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These Irons have been on ice for way too long
I’m not into the whole deadstock thing. I think shoes are meant to be worn and you shouldn’t have to go to your closet to show off your most prized pairs. With that being said, I have built up a decent sized collection over the years and not everything goes straight into rotation. Days turn in to months, months turn in to years, and then you find yourself looking for (and often unable to find) that perfect occasion to actually pull them out, knowing that you will have to deal with looking down at your feet with every step that you take. Whew.
Anyway, it’s time for me to bring a new pair into the rotation and I want your help. Keep reading to see two more candidates and vote on which pair should come out of the cooler and onto my feet.
They’re here! We weren’t joking about StreetSneak t-shirts. Stay tuned and you might just have a fresh new tee to start the new year.
I had the pleasure of spending some time recently in Egypt, and while the shoe game over there wasn’t anything to blog about, I did want to share one picture. It is from the Mosque of Mohamed Ali at the Citadel, where no shoes were allowed. There was a spot at the entrance to leave your shoes as well as a throng of aspiring entrepreneurs selling drawstring bags to wear over your shoes for five Egyptian Pounds (roughly one American dollar). Most people however chose to carry their shoes.
Happy Thanksgiving to all you sneakerheads out there. StreetSneak will be in a food coma until Monday.
Pass the gravy…
Now in its 6th year, Red Bull BC One has established itself as the most important B-Boy (breakdancing) battle in the world, and the de facto world championship. The event is in a new country each year and I had the pleasure of attending the first BC One in the U.S. last night in NYC. As can be expected, I had my eyes on the footwear and saw a sampling of everything; Adidas shell toes, Puma’s, high and low Nike Dunks. Keep reading for a picture of the winner (and his shoes).
The picture above comes from my friend Max (Koxa.nu) in San Francisco. He and I have worked on past projects together and he is one of the more creative people I’ve ever encountered. Max sent me this picture recently, and while I wasn’t exactly sure how to incorporate it, I was pretty amused and knew it had to go up on StreetSneak.
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About a month ago we posted a user submission from a brand called Radii. The picture was blurry and at the time we didn’t know the brand, but we were intrigued by what we saw and liked the story that accompanied the picture, so it went up on the site. That was the last I had heard from Radii, until browsing AllHipHop.com today and coming across a profile of the brand. From rappers (and sort of rappers) rocking them to the proper pronunciation, this profile will fill you in. Check it out.
AM New York, one of the top two free daily newspapers in NYC, just released their annual “Best of New York” segment. They always touch on a wide variety of topics, but I still have to say I was pretty surprised and even a little impressed upon seeing “Haven For Sneaker Heads” as a category. They went with the Alife Rivington Club – it’s impossible to pay attention to the NYC sneaker scene and have anything but respect for ARC – which is a safe bet, but shows that they did their homework (or one of the interns is just a sneaker head).
Did AM New York do the sneaker world justice in the “Best of New York?” Click below for a larger version of the caption from AMNY, read it, then leave us your thoughts.
Head’s up (or would it be foot’s down?) to all you scheming sneakerheads out there:
If you were planning to take down that bank on the corner for some extra kick funds anytime soon, best do it with some plastic bags wrapped over your Nikes. Mayor Bloomberg recently announced that the NYPD would soon create a “footwear recognition database” capable of not only of tracing specific kinds of footwear but also of analyzing the wearer’s walking patterns. Creeepy.
