Ryan Holler
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| 11:35:00 AM Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Did y'all know that adidas is releasing a street version of Jesse Owens track spikes? I knew Jesse wore adidas shoes, but I'd never thought about this until now... I wonder how Hitler felt about the German Adi Dassler making a shoe for Jesse Owens, and then having Jesse turn around and kick his arse with it. The only thing that would have made the story any better is if Jesse would have taken the spikes off and handed them to ol' Adolph right there at the medal ceremony. That would have been cool.
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johnny szabo
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| 4:15:00 PM Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Cool info Ryan , is that what they're goin to look like? |
stephen christian
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| 10:21:00 PM Tuesday, October 31, 2006
speaking of adidas, can anyone fill me in on rumours regarding retro adidas phantoms? word was on the black/white and white/red mids...could be completely bunk, but i would be completely in on those suckas... |
Rich Benares
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| 11:53:00 PM Tuesday, October 31, 2006
And a bit more info that I'm sure most of you know.. Adi's brother Rudi founded Puma :) |
Rich Benares
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| 12:11:00 AM Wednesday, November 01, 2006
"I wonder how Hitler felt about the German Adi Dassler making a shoe for Jesse Owens, and then having Jesse turn around and kick his arse with it. The only thing that would have made the story any better is if Jesse would have taken the spikes off and handed them to ol' Adolph right there at the medal ceremony. That would have been cool."
I was curious to see if there were any documentation into what Hitler might have thought and I ran into this article on George Masons History News Network. I guess Hitler might have thought nothing of it....
http://hnn.us/articles/571.html |
Lei Wang
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| 1:02:00 AM Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Ryan,it seems you are right. The Li-Ning logo didn't appear on Shaq's new game shoes. As I know, the Li-Ning designed Shaq shoe won't be released until Jan 07.
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arpith siromoney
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| 2:31:00 PM Wednesday, November 01, 2006
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Tony Hardman
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| 2:42:00 PM Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Look at that Shaq shoe! LOL. What in the holy hell IS THAT?!!! The leather looks like it's all crunched up on the quarter! Woah. |
seamus conway
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| 3:52:00 PM Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Isn't the Li-Ning logo that red checkmark thing under the dunkman logo?
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Lei Wang
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| 4:23:00 PM Wednesday, November 01, 2006
No, that's not the li-ning logo. It's just a red underlay. |
Ryan Holler
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| 1:28:00 AM Thursday, November 02, 2006
Lei, hopefully it will look better that the ones Exeter designs for him. That is one freakin' ugly shoe! Look at that "SHAQ" plaque on the midsole. Looks like somebody slapped a piece of SHAQ Halloween candy on it.
Rich, that's an interesting article. I didn't know any of that, but I had heard some of the myths. It'd be interesting if one of the adidas guys could come on here and fill us in on that Jesse spike. The little blurb in the photo is all the info I have on it. I scanned that out of Sneaker Freaker 8. |
Lei Wang
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| 12:30:00 PM Thursday, November 02, 2006
Ryan, did you mean this shoe was not designed by Exeter? Then who else did it? |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 6:20:00 PM Thursday, November 02, 2006
check out the Jordan Press conference from Paris last week, MJ and Tinker talk about the the NBA toda, the past Air Jordans, the XXII and the XXIII
really nice!!
http://www.bkrw.com/articles.php?i=20
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Ryan Holler
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| 11:31:00 PM Thursday, November 02, 2006
Lei -- No, that's not what I meant to say. I'm sure that's an Exeter designed shoe.
