Air Max CB '94

These kicks served as a perfect compliment to the aggressive and powerful style of Sir Charles with their great impact protection courtesy of the large volume Max Air unit in the heel. Fit was also a strong point of the Air Max CB '94 thanks to its speed lacing system and elastic eyestay combo. This may be the most recognizable of the Charles Barkley line thanks to its many Retro interpretations. -Zac, Sole Collector Magazine

Air Max Rise

Brandon Roy of the Portland Trail Blazers has been wearing this color-up of the Air Max Rise as his away court shoe to start the NBA season. It has an injected phylon midsole, and a Max Air unit in the heel for cushioning. The upper is synthetic with a carbon fiber weave in the heel. A stand-by herringbone outsole for traction completes the picture.


 
 

A solid team shoe, the Air Max Rise arrived at the beginning of the 2009 NBA season. It has an injected phylon midsole, and a Max Air unit in the heel for cushioning. The upper is synthetic with a carbon fiber weave in the heel. A stand-by herringbone outsole for traction completes the picture.

Court Raider Mid

The adidas Court Raider Mid is not a re-release of an ’80s or ’90s shoe, despite what your first impressions may be. The Court Raider gets its retro look with inspiration from other models in adidas’ rich basketball history. The silhouette resembles the Forum and Top Ten - both popular in the early 1980s - but with a bigger tongue and collar. The perforated vamp is also like those of the Forum and Top Ten, while the midsole and outsole were taken directly from the adidas Attitude, a style that debuted in 1986.



But the Court Raider also features some unique design elements. Mesh is incorporated into the throat, upper, and sides of tongue. The three stripes on the upper are layed over piecing that surrounds the mesh paneling on the upper. And the collar has extra perforated padding and plastic eyestay units.

Air Jordan Fusion 8

This AJF8 is a combination of the original Air Jordan VIII Aqua colorway that MJ wore at the 1993 All Star Game and the classic Air Force 1. It features the Jumpman logo made of a carpet like material and the famous AJ 8 paint splash on the back heel. The midsole and outsole are taken from the Air Force 1. The outsole is mostly purple with aqua accents. The back heel features a Nike logo in purple and aqua as well. One of the most prominent design cues on the AJF8 is the straps that attach to the velcro on the back quarter panel. The straps cross over top of each other to provide great lockdown and comfort.

Air Jordan CP3.III Mardi Gras

This CP3.III “Mardis Gras” is a festive mix of colors but not one you’re used to seeing on your kicks. You may be thinking “these aren’t Hornets colors, this isn’t a standard black/red or white/blue blocking,” but this CP3.III is displaying traditional colors of the Mardis Gras festival (purple and gold) which tie back to Chris Paul’s NBA squad based in New Orleans. The multi-colored speckling on the purple midsole even recalls confetti you might see in a parade down Bourbon Street.

Prestige High

This Nike Prestige may look familiar to Jordan-heads as the color up is very similar to the Jordan VIII “Aqua” which will be getting the fusion treatment near the time of this release. The black upper is made of suede and leather piecing with turbo green piping and contrast stitching. The Swoosh and Nike logos are varsity purple. The black midsole is set off by some purple and green hilights peeking around the rim of the outsole.

Sky Force High

The Summer of 2009 is bringing Bo Jackson back into the spotlight. This Sky Force High release which includes a "Tecmo Bo" on the tongue arrives shortly after the Air Trainer II LE (also with Tecmo Bo) and just before the Air Trainer SC (Bo's original shoe) has its retro release. Riffing further off the Tecmo Bo videogame are the pixels around the Swoosh and on a shimmering plastic band just below the collar. The Swoosh and lace eyelits are covered in metallic silver, and the white mid-sole contrasts with the mostly black upper and outsole.

Nike Auto Flight

The Auto Flight is a new shoe launch for 2009. The upper drafts off of the Flight Lite, anchored by a vulcanized sole. The clean black leather upper is set off nicely with the hot red hilights on the tongue, and peeking through on the collar and upper lining.

Air Hoop Structure

Running meets basketball in the Nike Air Hoop Structure, which is a hybrid of the Air Structure Triax ‘91 and a basketball shoe. There's no official word on what the second in the mix is, although it has qualities of the Jordan VI: the angle and height of the collar, the small cushion on the collar, the jagged/wavy lines of the midsole, the general silhouette.

