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Nike Dynasty Hi “Ele’Mint” Customs

Joe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:35:13 +0000

The Fresh&Fly Customs crew just hit me up with some images of a brand new pair of custom kicks one of the members recently finished up. From Desp1 of Fresh&Fly Customs comes this Nike Dynasty Hi dubbed “Ele’Mint”. Starting with a pair of Quickstrike Dynasty Hi’s Desp1 went about giving the sneakers a two-tone Grey base with an elephant print included on the lace and toe panels, and heel strip. He then
added in some black on the toe cap and heel panel. Jumping right out at ya are nice hits of Mint on the Swoosh and quarter heel. The detailing used within the elephant is crazy. I gotta give my respect to Desp1 for that. A lot of attention to detail is shown there, and it’s defiantly made up for a pair of custom sneakers which I personally feel could pass for an official Nike release. Well done Desp1.

If your lucky enough to wear a size 9.5 and your interested in buying the Nike Dynasty Hi “Ele’Mint” Custom designed by Desp1 you can get em now through eBay. Throw in a bid or BIN for $160 and call it a day. Keep in mind these will never be reproduced so if your feeling em and can fit em don’t pass em up. Click here if you need to get a closer look before making a final call.

Supra Skytop “Heartbreaker” – Another Look

Joe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:46:12 +0000

A couple weeks ago we caught our first look at the Supra Skytop “Heartbreaker”, the Valentines Day themed released from none other then Supra Footwear. Now that Valentines Day is closing in upon us we’ve been provided with another preview of the Heartbreakers. For those of you who don’t already know and may have not seen our previous post this specific Skytop features an entirely red upper constructed from canvas merely accented by the usual white rubber sole with a keychain tag of a heart split into two halves. Factory413, the retailer in which the Skytop “Heartbreaker” will be releasing at hasn’t announced an exact release date just yet but they’ve mentioned that the shoes are coming soon so keep your eyes open for them to drop any day now.

Radii Footwear “Cork” Preview

Joe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:03:07 +0000

While attending the Class at ASR Tradeshow in San Diego CtotheJL had the opportunity to preview a few of the upcoming releases from Radii Footwear and supplied us with some shots of this upcoming cork inspired design. If I’m not mistaken I believe this is an entirely new model being added to the Radii Footwear collection so I’m not quite sure what it’s exact name is at this time, nor do I have any idea when they will actually be released. I’m sure this cork design won’t be the only version which Radii Footwear releases though seeing as how all their other models are available in a slew of colorways.

Personally speaking I can’t get down with this cork board look at all, it’s just to outlandish for me. Some of ya’ll are into that though, so if you’re one of those Wild & Crazy Kids click here to peep some more shots and stay tuned for further details and photos of other color schemes releasing in the future.

adidas Consortium Artillery Mid – NBA Celebrity All-Star Game Pack

Joe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:41:48 +0000

While the best in the league head down to Dallas, Texas for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game there will also be a boat load of A-list and B-list celebrities in tow heading down to Cowboy Stadium to partake in the Celebrity All-Star Game. Ensuring they’ve got some fresh kicks to wear adidas Consortium stepped up to the plate and designed these Artillery Mid’s for the participants of both teams. The sneakers feature heavy detailing with one sporting a predominantly blue color scheme obviously for the East and the other in a predominantly red color scheme for the West. All your usual Artillery features are included such as the Torsion system and the padded ankle support which is sure to sport a lot of those weak celebrity ankles. Heavy detailing is seen throughout with an All-Star 2010 stamp on the heel, a NBA man logo on the lateral side of the upper in the shape of the Texas, and another All-Star 2010 hit on the Artillery tongue tag. There’s also iridescent detailing on the tongue and on a small piece of the heel.

