I told Al Cabino, self proclaimed sneaker activist, that when he got close to 10,000 signatures, I'd help push him over the edge. If you're unfamiliar with Al's petition-- it was started to get Nike to release the futuristic shoes…
Continue Reading →I first covered Stephane Bucco's shoe line 'String Republic' back in February-- but back then they weren't yet for sale online. Finally the online store is up and running and Bucco's mission to 'Make Feet Beautiful' is much closer to…
Continue Reading →JB Classics Lab just launched a handful of new and extremely-hot sneakers for their Summer 2006 line. You can check out a preview on their site, they will be in very select stores this summer. These are the Vahala 540H's…
Continue Reading →If you're in New York City on April 27th, you should surely check out the opening reception party at Triple 5 Soul in Brooklyn-- It's for a project Triple 5 Soul has called T5S VS. The KDU has helped to…
Continue Reading →The Adicolor launch is in full effect worldwide and the DIY shoes are flying off store shelves and internet sites like hot cakes. Karmaloop was one of the few online retailers to get a handful of these puppies-- and I've…
Continue Reading →Kicks Online has a fascinating article about a shoes 'fingerprint', or the 1 x 1 square you can find under the tongue of just about any pair of Nike shoes. I've glanced at this tag a thousand times but never…
Continue Reading →One of my favorite San Francisco based stores, Huf, is having a monster-sale online. Literally dozens and dozens of shoes marked way, way, way down. Someone must have made a mistake-- so many sizes, so many sneakers, yet so little…
Continue Reading →Time Magazine has a nice article about the bubbling sneaker culture around the world-- a culture that has helped propel the slow-growth athletic-shoe biz' to more than a $15 billion industry today. If you're still trying to grasp the whole…
Continue Reading →"Before you create with your foot, create the boot that goes on it." That's the motto Adidas stuck to when designing TUNIT, the first-ever soccer boot you can tune to adapt to the weather, field conditions, and even your own…
Continue Reading →I saw a prototype of these a few years ago at an outdoor retailer trade show-- and loved what I saw. The climber in me was giddy to see them again on the internet with a final date of availability--…
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