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13-Mar-2010
New colorways in the Air Jordan Alpha 1 are officially available today. The three new styles include: White/Black-Varsity Red, White/Black-Varsity Royal, and White/Black-University Blue. Retail is $125. Continue reading for more images in the just released Air Jordan Alpha 1.
12-Mar-2010
Recently, Counter Kicks had the privilege of visiting Reebok Headquarters in Canton, MA and met with Paul Litchfield, Reebok Vice President of Advanced Concepts and Reebok Pump creator. A phenomenal meeting, Mr. Litchfield personally gave Counter Kicks a behind-the-scenes look at some old-school samples and new-school developments (all very hush-hush for the moment, of course).
Today, we bring you a select handful of photos from our visit, including 3 never-before-seen original Reebok Pump prototypes.
Many thanks to Paul Litchfield, Darcy McQuiggan, Jenny Shanley, Jessie Carney, as well as all of the many gracious developers and designers at Reebok. Continue reading for the original Reebok Pump prototype photos.
12-Mar-2010
Counter Kicks is launching a new series called “CounterKicks Pictorial” that’s less about the words and more about the visuals. We kick off with one of the shoes that defined Reebok basketball: The Pump. The technology recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary last November which we covered in Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 interviews with Pump inventor Paul Litchfield, along with providing an exclusive breakdown of Reebok’s ERS/Hexalite cushioning systems and full blown Pump Chronology. Continue reading for the CounterKicks Pictorial on Reebok’s The Pump.
12-Mar-2010
Category : Jordan Brand
Jordan Brand has hooked up the California Golden Bears with two special make-up Jordan Icons models to wear through NCAA tournament season. Featured are White/Blue/Gold and Black/Gold colorways, both designated with “Cal” embroidery on the lateral sides of the shoes. Continue reading for closer looks at both pairs.
12-Mar-2010
While Nike Basketball is outfitting its college sponsored teams in the Nike Hyperdunk, Jordan Brand is positioning the new Jordan Icons model as its big tournament shoe. Here we take a look at a White/Navy based colorway for Georgetown University. The shoe prominently features the Hoyas’ “G” logo on the lateral sides of the shoes and will be worn by the team as they take on Marquette (who have their own special make-up “MU” Jordan Icons) in the Big East Tournament semifinals. Continue reading for another look at the shoes.
12-Mar-2010
Category : Nike
Live shots of new Nike Basketball silhouettes and colorways for the coming summer and fall seasons were captured last month in Dallas at NBA All-Star weekend by a member on NikeTalk. Included in the photo round up are a few new colorways of the highly perforated Nike Hyperfuse, upcoming Nike Zoom Soldier IV, Nike Hyperdunk 2010, Penny-inspired Nike Air Max Wavy, and a White/Silver shoe with Nike Shox tooling seen inside the sample duffle bag at the end. Continue reading for more detailed images of the Nike Basketball Summer/Fall 2010 sample product line.
12-Mar-2010
Category : Nike
A new colorway in the Nike Air Max 3 is currently arriving at House of Hoops locations. The rebranded and rebadged shoe, formerly known as the Nike Air Garnett 3, was Kevin Garnett’s former signature shoe while he was a Nike athlete. Foot Locker is advising customers to call their local House of Hoops location in advance to confirm stock in the White/Metallic Gold shoe has arrived. Continue reading for more detailed images in the Nike Air Max 3.
12-Mar-2010
Category : Nike
While the Connecticut Huskies didn’t quite get past the St. John’s Red Storm on Tuesday, suffering a 73-51 loss, they did get get to wear these special make-up Nike Hyperdunk shoes. The Blue/White styled model features a gradient fade effect on the Flywire upper panel as seen on other recent college Hyperdunks along with the school’s “UC” logo on the tongue. Continue reading for more detailed images of the shoes.
