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Basketball Shoe Testing #2

I received an email the other day informing me that I will be receiving my second pair of basketball shoes for the product testing gig I am participating in.

It’s a little hard to see in the photo, but the sneakers have the shox technology in the soles, which is a first for me. [...]

Sneaker Design Contest // Update

I was asked the other day how the Sneaker Design Contest that I entered turned out.
At first I had trouble even uploading a design (nothing would work on the website), but after emailing the web master, I was then able to directly sent him a couple of designs via email.
I had not [...]

Help me pick a Sneaker Design

Thanks to the suggestion from my brother-in-law Jose, I finally got my hands on a editing application (Gimp) alternative to Photoshop.
Now I can enter the Shoe Design Contest that I mentioned a few posts ago!
I just began working on a few basic designs last night and I’m continuing to learn how to use the [...]

Sneaker Design Contest // Soles 4 Souls

Along with the shoe campaign that I mentioned in the previous post, there is also a sneaker design contest that is linked with Soles 4 Souls.
Run Athletics and Scion present a Humanitarian Sneaker Design contest to raise funds and shoes for Sole 4 Souls.
Sign Up: Enter to create a [...]

Soles 4 Souls Shoe Campaign

If you didn’t know by now, I love sneakers and outreach initiatives.
So, stumbling across this 50,000 pairs of shoes in 50 days campaign, I got excited and motivated to take part.
Here’s the deal. Soles 4 Souls is a a shoe charity dedicated to helping those in need with the gift of shoes.
They [...]

Sneaker Order Drama

For those of you that are just checking in, I was offered some sneakers for entering an essay contest.
The kicks below are what I originally wanted, but they were out of my size.

Ok. So….I decided on this sneaks in a size 15 below.

Sweet… I got the box in the mail today. Open them up [...]

Sneaker Updates and My Dream Store

As I noted here, the sneakers that I picked for participating in the essay contest were no longer available.
So I had to go with option two:

“The Nike Blazer Mid Premium is an update on Nike’s first basketball shoe, introduced in 1972 and worn by NBA basketball greats such as George “Ice Man” Gervin of the [...]

Essay Contest Results

Back in July, I announced this essay contest I was entering, and since then have been patiently and curiously waiting the results (judging results were due at the end of August).
And the results are in. Drum roll please…..
Nobody won!
The word is that there wasn’t enough essays submitted. I don’t [...]

Native American Inspired Terminators

Here are some new Native American inspired sneaker (WMNS Nike Terminator) pics that I came across via Kix and the City.
The issue is, once again, that the shoes are released in the Far East, and no information on a domestic release has been noted at this point.
It is interesting to see this [...]

Native American Sneakers Part II

My post on Native American Inspired Sneakers, surprisingly, has been my “most viewed” post, and one in which a few have contacted me in hope to get their hands on a pair of these sneaks.
So, I did some more research to see where you could get a pair.
And the results, so [...]