Jordan VI Detroit Pistons Edition

The Pistons colorway is a recurring theme in Jordan “60+ Retros,” modeled after teams MJ dropped 60 points on during his career. The Pistons Retro VI has a black-based upper of suede and patent leather. Grey, red, and speckled blue combine to form the midsole which sits above a clear and red outsole that features the signature Jordan Jumpman logo in blue. Both the tongue and heel tab are gray with blue accents. The Jumpman logo is seen again on the tongue, in blue, and the heel, in red.

Jordan VI

The Retro VI’s contain all the technical design elements of the original, including the large tongue, a “spoiler” on the back of the collar, and visible air on the heel of the midsole. On this colorway, the upper is a simple combination of white leather and black suede while the outsole is partially translucent. The shoe also features some unique white speckles on the black midsole and spoiler.

Lebron VII Post Season

Unlike a lot of playoff make-ups, this isn’t simply a new color-up of the Air Max LeBron VII with a few post season details, it appears to be a completely new silhouette. The visible 360 Max Air unit has been replaced with a more subtle embedded unit. The upper still contains light-weight flywire support and patent piecing. A nice new touch is an always popular frosty outsole. The red-eyed lion near the heel on the medial side is more menacing than your usual LeBron lion.

Nike Air Griffey Max I

Originally released in 1996, the Nike Air Griffey Max 1 has a new retro version that is worn by Griffey this season. Made with a leather and synthetic leather upper, polyurethane midsole with full-length Air-Sole® unit and a non-marking, clear rubber sole with geometric traction design.

Nike Zoom Kobe V Dark Night

Many salivated over the Joker-inspired “chaos” make-ups of the Kobe IVs and Vs. With this in consideration, Nike has extended the Batman relation in the Kobe line and created the Nike Zoom Kobe V “Dark Knight.”




Colorwise, the Dark Knights utilize both lustrous and matte blacks as well as a luminous electric blue. The shoe lacks any snake print, which has been common among the IVs and Vs. It does, however, make use of the spotted laces that are used on the “chaos” colorway and other Kobe V color-ups.

Nike Air Max LeBron VII Akron

LeBron’s contract is about to expire in a couple of months and we are really left wondering what he will decide to do with himself once it is really up. We could see him staying in Ohio, since he has a lot of ties there, like the University of Akron, which is exactly what these shoes are based on. We have previewed these sneakers before, but as we are now closer to the release date and have some more detailed images we thought that they were worth another look.




The shoes will feature a predominantly navy upper that is accented by a whole lot of gold trim and the Akron mascot logo is also featured on the inner achilles section of the shoe. As the third shoe from LeBron to make use of the Akron colorway, we might just have to say that this one is the best one yet.

Jordan Flight 9 Olympics

Every Winter Olympics, Brand Jordan participates by issuing shoes inspired and fitted for the occasion. A bunch of exclusive Jordan releases are being witnessed with each possessing exceptional color arrangement. For this year, the Jordan Flight 9 was chosen to be the tribute sneaker.




Dubbed as the “Olympics”, this particular Jordan Flight 9 has an upper which was made up of Black leather and on the tongue is a retroed Jumpman logo. The inner liner extends to the collar in bright Orange that commences the use of vivid colors on the midsole. With regards to this part, fragments of Black-speckled Blue, Neon Green, and Red including solid Yellow on the lower mid part create a good flashy look.



Continuing on the bottom portion is an association of Black and White being parts of the midsole, while the outsole is believed to be White.



Considering that this Jordan Flight 9 is an Olympics-inspired shoe, the brilliant colors mentioned above were the Olympics official colors. Thus, this sneaker is always recognized to be one of the participants for the 2010 Winter Olympics which currently takes place at Vancouver, Canada.

Cuttler Black Leather + Grey Canvas

Not everyone loves to wear leather shoes so most probably some will prefer the lighter material which is canvas. But for non-skater brand, Supra, both concerns were addressed with its latest and newer models of high top sneakers.

The Supra Cuttler which adopts more on Supra’s original designs comes in a delicate make-up. Leather and canvas pairs were both geared up with sophistication.



The Supra Cuttler Black Leather obviously comes in a traditional setup while featuring Red top lace holders, Black shoe laces, and White vulcanized rubber sole. On the other hand, the Grey Canvas version owns a monochromatic upper and sole match-up. Supra branding appears on both sneakers’ tongues on a vertical tab.



For Supra, providing you with the latest and original shoe styles is one of its main goals. Would this be enough selection for your footwear preferences?

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