Category: Sneakers

Jayson Tatum signature shoe in the works

Brandon King

Boston Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum appears to be the latest Jordan Brand athlete to be in line for his own signature shoe. On a recent appearance on Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles’ Knuckleheads podcast, Tatum hinted at a coming signature shoe but did not provide anything in the way of when they could make their retail debut. Since joining Jordan Brand in 2019 Tatum has primarily taken to the court in the flagship game shoes- the Air Jordan XXXIV, XXXV and XXXVI in a wide array of colourways, both…

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How you may have a shot at owning the “Oregon” Air Jordan 8

Brandon King

In our initial look at the “Oregon Ducks” Air Jordan 8, we concluded with the sentence,”Unless you are taking if to the gridiron at Autzen Stadium, a friend of the program or have money to burn, getting your hands on these is remote, as a retail release is highly unlikely.” it now appears that the latter criteria of the sentence may be the must likely path to obtaining this shoe (at least for 100 people that will be the case). According to a report at sneakerbardetroit, 100 pairs of this…

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Fracas erupts in SE Melbourne/ Melbourne United game

Brandon King

Via abc.net.au : A Mitch Creek dunk has sparked a melee in South East Melbourne Phoenix’s spiteful 94-86 Throwdown XIII victory over Melbourne United at John Cain Arena. Key points: The Phoenix’s Mitch Creek was knocked to the ground by United’s Mason Peatling, before a melee broke out Peatling was ejected from the game for his role in the incident With its 94-86 win, The Phoenix remains undefeated after three games Creek spectacularly dunked over United’s Matthew Dellavedova late in the third quarter, before he stood over his Australian Boomers teammate, who…

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An initial look at the “Cardinal” Air Jordan 3

Brandon King

The “Cardinal Red” is a new colorway of the Air Jordan 3 that is part of Jordan Brand’s 2022 release plans. As can be surmised by the moniker, this Air Jordan 3 is given its own take on the classic colorway made famous by the Air Jordan 7.it makes use of a light curry, cardinal red, and cement grey color palette. As can be seen in the below images, this Air Jordan 3 sports a white tumbled leather upper overlaid with elephant print at the toe and wrapping the heel,…

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An initial look at the Oregon Air Jordan 8 PE

Brandon King

The Air Jordan 8 is the latest silhouette to get the Oregon treatment. This Air Jordan 8 sports grey suede on the toebox that is overlaid with smooth leather at the eyebrow that wraps the heel and a perforated leather at the straps and at the forefoot. An Oregon logo is found on the green carpeted tongue, with other details including black patent overlays flanking the heels,grey perforated leather on the sides and green and grey inner lining. A green and guy midsole and bright green rubber outsole completes the…

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San Jose sneaker shop closes doors amid rise in robberies

Brandon King

Kickz, Inc. was opened seven years ago by Danny Ryan and since then the sneaker and clothing spot has not only become a location for sneaker enthusiasts to buy and sell kicks , but has also immersed itself in the local sporting community, sponsoring several teams, making the game of basketball even more accessible to scores of players from AAU to adults. Unfortunately that has now come to an end. There has been an uptick of retail robberies in the area and this has spurred Danny Ryan to make the…

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Black and Red Patent Air Jordan 1 High OG release date postponed??

Brandon King

Our contestant for this latest edition of postponed release dates is the black and red patent or “Reimagined” Air Jordan 1 High OG. Initially scheduled to release on December 30, according to a report from nice kicks, the date has been postponed as a result of supply chain issues. The report also states the sneaker has been removed from the SNKRS release calendar. At this juncture there has been no indication of what the new date could be. We will provide updates on the status of this release as information…

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More images of the “Dark Marina” Air Jordan 1 High OG

Brandon King

In an unprecedented move that no one saw coming, Jordan Brand is actually releasing more color ways of the Air Jordan 1. One of those upcoming colorways will the one depicted, the “Marina Blue” Air Jordan 1 High OG. It’s aesthetic is that of a slightly tweaked version of the classic “Royal” Air Jordan 1, with the eyerow and toebox colors inverted from the aforementioned OG colour. If you missed out on the black and royal Air Jordan 1 or legitimately have an affinity for these, they , as it…

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An initial look at the “Infrared” Air Jordan 4

Brandon King

The Air Jordan 4 will get some retail run in 2022 and this upcoming iteration being one of the planned looks. Initial images of the “Infrared” Air Jordan 4 have emerged and what we see is fairly well executed colourway. It sports a multiples tones of grey across its nubuck upper with intelligently placed black and infrared 23 accenting. Underneath resides a black midsole and a cement grey and white outsole, completing this solid offering. he “Infrared” Air Jordan 4 is planned, that is always subject to change, to make…

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Official Images of the “Harvest Moon” Nike Dunk Low

Brandon King

Since, somehow, the Nike Dunk has become a must-have sneaker, Nike has been churning out colourways at an incessant rate. One of the latest looks is this upcoming women’s-specific colorway. As can be gleaned from the images below, they sport a white leather foundational layer overlaid with harvest moon leather at the toe, eyerow, lateral and medial Swooshes and wrapping the heel. Harvest moon also shows up on the tongue label and the rear overlay , both areas feature white Nike branding, finishing off an upper that sits above a…

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