According to them, the frequent changes in Shaq's shoe styles is not necessarily a marketing move on the part of Exeter. It's Shaq. He loves to break out several different styles within a season. He obviously doesn't care if they look good, as long as they're different. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 4:31:00 AM Friday, November 03, 2006
i think the shoe looks more like a conrete block stuck at his feet, just colored! |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 4:45:00 AM Friday, November 03, 2006
i got two new shoes out of the box for you,
the new Dwane Wade convers and AI´s new Answer X
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Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 4:46:00 AM Friday, November 03, 2006
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johnny szabo
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| 6:33:00 AM Friday, November 03, 2006
What are those X's like? Thopught of buyin them but couldnt decide. Those Shaq's are...hmmm...interesting. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 9:01:00 AM Friday, November 03, 2006
what do you mean with what they are like?
i think they are great, you should see the back and the inside, they´re great, i´ve always loved the iverson shoe, that´s why i got the IV,V,VI and VII, i just don´t like that pump thing on them.
check em out at rbk.com
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johnny szabo
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| 10:18:00 AM Friday, November 03, 2006
Sorry, my bad, I meant what are they like preformance wise? Did you play ball in them? Personally I liked the Ais too, I have the 4's, 7's, 8's and nines oh and an Iverson Team shoe, whatever that is and I liked playin ball in all of them. By the way does anyone know anyfashion, clothing design webpages simular to this one? I meaqn there is a forum, pros and themes or stuff like that. |
stephen christian
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| 11:30:00 AM Friday, November 03, 2006
i've gotta say, the X's are the best ones, in my opinion, since the IV's...but that's just me...nice that they still crank out the questions, too... |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 5:09:00 PM Friday, November 03, 2006
they got a big fat three on the inside of the red strap that goes around the foot, check´em out at rbk.com |
Lei Wang
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| 8:56:00 PM Friday, November 03, 2006
I don't like the big fat three on medial at all. Looks like it's screen printed which feels cheap. A rasied deboss or laser cutting will be much better. |
Ben Adams-Keane
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| 9:08:00 PM Friday, November 03, 2006
Completely agree Lei. It looks cheap and low quality and would probably rub off pretty fast.
Don't forget to check out the Team Concept thread everyone! There are 2 designs already posted there... |
Lei Wang
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| 1:31:00 AM Saturday, November 04, 2006
All rbk shoes look the same.
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Lei Wang
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| 1:32:00 AM Saturday, November 04, 2006
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Lei Wang
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| 1:39:00 AM Saturday, November 04, 2006
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Lei Wang
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| 1:41:00 AM Saturday, November 04, 2006
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Lei Wang
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| 1:42:00 AM Saturday, November 04, 2006
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johnny szabo
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| 8:20:00 AM Saturday, November 04, 2006
I don't find RBK that bad I like them, but well they aint Jordans. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 8:23:00 AM Saturday, November 04, 2006
I´m on your opinion about the three on the inside man, and i really think that they look almost the same, at least they got many same details, but the ANSWER X rocks though! |
paul boucher
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| 6:15:00 PM Saturday, November 04, 2006
Admin - Question?
Is the voting affected by the time a design is posted? Meaning that if a design is posted first and you take the averages for how it was graded and compare them to a design that was posted later how would they compare? Example: shoe one posted first gets 100 votes where as a shoe that is posted last only gets 40 votes making the first design harder to increase or decrease in score than the later design. Or are the votes pretty even, meaning that the later designs average as many votes as the earlier ones? I guess what I am getting at is that would it be a good idea to post the designs the same way, but only open voting the last week or two? That way each design gets a fair comparison. I usually wait until the end of the contest and all designs are posted to vote, because I noticed I would see a design give it a grade, then have a shoe posted later that was better and if I gave the first design an 8 then I had to give the later a 9 in order to grade fairly. Or you could see the first design and think it is not that good and give it a 5, but all the remaining shoes are worse. I just think that if it is a true competition that you shouldn't be able to vote until all shoes are posted, that way you can truly gauge where each design places. I am not complaining about the way the competitions are run, just that this is something I have been wondering about for a while and felt pretty strongly about. I really feel that voting should not be open until all designs are posted. But that is just my opinion.
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johnny szabo
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| 8:15:00 AM Sunday, November 05, 2006
Paul I agree on that one. Easiest thing to do is wait till they're all posted, I don't vote until that cause there isnt anythin' to compare to.... |
Lei Wang
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| 9:45:00 AM Monday, November 06, 2006
Just noticed a Chinese company copied my outsole design of Lebron 3.5. Shame for them!
