The ‘Shattered Backboard’ has been a bit of a mythical colourway for the Air Jordan 1. Not on the roster of original colourways, the Shattered Backboard instead takes inspiration from Michael Jordan’s uniform when he shattered the backboard during an exhibition game in Italy, transplanting a mix of orange and black onto the shoe. The… Read more »
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Chairman And CEO Of Nike, Mark Parker Is Stepping Down
Left to right: Mark Parker with John Donahoe. Written by Evely Tan Effective from January 2020, Nike CEO Mark Parker is stepping down from his role, instead to become a board member with John Donahoe taking over as the next in line to lead the company. Parker has worked with Nike for four decades, starting… Read more »
Should The Nike Vaporfly Next Percent Be Banned From Marathons?
A shoe that breaks records. A bold marketing campaign by the Swoosh, and one claim many thought couldn’t be substantiated, or simply didn’t believe in its ability to deliver what it said. Until it did. So much records were broken in fact. Dennis Kimetto, a previous marathon record holder of 2:2:57 has had… Read more »
Eliud Kipchoge Is The First Man To Run A Marathon In Under 2 Hours
Though It Is An Unofficial Record The impossible, is now possible. The unachievable, now achieved. The limit, now surpassed. On a cold day in Vienna, the world’s fastest man just ran a marathon, clocking in at 1:59:40 when he crossed the finish line at Prater Park. However, it won’t be an official one. You see,… Read more »
The Air Jordan 3 “Knicks” Includes Details Relating To MJ’s Famed “Viral Game”
the love for the spotlight has never eluded Michael Jordan, and during the peak of his career, the beam was all the more concentrated on the star player at Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks. This particular Air Jordan 3, pays homage to the NY team, with team’s colours accented on the silhouette… Read more »
You Can Now Walk On Holy Water With This Custom MSCHF Nike Air Max 97s
Well, nobody would have ever seen this coming. A conceptual art form as well as taking things a little too literally, Brooklyn creative label MSCHF has recreated the miracle of Jesus walking on water, via a different means of approach. The Nike Air Max 97 forms the template of this bold concept, with the Air… Read more »
The Air Jordan 1 Takes A “First Class Flight” This Weekend
Written by Evely Tan Nike takes off with a “First Class Flight” with the Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG in a striking, never before seen combination of colours. The silhouette takes on a vibrant white and yellow colourway, embedded with boarding-pass style barcodes along the heel and medial side. Premium perforated white leather upper… Read more »
More Colourways Of The Sacai x Nike LDWaffle Are Releasing Tomorrow
The highly coveted Sacai X Nike LDWaffle are dropping in three more colourways tomorrow, including the highly popular Fuchsia/Green colourway, Summit White, and Dark Grey iterations. For those who aren’t in the know, Nike has collaborated with Chitose Abe of Sacai to come up with a shoe that’s a hybrid of two silhouettes, the LDV… Read more »
Jordan Brand Introduces The ‘SBB’ Colourway In The Air Jordan 1 Low
We’ve had multiple colourway iterations that have been reused and reworked to fit the low model, from the ‘Black Toe,’ ‘Royal,’ ‘Bred Toe,’ ‘UNC,’ and ‘Gold Toe,’ and now Jordan is blessing one of its most coveted colourways unto the silhouette, ‘SBB,’ with slight changes in usage of materials. As per the Low, toebox and… Read more »
Nike Drops The Air Max 90 Viotech 2 With A Full Size Run
Written by Evely Tan The Japan-exclusive colourway first seen on the ‘Viotech’ Dunk Low back in the 2000’ has been reinvented into the Air Max 90 featuring a high spirited colour palette; purple, blue, orange and teal tones. With the purple painted on the mudguard, the blue, orange and teal tones appear on the rest… Read more »