Usually releases such as these don’t hit retailers and are only sold within the NBA All-Star Weekend venue however for the first time a very limited run will land in the hands of distributors outside the Dallas venue. Only 10 pairs of both the East and West versions will be made available to 5 selected adidas Consortium distributors while a total of 150 pairs will be available at Cowboy Stadium during NBA All-Star Weekend. Click here for a closer look at both sneakers.

Nike Reebok Pump Omni Lite “Dee Brown” @ Finishline

Joe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:36:27 +0000

If your still on the hunt for a pair of the Dee Brown Reebok Pump Omni Lite’s let it be known know that Finishline has just restocked the sneakers. They have both the original Black/White/Orange colorway which Dee Brown wore during the 1991 NBA Slam Dunk Contest and they also have the Reverse Dee Brown in White/Black/Orange. Since there re-release in 2009 we’ve seen a couple restocks with each one selling out rather fast so if your interested don’t delay and head on over to Finishline to grab yourself a pair before their gone. Retail price will set you back $100 a pair.

Nike Air Foamposite One “Copper” Marked For A February 13th Release, Again

Joe — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:24:40 +0000

The news you have all been waiting for. The official release date for the Copper Foamposites. Last week it was announced the Foamposite One “Copper” was being delayed and would not be released this coming weekend on February 13th. Rumors started swirling around the web about how it possibly had to do with the snow storm sweeping the nation, or how there was a contract issue between Penny and Nike, or how the Air Jordan 2010 is set to release on the same day and how Nike wouldn’t dare release the Foams on the day the AJ2010 drops. Needless to say it was just all speculation and nobody really knew the truth but it sure did keep us entertained hearing all the various reasons people had as to why the Copper Foams were pushed back.

Whatever the case may have been we have now gotten word that the Nike Air Foamposite One “Copper” is back on for a February 13th release. That’s right folks, February 13th, 2010, as originally intended. Hope you didn’t spend that money on something else yet.

Was Nike possibly playing with our feelings? Or maybe building up even more hype on the sneakers? I don’t know, but what I do know is that a lot of you are about to be pumped when you read this and hear that the Nike Air Foamposite One “Copper” is back on for it’s intended February 13th, 2010 release.

SuperKix & SneakerObsession Twitter Giveaway

Joe — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:00:04 +0000

Who’s in the mood to win some prizes here? We figured some of you may be so we’ve teamed up with our sponsor SuperKix, the only search engine for authentic sneakers, to present you with this sweet Twitter giveaway awarding 3 winners with credit to use on SuperKix. Instead of limiting the contest to one specific model we’ve opened up the door and are giving our winners the chance to pick any sneaker of their choice. Whether you like Jordans, SB Dunks, Air Force Ones, Adidas or whatever else it may be, if you’re one of the 3 selected winners you’ll have your choice to pick out whatever it is you like.

Prizes Include
1st Prize: $250 credit
2nd Prize: $150 credit
3rd Prize: $100 credit

For the complete details on the SuperKix & SneakerObsession Twitter Giveaway and how to enter click here now.

1 – Follow @SuperKix and @SneakObsession on Twitter.
2 – Click the following link to Tweet your entry: I WANNA WIN!!
Note: If link does not work Tweet this msg: Just entered the SuperKix Twitter Giveaway. Just follow @SneakObsession / @SuperKix and ReTweet for a chance to win: http://bit.ly/ahN9yy
3 – The contest will end on February 12th at 6pm EST.
4 – We will be using an automated third-party program that will collect all the entries and randomly select 3 entries. The entries (Twitter users) will then be verified that they followed the contest rules and announced as the winners.
5 – The 3 winners will then be announced on Twitter, and on the blog within the hour of the contest ending.

Who can enter?
The contest is open only to, and all of, United States residents within any age range who are Twitter users.

What if I’m not on Twitter?
We suggest you sign up as this contest and other contests are only open to Twitter users. Not to mention it’s the fastest way to get updates for every major blog and all the elite players in the industry.

