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SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

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If there is a brand of sneakers that I lean on immediately it would have to be the Nike Skateboarding releases. The Nike SB Dunks are part of the reason this is the most popular shoe for people in the know. The SB Dunk is available in three different versions. The classic high and low and the trendsetting mid that features an ankle strap.

I fux with the SB Dunk highs mostly because of the versatility these shoes give you when you are wearing jeans or shorts. The SB Dunk highs have that padded tongue that you can use as a breaker for your jeans. Peep the details like contrasting stitching throughout. Plus, the SB Dunks always have premium leathers and materials. They are almost too well made to skate in.

Peace to OKayPlayer SHAMZ and the ‘UnFutura’ highs.

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If you are lucky enough to come up on a pair of Nike SB Dunks you need to walk good because your feet will definitely be having a good day.

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Do You Want More?!!!??!

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

roots jam

I was mad that I was missing the Roots performance during the Rock the Bells concert even though in my mind I knew I would still break my neck to see them do their weekly set at the Highline Ballroom. That stage at the Highline belongs to them. Once you see them get down there you know they own the stage.

Sometimes it comes to you in a ridiculous Questlove drum solo where he nearly beats a hole into the drum kit.

Sometimes its Black Thought rhyming a mile-a-minute while slicing and dicing the beat like a surgeon with a laser-guided scalpel.

I’ve been there when James Poyser goes the fuck off and takes us all to church from the keyboard pulpit.

Captain Kirk does his virtuoso bid with the axe and the bassist O-Ski ain’t nothing to fux with either.

But mostly the Roots Jam Session has been an assembly of some of the greatest musicians known to man who enjoy making other people shine their brightest. I would not appreciate Amanda Diva and all of her efforts if not for the Roots. The Roots finally brought the ladies back into the rap music equation. No one before them has even tried to do that on a real level.

There are no gimmicks afoot when the Roots play on the Highline stage.

There’s only good music.

Do You Want More?!!!??!

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SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Monday, July 13th, 2009

bo knows

Instead of watching the Major League Baseball All-Star game which won’t be featuring some of the game’s best players I decided to go to the NikeID website and craft a pair of shoes in honor of one of my favorite baseball heroes. It was only twenty years ago in 1989 that this player was the MVP of the mid-summer night’s classic game for hitting 2 for 4, including a home run, 2 RBI’s and stealing a base for good measure. That was some WILLIE MAYS ish right there.

BO JACKSON has already had several Air Trainers releases named after him and the memorable ad campaign of ‘Bo Knows’ which might have been the height of Nike’s commercial creativity. The Air Trainer III is one of the shoes that adorn my personal sneaker collecting Holy Grail.

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I put this pair together for a look at what a futuristic Kansas City Royals uniform might require. Royal blue has to remain on the shoes at least as an accent. Nike’s new cross-trainer design has incorporated the ‘Flywire’ technology on the shoes upper to make the shoes incredibly lightweight. The Free 5.0 outsole is used for the comfort and ergonomic movement of the foot. I like the fact that NikeID also has an option for nubuck material on the shoes upper which gives the cross trainer a classy ‘athletic shoe’ look.

Would BO JACKSON rock these Air Max Trainers?

Hells chea!

DALLAS knows…

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SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Friday, July 10th, 2009

nike air

I imagine that one day when the Earth is so fucked the fuck up and there is no air for us to breathe that Nike will come to the rescue and sell us air. Think about this for a second. They removed the rubber and polyurethane from their shoes and replaced that material with air and then charged us a premium for that air.

You understand that air is nothing? If someone said to you that they were going to give you a box of nothing and charge you for it what would be your response? GTFOH! Exactly. So how was Nike able to convince us to spend our hard earned money on air? They wrapped the air up with leather and rubber. Fast forward to the future and Nike is still selling air but now they are using less leather and rubber.

The revisioned Air Max 1 aka the Air Maxim is a shoe that I have had my eyes on for a minute. The Air Max platform has always been super attractive to me even though their pricepoints are typically twice what the Dunk shoe costs me. I love having a technologically superior shoe on my foot. It doesn’t hurt that the Air Max platform is always aesthetically superior also.

The Air Maxim has an upper that is composed of a majority of synthetic materials. The ‘FlyWire’ design is installed in a rip-stop pattern and the toebox is made from a patented breathable mesh. The Air Maxim is a bonafide running shoe that gives the wearer the incredible lightness of being with the support of a full throttle sport shoe. Less is more, in cost and quality.

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TheShoeGame.com posted this video of Nike designer TINKER HATFIELD discussing the inspiration for creating the see-thru window on the Air Max shoes.

The Pompidou Centre in Paris was one of my favorite spots that Chocolate Snowflake and visited. Maybe I need to start designing Nike shoes my damn self?

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SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

butter

You’ve got to be extra sometimes if you want to people to respect your steez. You can’t be like the others. I think that remarks the style of kids from Long Island to a degree. They are trying to keep up with their cousins from the city so they go in extra hard to show that they can hang.

Right near my house in L.I. is a nice little sneaker shop called Extra Butter NY. These dudes represent for Long Island in a major way. Not just with kicks, but with streetwear and gear. I paid a visit to this shop which is right in my backyard to see what they were all about.

Now I may not have to go to the city any longer for my exclusive shit. The folks that run Extra Butter are from the future. They host a ‘movie night’ in their store. The theme this time is called “Sextra Butter“. The movie is ‘9.5 Weeks’. I fux with Extra Butter NY.

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