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Lei Wang
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| 9:46:00 AM Monday, November 06, 2006
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johnny szabo
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| 11:48:00 AM Monday, November 06, 2006
Wow , thats kinda sad. Although it shows you did a good job. |
KG
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| 7:23:00 PM Monday, November 06, 2006
All votes count the same. It really doesn't matter when you vote. If you already voted, you can always go back and update your vote later on when your opinions change once you've seen later candidates. |
Jan-Maarten Lubberts
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| 7:26:00 AM Tuesday, November 07, 2006
It's is sad that some asian shoe companies fake and copy basketball shoes from other brands. While Li-Ning designs great and orignally looking shoes people might think they're also copied. And LEI WANG te soes you designed is far more better that copy. |
johnny szabo
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| 8:49:00 AM Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Yeah forgot to mention that, the chinese shos look cheap. |
arpith siromoney
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| 2:41:00 PM Tuesday, November 07, 2006
lei: does Power offer internships? is there some procedure to apply for one? thanks :) |
Lei Wang
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| 3:55:00 PM Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Arpith, do you live in Canada? |
tim awalludin
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| 11:20:00 PM Tuesday, November 07, 2006
anyone have an idea why the administrators down at NT haven't accepted my account, i registered over 3 weeks ago, and it still says my account is waiting approval...any thoughts? |
arpith siromoney
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| 11:39:00 PM Tuesday, November 07, 2006
lei, im based in India. will that be a problem? |
Lei Wang
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| 11:21:00 AM Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Arpith,as I know you need to get a work permit to be able to work in Canada but I am not sure if you can get it for doing internship. |
johnny szabo
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| 11:45:00 AM Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Tim, yeah you have to wait, that's normal I think I waited for a month. Registered for ezboard than waited. They'll accept sooner or later. |
Ryan Holler
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| 10:06:00 PM Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Oh, snap!!! Lei, that is indeed shameful. But all you can do is take it as a compliment. You should contact the company, tell them how much you and your lawyer feel honored by their use of your design, then give them your address and say "Here's where you can send (#) pairs in these sizes... (list sizes). Thank you very much." |
tim awalludin
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| 10:22:00 PM Wednesday, November 08, 2006
hey ryan! there you are, how's the elaborating goin, get me up to speed |
Brian Moughty
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| 10:32:00 PM Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Yo dude..Try somehting like Ryan said!!... |
tim awalludin
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| 8:36:00 AM Thursday, November 09, 2006
thanks szabo, wasn't sure if i was the only one....haha, i've been following the zoom lebron IV's religiously...can't wait till next thursday....i already took off work, might even skip school to get them! |
johnny szabo
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| 8:40:00 AM Thursday, November 09, 2006
Haha, yeah a pretty darn hot shoe. Same here although since I'm in Europe I'll think Ima have to wait a couple more weeks. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 9:23:00 AM Thursday, November 09, 2006
hej guys!!! i need some help here, tonight i wanna get one of those two kicks, but which one?
Air Jordan XXI in black/gray
or
Nike Zoom Kobe I in white?1
i just don´t know |
Lei Wang
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| 11:46:00 AM Thursday, November 09, 2006
Ryan, if they can rip off all those big shoe companies' designs why will they care about my request. I wouldn't wear their shoes if I get them for free anyway. |
Lei Wang
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| 11:47:00 AM Thursday, November 09, 2006
Li-Ning's new basketball shoe, price: USD 34
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Lei Wang
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| 11:48:00 AM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Lei Wang
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| 11:49:00 AM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Lei Wang
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| 12:01:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
another one, USD29
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Lei Wang
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| 12:02:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 1:18:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
Lei , did you design those?! |
Lei Wang
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| 1:44:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
Chris, no, I don't work for Li-Ning. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 3:07:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
ANGELO -
I got like 12 pair of basketball shoes,most of them i keep in the boxes. most of my kicks though are worn, i kept them all since i started playing basketball at the age of 7 when i got my first Air Jordan, the XII, where i never got the box unfortunatly. My precious is the XXI in the red italien suede, which is my most favourite of all Jordans, at least for now. I play ball in the shoe though, so i don´t have a deadstock new shoe anymore. I don´t have that much money to collect the kicks and not play in them.
my list:
Air Jordan XII
Air Jordan XXII
adidas KB8 II x2
adidas Kobetwo
RBK Answer V
RBK Answer VI
RBK Answer VII
AND1 Tai Chi
Nike Shox BB4
Nike Shox VC II
some old Nike Uptempo
i don´t know if you wanted to know that all in detail, but i thought i´d write it down to share with you.
