUNNER’ 

POSITIVE INDUSTRIES JMPR PRO ‘DAVERUNNER’

AGLET ONE HIGH ‘DAVERUNNER ALL WHITE’ 

AGLET GRIND ‘DAVEBOT’ 

AGLET SOCKS ’N’ SLIDES ‘HOT DAVES’ 

AGLET ONE ‘WHAT THE’ 

AGLET ONE HIGH ‘WHAT THE’ 

AGLET TELGA ‘BEACH’ 

AGLET ONE HIGH ‘HOT DAVES’ 

GRIND ‘BANOCCOLI’

AGLET FREEFLOW ‘HOT DAVE’

TELGA ‘NAFLA UNIVERSE’

SEVEN ‘WILD WEST’

SEVEN ‘HAPPY ANIMALS’

AGLET VELCRO DAVEHOPPER

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As part of my role with Aglet, I got access to some pretty amazing stuff. Aglet teamed with Garrixon to assist in the production of the Aglet One Low shoes. At the time of writing three of these shoes have been released, the Aglet One Low OG, The Aglet One Low Daverunner, and the Aglet One Low Black Gum.

I have had a great time working with the guys from Garrixon, and I was really pleased recently when they sent me a 1/1 pair of Aglet One Lows.

Garrixon Zoo – Sneaker creatives building bespoke experiences

The Garrixon Zoo is a group of creatives with the Garrixon team who select rare or interesting materials and then create a unique 1/1 design.

Take a look at the box they sent my 1/1s in. They went to so much work to create a really amazing experience receiving the shoes.

Each of the stickers, the stencils, and the stapled ‘warning labels’, were all hand created. The interior was lined with straw, and the shoes sat on top of the straw.

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One of the exciting elements of Aglet was our Aglet Creators. We provided our players with blank “Tech Packs” and allowed them to get creative, designing all manor of weird and wonderful show designs.

In February 2023 I developed a severe foot infection. It developed over a few weeks and worsened during a trip to Los Angeles with the Aglet team. When I returned from LA I was hospitalised for several days for treatment. This meant that I was unable to conduct my regular weekly live show, The Dave Show, and so players became aware that I was unwell.

An image was shared of the velcro hospital “shoe” I was wearing, along with the stylish white spotted red hospital socks, and so one of our players and creators, “tomohawk” decided to create an Aglet Creators shoe from it.

It was subsequently chosen as an official in-game shoe.

The Shoe Story

Aglet Velcro ‘Davehopper’

During an epic battle with the enemies of creativity, The Dave let his guard down while protecting our players from bullies. The enemies of creativity were able to score a direct hit on The Dave’s right foot. In one final sweep, The Dave dispelled the enemies of creativity and limped back to Aglet HQ. Once safe inside, The GHOST got to work with Tomohawk’s design to create the Aglet Velcro ‘Davehopper.’

Imbued by The Dave’s magic, this rugged strap-on sneaker has a wide upper to comfortably hold The Dave’s injured foot while it heals. The one-of-a-kind pair of reinforced red socks are heated for The Dave’s comfort, and the special Aglet Healing Sole is home to millions of tiny nanobots that are reconstructing the insides of The Dave’s foot so that he will fight on for millennia to come.

All hail The Dave, cop this killer kick in honor of His Daveness’ speedy recovery.

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