Warhead has posted a great editorial on a look back at the Black Box era..
“The Black Box era. Love, hate, hype, the death of old favourites, the introduction of new ones. Personally I believe it has been the most important time in Nike SB history. After two years of black and purple this January we’ll switch to the ‘golden’ age, but before that let us look back on the Black Boxes. During the orange, silver and pink boxes Nike has been building. Their goal? Becoming a respected member of the skateboarding industry. After previous failed attempts this was their final oppertunity, now or never. They established a team of respected riders, supported local skateboardscenes and the shoes sold pretty good. The number one problem was the fact that most of the shoes weren’t bought by skaters. This hurt Nike’s image, even though a lot of people were happy that their favourite shop managed to stay in business because of the sneakerheads lining in front of the store for the new releases, those that actually wanted to skate the shoes were screwed. Prices were getting jacked and supplies were limited and you´d have to wait a full month for a new shipment to arrive.
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5&A Dime and Rogue Status have come together to produce a limited run of 5&A Dime shop logo tees with the Rogue Status “Gun Show” print. The logo is also printed with 3M refelctive material so it produces gun silhouettes when flashed. These are available in-store at 5&A Dime and also their online shop.
Quantities are limited and these may never be reprinted. Order yours today!
5&A Dime Online Shop
More pictures after the jump:
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While Run Athletics has not been established as other major sneaker companies, they do get seem to produce quality. These sneakers were first previewed back in January from the folks at highsnobiety.com. Today they were Nintendo World Store. (more…)
“What up everyone here is some needed updates. KRS ONE will not be able to make it due to a schedual show in NYC. BUT we do have a special guest signing with MURS!!!!!!!!! He will be in the house doing a special autograph session, taking pictures, and kicking it with everyone. We have some great vendors and we will have some great performances by U-N-I and Supreeme!!!!!! Tickets are $10 bucks and we will have limited edition posters for the first 50 people. Time is from 1pm to 6pm and location is at INCAHOOTS FULLERTON.”
1401 S Lemon St
Fullerton, CA 92832
Phone: (714) 441-1666
Discuss in the Forum- http://forums.nikeskateboarding.org
You may remember awhile ago we featured a skateboard piece for Stevie Williams. DGK- the pendant you see above is short for Dirty Ghetto Kids, his company. The crew over at UDE ICE, who makes custom jewelry out of Los Angeles has made this insane piece for an upcoming feature for DGK. For more pictures of some of their work be sure to check out UDE ICE’s spread in this month issue of DUB Magazine.
UDE ICE - http://www.myspace.com/udeice
DGK- http://www.dgk-skateboards.com/
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Interrupt this small chronic break to plug you in on Format Latest Issue all on the sneaker scene and culture. Tons of good infos. and interviews…
Format celebrates its 25th issue with the annual Format Sneaker Issue. Featuring interviews with JB and MDot of JB Classics, shoe customizer SBTG, clothing line KIKS TYO, sneaker artist Dave White, Scien of 123 Klan and the Adidas End to End Project, Mark James of Cardboy, and flicks from Sneakerpimps Chicago and Soled Out NYC, this is a huge issue from Format!
But that’s not all! Format’s Sneaker Issue also features a special feature with the owners of the seven biggest sneaker blogs on the Internet, and an illustrated “50 Signs You’re Obsessed With Sneakers” list. Also look out for new sneaker wallpapers in the “Wallpapers” section.
Direct Link- http://formatmag.com/features/special/sneaker-blogs/
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If you ever question or wondered if Nike had remotely considered making the sneakers from Back to the Future 2, fear not. Below are the patents that recently surfaced. Wonder if any customizers could recreate ?
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Here is a much better look at the upcoming releases for Summer 08 that were recently discovered at the last ASR show. They include Ferris Bueller Dunk Hi as well as the Newcastle Dunk Lo. Check out additional pics after the jump.
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Hitting your local shops soon is the Fall ‘07/Winter ‘08 lineup from Royal Revelation.
Discuss in our forums
http://www.royalrevelation.com
Check out more pictures of the full lineup after the jump.
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Mega of “HUF” set just launched his own line. The line has no name, as he will announce the brand after its 5th season. For that reason, every shirt comes with a blank black label where the brand woven label would be.
Mega & the whole HUF set are family to MAJOR, of course, and they are the exclusive launch partner for his line in the mid-Atlantic region. The t-shirts are available in limited quantities.
More pics and info after the jump…