BUT yeah i keep them in my boxes and use sprays and stuff to clean them and keep them nice
MJ 4 LIFE !!!
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stephen christian
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| 5:59:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
i'm with you on the no deadstocks, christopher. it's hard not to wear or play in any of them. that's what they're made for. i clean 'em with a toothbrush and dilluted dish soap. and i keep the boxes. lets see how this goes:
air jordan xi low ('00, white/red patent)
air jordan xiii (o.g., white/black/red)
air jordan viii (o.g., black/red/white)
air jordan xvi low (black/chrome)
air jordan v retro ('00, wht/blk/fire red)
lebron 2 (grey/royal/white)
air trainer high sc (obsidian/white)
dunk lo (black/red plaid)
air signature player (black)
air jet flight (black/zinc)
zoom flight turbine (navy/silver)
air blacksburg (black)
air max '97 (silver/lime)
nike free trail (black/purple)
air jaq (black/grey/white)
adidas attitude (wht/blue/blk)
adidas forum supreme (wht/red)
adidas stan smith (wht/fairway)
reebok pump fury (JPE)
ice cream boardflip (tan/brown/pink)
and some random vans, nikes and pumas and adidas. off the top of my head. damn. i've never actually written them down. this is since like '97...i know this isn't a whizzing contest, but angelo asked. if i only i had more cash... |
Lei Wang
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| 8:58:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
One more Li-Ning shoe. This one is relatively expensive. USD88
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Lei Wang
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| 8:59:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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| 8:59:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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| 9:04:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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| 9:08:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Kyle Barbuti
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| 11:09:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
That new Li-Ning shoe looks like sumthin adidas would come up with for a futuristic T-MAC or sumthin. Just throw in the formotion pods three stripes and ur set. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 1:18:00 AM Friday, November 10, 2006
Sthephen i feel you!
if had had more cash, i´d have every single Air Jordan every, in every dammn colorway! deadstock in my closet! i´d be buying the rare pair for a 1000 $ don´t matter but you know if the IF would not be:-) |
johnny szabo
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| 2:34:00 AM Friday, November 10, 2006
Nice Li-Nings, the first ones real nice reminds me of a pair of Nike's I have. The secound one does look like a T-MAc. The third one seems interesting with the ankle strap. Like that one too, has good ideas and nice colourway and they're all relatively cheap. Angelo, I only ggot into this whole "sneakerhead" thing maybe a year ago, not even. SO I dont have that many kicks. Wear them all, pretty much:
AJ 14 white/forest green
AJ 20 East(my favourite J)
AJ 16 OG
AJ 12 OG
Iverson 7,8 and want to pick up the 10
Plus I got a couple of designers Tommy Hilfiger's.
I wear them cause they're shoes, but clean them after each time I wear them usually. For the Jordans even the outsole's sometime. |
stephen christian
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| 12:14:00 PM Friday, November 10, 2006
yeah, johnny, some people don't agree, but the aj20 east is pretty hot...how's the IPS on-court? |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 5:21:00 AM Saturday, November 11, 2006
i just think there is no point, except collecting them if you don´t waer them and honestly, the AJ´s are to most comfortable:-)
cheers |
johnny szabo
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| 7:16:00 AM Saturday, November 11, 2006
I've only played in them once, I decided not to use them on the court, only as a casual shoe. Because playin in them really busts them, and I find the 14s the best on the court. |
arpith siromoney
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| 11:00:00 PM Sunday, November 12, 2006
hey.. something ive been workin on for the sprandi/idasia competition.. please do comment or (and) critisize..
