Kicks

adidas may be loud about their flagship performance sneakers (like the D Rose 5 Boost for basketball, or UltraBoost for running) but their gems don’t get the marketing spotlight they deserve. As is the case with the latest FutureStar Boost colorway. Taking the iconic “shelltoe” from the adidas Superstar and pairing it was the BOOST [...]

Kanye West performed in the adidas Energy Boost ESM “Running White” in Los Angeles and Chicago and the shoe sold out days later. They are now up on Ebay for $1,000. Please enable Javascript to watch this video [...]

When sportswear companies like Nike officially announce sneakers, the pictures tend to have the same type of formulaic composition. Always high quality, just framed in the same angles with a bland background. And that is perfectly acceptable. However there are people who are interested in picking up a pair and whose only option to buy [...]

In case you missed it here are some of the highlights from the recent episode of The Hot Bench on CBS that showcased a plaintiff and defendant fighting over the sale of fake Jordan’s. But not just any fake Jordan’s. The fake-est. Ever. The Jordan’s were so bad that they had the wrong color soles, [...]

A lot of parallels can be made between the current state of the music business and sneaker business. Thanks to the internet, information is very widespread and it is harder to keep secrets. Yesterday, alleged pictures of the Nike KD8 started to go around. What started with a single, profile-type shot was seemingly used as [...]

3 weeks ago, LeBron James posted on his Instagram feed (before his annual hiatus from social media during the NBA Playoffs) a picture of him sitting in front of a large promotional black sneaker box with Sprite green trim with the caption: Special package coming soon….. 1-100 #LeBronsMix #Nike #Beats During Game 5 of the [...]

With floral prints on sneakers at an all-time high (seriously, there has been over a dozen basketball sneaker releases in 2015 with flowers on them) adidas crafted up this new pair of the John Wall signature sneaker. Unofficially known as the ‘Floral’ J Wall 1, this navy based sneaker has a textile upper with multi-color [...]

The phrase “one monkey don’t stop this show” comes to mind in reference to this new Nike Kobe X Elite colorway since Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers not making the NBA Playoffs. Swapping the woven textile upper for Flyknit, the ‘Elevate’ Kobe X Elite has a hightop construction for added ankle protection and [...]

Now that Bugs Bunny has returned to being a icon for Jordan Brand again, it is only fitting to Retro release the Jordan 7 colorway he inspired. Known as the ‘Hare’ Air Jordan VII, this colorway was apart of the original AJ7 release back in 1992. Even though this colorway was available back in 2008 [...]

Doing things a little differently this NBA Playoff season, Nike is releasing one (1) colorway of the 2015 Elite collection a month in April, May, and June; making this month’s upcoming LeBron 12 Elite the second pair to drop. Officially called the LeBron 12 Elite ‘Elevate’, this latest edition to the LeBron James signature series [...]