When and how will winners be picked?
The contest will end on February 12th at 6pm EST. The 3 winners will then be announced on Twitter, and on the blog within the hour. We will be using an automated third-party program that will collect all the entries and randomly select 3 entries to be awarded with the prizes.

Nike Zoom Kobe V “USC”

Joe — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:16:31 +0000

When it comes to recycling colorways it’s a toss up on whether Nike or Jordan Brand is the biggest culprit of the fact. While we usually prefer fresh new color schemes we can’t always blame em for reusing something from the past cause it’s either a dope colorway which we just can’t get enough of, like the Air Jordan Bred color scheme and Nike’s Fresh Water color schemes, or it’s a school inspired release draped in the school’s official colors which won’t be changing anytime soon.

With that being said comes the Nike Zoom Kobe “USC” PE which carries the same exact color blocking at the USC version of the Kobe IV. Consisting of the signature colorway of the University of Southern California Trojans the Kobe V features USC Cardinal throughout majority of the upper with a iridescent snakeskin pattern overlay. The section of the heel consisting of Kobe’s signature is finished in white to match the white mid-sole. USC Gold appears on the Nike Swoosh, Kobe logo on the tongue, on the laces and on the USC hit on the ankle of the heel and an extra hit of USC Cardinal is applied along the front of the sole unit.

We haven’t heard when, or if these will ever released to the public so stay tuned for further details and click here to check out a few more photos of the Nike Zoom Kobe V “USC”. Via: HK-Kicks

Reebok Answer XIII (13) – 2010 NBA All-Star Game

Joe — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:41:52 +0000

Next Sunday when the NBA’s elite descend upon Dallas, Texas for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game we’ll see some fresh new faces take to the court for the big game, as well plenty of familiar faces seen battling it out year after year, such as Allen Iverson who will be making and starting in his 11th straight All-Star Game appearance which is a little surprising since he’s been suffering injuries and has only played 18 games this season.

In honor of getting his name on the rooster for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game Reebok has produced this All-Star version of AI’s 13th signature sneaker, the Reebok Answer XIII. Atleast that’s what we’re being told by in52.

To use it seems a little odd that this would be an All-Star Game version seeing as how Iverson plays for the 76ers, an Eastern Conference team. If they are indeed an All-Star Game model the only explanation I can come up with is that Reebok produced these before Iverson was a defiant for the All-Star Game, back when he was still playing for the Memphis Grizzlies, before he signed with the Sixers in December cause it wasn’t until two weeks ago that Iverson was announced as making the Eastern Conference All-Star team. If that’s the case it would make sense since the Grizzlies are part of the Western Conference, otherwise Reebok really messed up here.

Whatever the case may be here they are, the 2010 NBA All-Star Game Edition of the Reebok Answer XIII in a Western Conference color scheme.

Nike Zoom Kobe V (5) “Lakers Home”

Joe — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:06:17 +0000

As they’ve done for his previous signature sneakers the Nike design team dressed up Kobe Bryant’s newest sneakers, the Zoom Kobe V (5), in LA Lakers home and away color schemes. We’re sure you already know this though, and are well aware how the Lakers Away version was released last month during the mid of January. You probably even heard the Puppet Kobe Rap about how hot the sneakers are. However have you caught a look at the alternative version, the Lakers Home version of the Zoom Kobe V?

If you haven’t, here we have it, the Nike Zoom Kobe V (5) “Lakers Home” in actual form and not catalog scans. The base of the upper uses a combination of White and Silver with Maize accenting the heel and the Nike Swoosh which is outlined in Purple. Further use of Purple is included on the inner lining and along the toe of the sole unit. In usual fashion Kobe’s signature is incorporated onto the heel with his signature logo fixed to the top of the tongue.

We haven’t an exact release date at this time for the Nike Zoom Kobe V (5) “Lakers Home” but once the details surface we’ll be sure to provide you with an update. To hold us over until further details are announced FlightClub has provided us with a couple pictures of the sneakers so make sure you click here to check em out.