http://idasia.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=658 |
johnny szabo
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| 9:28:00 AM Monday, November 13, 2006
Good job on that one Arpith real nice concept, personally I really like the inspiration and the sketches, but that blue-purple rendering, I don't know... The other colourways ok though. The utsole reminds me too much about the LeBron 4s out sole, or any Nike Free's outsole. But overall seems like a nice marketable shoe. An other thing is the line of the lateral side, by the ankle, is seems unfinished. A question, whats this technology about? |
Ryan Holler
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| 1:59:00 PM Monday, November 13, 2006
Hey, Tim. My schedule is a mess right now. Please forgive. I'll try my best to get you something this week. Sorry for the delay. |
CH Chan
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| 6:16:00 AM Tuesday, November 14, 2006
anyone notice the new jordan 22s rear sole portion is very similar to jason petrie's air jordan 1 evolution design??
dunno how to post pics (not a comp whiz).. but just compare the AJ22 pics on niketalk.com with petrie's design on this site...
maybe petrie had some say as to how the AJ22 turned out..
just a thought... |
Brent James
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| 2:08:00 PM Tuesday, November 14, 2006
It looks like the knockoff industry took a big hit recently. Shreding all of the products does seem like a huge waste to me though. Can't the materials be reused somehow?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_on_bi_ge/germany_knockoff_nikes |
Lei Wang
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| 12:13:00 PM Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Air Max Elite China edition. Look at the Great Wall pattern on the strap.
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johnny szabo
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| 8:06:00 AM Thursday, November 16, 2006
Nice those are hot. |
johnny szabo
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| 10:26:00 AM Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Check out some previous sketches of the Wade2. Seem real nice, on my opinion...
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arpith siromoney
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| 10:00:00 AM Thursday, November 23, 2006
johnny, thanks for the comments - do take a look at my final submission.. coming nov 28th :) |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 4:37:00 AM Friday, November 24, 2006
I was at Footlocker yesterday here in Vienna and i checked out the T-MAC 6,which is great, i love it, the design and the whole technical part of the new outsole.
If i couold choose between the Zoom Lebron 4 and the new T-MAC, I´d definitly go with adidas!
The shoes has been manufactured perfactly!
cheers |
stephen christian
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| 9:38:00 AM Friday, November 24, 2006
going back to the fake nikes, it seems like a waste to destroy them all, considering how many people on the planet go without any shoes at all. guess that's how it's done in the western world... |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 10:16:00 AM Friday, November 24, 2006
yeah i saw that here in austria too, i think the same, the kids down in africa don´t care wether it´s a nike or adidas shoe, they would be happy to even have a shoe! |
johnny szabo
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| 11:37:00 AM Friday, November 24, 2006
Yeah I don't really think they care all that much. About the T-MAc 6s, this new technology looks interesting, haven't had enough luck to try em on, not available just yet here in HUngary. |
ade otabor
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| 3:32:00 PM Friday, November 24, 2006
"going back to the fake nikes, it seems like a waste to destroy them all, considering how many people on the planet go without any shoes at all. guess that's how it's done in the western world..."
"yeah i saw that here in austria too, i think the same, the kids down in africa don´t care wether it´s a nike or adidas shoe, they would be happy to even have a shoe!"
i guess you could look at it look that, it might bring some happiness to some for a lil' while and maybe that in and of itself is enough to make it worth doing but from their perspective one might say handing them shoes amidst all they lack might be insulting; not having sneakers is the least of their worries...think about it you are hungry, you do not have adequate shelter, or clean water to drink, or make enough money to feed your family, and some (knockoff) shoes are going to cause them to jump for joy?
after all, the problems across the globe with inequity & poverty are not going to be solved by nations just dropping off our unwanted goods; just something to think about... |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 6:01:00 PM Friday, November 24, 2006
i know man, everybody knows about the food and stuff, but no body does anything against it and we were just talking about the shoes man |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 6:01:00 PM Friday, November 24, 2006
i know man, everybody knows about the food and stuff, but no body does anything against it and we were just talking about the shoes man |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 6:02:00 PM Friday, November 24, 2006
sorry about the double post, it did that by itself! |
derek dixon
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| 3:24:00 PM Sunday, November 26, 2006
does anyone have any tips on how to make a shoe... literally make one. |
