Source: NEW BALANCE LAUNCHES FIRST SIGNATURE TENNIS SHOE WITH RISING TENNIS SUPERSTAR COCO GUAFF If you’ve read this site before, you understand that I think fashion is fickle and relying solely on hype, collabs and lifestyle, can contribute to a brand’s inability to innovate. The more a company places its energy into satisfying the…
The Blazer was one of the first basketball shoes to be taken and used in the skate world. The shoe features mixed materials throughout the upper, and a floral print on the canvas sections with Zoom Air pod in the heel on the insole.
Check out the MTL: https://www.merrell.com/US/en/mtl-collection/ Video Breakdown: On-Foot at 10:53 Training videos added throughout. I like to train with my daughter during her off-season. She’s heading into her freshman year of high school after a successful middle school track and field year where she won the high jump title and competed in a variety of…
World Masters Athletics 2022 in Tampere, KARHU partnered with ATHLETA magazine to capture the exploits and stories from the participants. Portraying the spirit of the championships is a true example of ‘Every Runner’s Rights’. Source: World Masters Athletics 2022 Tampere Finland BARRY FERGUSON – UK Barry Ferguson is an 80-year-old British sprinter and hurdler. Born…
With so many sneaker channels talking about the demise of sneaker culture, I needed to do a video explaining why I still love sneakers. I think I’m going to make this a series. The first in line is Brooks Running. Brooks has been creating amazing ads and marketing materials featuring Black folks. The imagery…
New Balance has released a fresh colourway for the Audazo v5+ futsal shoe, combining signature lifestyle look with performance technology. Source: New Balance Reveals New Audazo v5+ The 550, 990 are now hallmarks of sneaker cool. The shoes were always solid performers for those in the know, but the last couple of years have turned…
The collection aims to empower and elevate the future of women in sport Part II comprises of court-worthy footwear complemented by pre-and-post-game apparel available in inclusive sizing Source: adidas Basketball Announces the Candace Parker Collection Part II “Play Your Ace” adidas Basketball announced a partnership with Foot Locker. When they dropped that information, I wrote…
adidas Originals and Craig Green debut CG SQUASH POLTA AKH, a new style that’s a tribute to adidas design heritage. The shoe is a recreation of the 1988 SQUASH Source: adidas Originals and Craig Green introduce a new style celebrating performance construction adidas delivers an early sneaker of the year candidate. A few years ago…
Track and field is bankrolled by large athletic footwear and apparel companies. What happens when the track and field devotees who founded the big companies age out? Source: Sneaker companies loom large at Oregon22: ‘Lifeblood of the sport,’ but for how long? I actually paid for Peacock to watch Oregon22. I didn’t need or want…
The Blazer Low gets the Jumbo treatment with added details that call to mind design elements from Sacai, and Virgil. The sneaker features a fat Swoosh with a suede heel and royal accents with the classic cursive Nike tongue logo representing Nike’s heritage.
The Crater Impact was a 100 and under style for Nike, but they have raised the price 5 dollars. The shoe is a lifestyle model featuring a recycled midsole/outsole combination with up to 20% Nike Grind material. Not a big number to claim sustainability, but it’s a start.
Sneaker Details: Nike’s bestselling running shoe gets a Rawdacious color for 2021. The Zoom Air doesn’t have a carbon plate, but it does have an engineered mesh similar to the lifestyle Air Max 270.
Las Vegas 91 Connecticut 83 Lefties got loose on Sunday and left the Sun blistered as Kelsey Plum dropped 22 leading 5 Aces players who hit double figures in scoring. A’ja and Chelsea Gray were part of a crew that notched 20 points or better in holding off the feisty, fast, but not quite furious…
Endstate’s Next drop features 1000 NFTs connected to the luxury Drop 2: Statecraft Sneaker. ENDSTATE entered the Web3 and NFT space with an approach similar to RTFKT which was acquired by Nike. The comparison should stop there. ENDSTATE has been extremely conscious about focusing on the blockchain’s ability to tie the metaverse with physical products…
Rules for this list are obviously based on if the sneaker is black and white, but I removed the restriction of it being a court styled sneaker. Surprisingly, not many brands are bold enough to outright copy the color blocking of the Panda. That may be a matter of timing. Who knew the Panda would…
Chicago Sky 89 Dallas Wings 81 The league leading Sky had to fight to keep the Wings from flying into their airspace. Leading the way in the air control tower were Kaleah Copper and Emma Meesseman both dropping a Jordan jersey 23 pts. Copper understood the assignment adding 14 boards and refused to let Marina…
Run on Nitro with Dr. Raven the Science Maven | Brooks Running A molecular biologist, science communicator, and STEM educator discusses her love of science and takes us behind the scenes of some nitrogen-infused experiments. I hadn’t heard of Dr. Raven, but the fact that she’s being highlighted in a Brooks Running post is enough…
The Mixed 4 x 400m race is one of the most compelling events in track and field. If you’ve never seen the event, here is how it works: two men and two women make up the team. Yesterday’s event was led by the men and alternated. Allyson Felix ran the second leg of the race…
Nike’s hold on the world of track and field was tarnished by the mistreatment of women athletes by their track program and business. It’s a discussion that hasn’t been addressed since the story broke a few years ago. The dominance of the sport by the Swoosh still remains evident in youth track and field as…
Lynx 87 Fever 77 K-Mac played like 11 in the Upside Down of Hawkins against a Fever squad who needed Stranger Things to stop the inside outside dominance of Sylvia Kayla McBride. On the second night of a back-to-back the Lynx needed a W to reach double figures in wins on the season and Kayla…
When the Last Dance aired during the quarantine, everyone had a chance to see the magic of the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan. During the documentary MJ wore a pair of off-court sneakers that weren’t retros so they didn’t get the type of coverage expected of a Jordan Brand sneaker. The shoe was the Centre…
Las Vegas 108 New York 74 At least the Liberty stopped one person on the Vegas roster from scoring… A’ja led the Aces in scoring with 25, but when a team delivers 71 points in the first half and the other team scores 71 for the game, it’s hard to find a positive. The irony,…
