After getting some hands-on time with a few of the Remastered versions of different Air Jordans, it is more than fair to say the quality has been raised tremendously from previous Retro releases. This Jordan 4 colorway makes its first return to stores in over a decade. Even though the Air Jordan IV (4) originally [...]
While walking to a pop-up Nike installation at the corner of Bowery & Great Jones St in NYC, I didn’t know what to expect out of the event. Especially since when looking for routes to get in that area, a tire shop kept coming up as the location when searched by address. Walking to the [...]
February 16, 2015
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Ben Berry, Exclusives, Kicks
For the 2015 NBA All-Star Game in New York City, Nike drew up the ‘Zoom City’ collection for their players with signature sneakers. With NYC hosting the basketball festivities this year, the All Star ‘Zoom City’ pack (made up of the LeBron 12, Kyrie 1, KD 7, and Kobe X) gets their colorway inspiration from [...]
Another NBA All-Star Weekend means another new Nike Air Foamposite One release. With an entirely chrome upper to represent this weekend being basketball’s premier moment to shine, the ‘2015 All-Star’ Air Foamposte One certainly is eye catching. A dope detail is seen in the Nike branding being slightly altered to read NYC as well. This [...]
Last year was the return of a more true-to-original cut of the Air Jordan 1 (including the nylon Nike Air tag and toebox shape), so it is only right that in 2015 the lowtop version comes back. Officially apart of the Jordan Remastered collection (which means its made up from higher-quality materials than most Air [...]
Damian Lillard was named to the All-Star Game after Blake Griffin became unable to participate. adidas has this colorway of his first sneaker, the D Lillard 1, in the cut and officially announces that it will release. Made in a white-and-black color blocking to hook up to the 2015 NBA All-Star uniforms, the ‘NYC All-Star’ [...]
Since joining the Nike Basketball division in 2004, Kobe Bryant has been an integral part of the Swoosh. The release of the ‘5 AM Flight’ Kobe X marks the tenth signature Swoosh sneaker for the Black Mamba. In celebration, Bryant and sneaker designer Eric Avar narrated a podcast where they talk about working together and [...]
February 9, 2015
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Ben Berry, Kicks
When reflective materials were first added to sneakers, it was mainly on running kicks and served a purpose: to be seen in the dark. Now in vogue, adidas upgrades from reflective to responsive with their new XENO collection. One of the first sneakers in that collection is the Metro Attitude. Discovered on the Xenopeltis snake [...]
A little over 6 months ago, Paul George posted pictures of an new, upcoming Nike Basketball sneaker before anyone knew what it was and many thought it would be his signature sneaker (which was quickly dispelled after he took to Twitter to set people straight); that shoe was the Zoom Hyperrev 2015. This is the [...]
Inspired by Patrick Ewing’s first All-Star appearance back in 1990 is the new ‘All Star’ colorway of the Ewing 33 High by Ewing Athletics. In celebration of the 1990 NBA All-Star Game that took place in Miami and to mark the 25th anniversary of Hoya Destroy’s first time on the league’s brightest (not biggest) stage [...]