DC Shoes 2021 Double Box Pack

In the late ’90s, when skate shoes followed the design principle of ghetto blasters and pants were as wide as ten-man tents, when the wheels were barely bigger than the cracks in the ground you constantly got stuck in, and when Supreme was stil …

Nike SB Dunk Low Pro (VX1000)

Before iPhones and GoPros, before digital video and handheld HD cameras, there was Sony’s VX1000. Released in the mid-90s, the VX was one of the first consumer-grade video cameras that made TV-level quality affordable to the masses. Its small size …

Fucking Awesome and Adidas Skateboarding’s Experiment 1 and 2

Jason Dill is what you could call skateboarding’s mad scientist. He has weird hairdos, says weird shit, and comes up with all sorts of crazy ideas. While many skaters fancy themselves as artistically gifted, most of them simply don’t have the clo …

Nike SB Dunk Low Pro (Ping Pig)

At the end of Ford v Ferrari, after Ken Miles and his GT40 made Italian Lorenzo Baldini look small at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the film proudly proclaims that Ford managed to go on a winning streak in the following three years. While the fine people …

Blondey McCoy Adidas Superstar (Black)

Blondey McCoy — artist, model, skateboarder — released a see-through Adidas Skateboarding Superstar 80s in late 2019 to show everyone what cool designer socks he was wearing at the time. In an effort equally as transparent, he released yet anothe …

Nike SB Dunk Low (Street Hawker)

Nike SB’s most recent Dunk Low release features watercolor paintings of six popular street food dishes from six Chinese cities and looks like a Chinese restaurant after a gas explosion. Paying homage to street hawkers — street food vendors that s …

Nike SB Dunk Low Pro “Holiday Special” by Sean Cliver

Remember doodling dicks on each other’s exercise books back in high school? If you weren’t careful, one slight distraction could result in a wiener parade marching across the pages of your French textbook. Now imagine making a career out of annoy …

Adidas Aloha Super (Karol Winthorp)

What do Woody Allen, Willy Brandt, and Mark Twain have in common? They’re not the respective person’s real name, but pseudonyms (look up their real names for yourself, you lazy people). Pseudonyms, or noms de plume for pretentious assho …

On Record: Vans AVE Pro x Fucking Awesome

Here’s how we imagine the process of designing a shoe for a collaboration between two well-known skateboarding brands. Stacy, the Corporate Guy: “Yo Clive, we need you to create two colorways for our collaboration with this super-hyped brand.”& …

Adidas Skateboarding X Thrasher Magazine

The world’s most famous t-shirt brand— sorry, skateboarding magazine, Thrasher, has joined forces with sportswear juggernaut Adidas Skateboarding to create a limited release of two best-sellers: the classic Superstar ADV and Tyshawn Jones’ pro …

NIKE SB x CONCEPTS “TURDUNKEN” DUNK HIGH PRO FLIPS THE BIRD TO VEGGIES

Nike SB’s and Concepts Store’s latest, uh, serving sure ain’t for the faint-hearted — let alone vegetarians. It’s one of the most insane sneaker concepts ever realized, and that’s saying something when you think about all the goofy shit N …

Nike SB X Wacko Maria

Wacko Maria is fucking weird. And we mean that as a compliment. The Japanese streetwear brand, founded by former soccer player Atsuhiko Mori in 2005, is known for its idiosyncratic style, animal prints, and religious imagery. Additionally, Wacko Mari …

Vans X Dime Mt. Half Cab Pro

Everyone’s favorite Canadian skate company Dime Mtl., got involved with Vans for a limited edition Half Cab Pro. The Half Cab is one of Vans’ most storied shoes, dating back to the 70’s skate legend Steve Caballero. During his career, Steve set …

Nike SB Air Trainer 1 (McEnroe’s first choice back in the late 80s)

John McEnroe is one of the best tennis players the world has ever seen. He’s also the world’s most confrontational tennis player, earning him the reputation of an enfant terrible in a sport that is just as concerned with looks and etiquette as …

The new Adidas Puig

Lucas Puig, French national hero and about the only person that looks good skating in short swim shorts, just got a new pro model courtesy of his sponsor, Adidas Skateboarding. The shoe was designed by Puig’s other sponsor, Palace Skateboards, and …

Taking ecological sustainability seriously: The Nike SB Janoski Flylether

Sustainable fashion is bee’s knees right now. And for good reason: scientists have warned us of the dire effects of climate change, and with temperatures rising across the globe, it’s no longer enough to dismiss it as just an abstract phenomenon …

Nike Sb X Civilist Berlin / Heat It Up!

Berlin-based skate shop Civilist teamed up with Nike SB for a collaborative Dunk Low release. Mitte’s go-to destination for skateboarding needs has catered to Berlin’s skate scene for over a decade now, and whenever we’re in the German capitol, …

Nike SB X Medicom Toy [email protected] Dunk (2020)

This year’s Nike SB Dunk releases sure are hairier than Richie Jackson’s armpits. Next to the release of the pilose Grateful Dead Dunk Low, Nike has invited longtime partner Medicom Toy to collaborate on the elusive model. Medicom, a Japanese toy …

Vans X Lotties

Mike Gigliotti, owner of tiny but popular LA skateshop Lotties, will not, by all accounts, take any shit whatsoever. For instance, he has a strong disdain for “territorial” surfer dudes, “kooked-out vegans” that want to save the world but can …

Nike SB X Grateful Dead

Der Eintrag Grateful dead in der Encyclopedia Britannica lautet: „Der Geist eines Verstorbenen, der dem für die Beerdigung Verantwortlichen Vorteile gewährt“. Gleich neben diesem Eintrag heißt es: „The Grateful Dead war eine der erfolgreichs …

Vans X Sci-Fi Fantasy

Jerry Hsu’s notoriously hard-to-get brand Sci-Fi Fantasy teamed up with Vans for a small capsule collection. Selling out instantly, Jerry’s Sci-Fi Fantasy collections drop seemingly at random. Sometimes, there are large gaps in-between releases, …

Adidas Tyshawn by Fucking Awesome

Tyshawn Jones, Adidas Skateboarding team rider and 2018 SOTY awardee has invited his board sponsor, LA-based company Fucking Awesome, to release a collaborative special edition of the Tyshawn Pro shoe. Jones, who is one of the few skateboarders to ma …

Converse CONS X Pop Trading Company (Jack Purcell Hi & Low)

Amsterdam-based Pop Trading Company attended to the classic Jack Purcell in a recent collaboration with Converse CONS. Innovating on the already popular shoe, Pop chose a protective rubber strip that covers the lower half of both shoes’ uppers as t …

Vans Style 36 by Justin Henry

Quasi Skateboards team rider and Vans protégée Justin Henry just got the chance to create his very own Style 36, Vans’ classic skate shoe that dates back to 1977 and was the fist version of the famous Vans Old Skool. Kept completely in angelic wh …