May 21st, 2013 by Brendan Dunne | The Air Jordan IV “Thunder” and Air Jordan IV “Lightning” pairs were a truly unique set of releases from back in August of 2006. The two shoes were up for grabs exclusively at Jumpman23.com, the official Jordan Brand website that’s now home to official [...]
May 19th, 2013 by Aaron Hope | If you can’t afford the 1985 OG that Shoezeum is offering (already over $ 2500 with five days left!), then be sure you’re ready for the ‘new original’. The ‘Black Toe’ Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG takes us all the way back to Michael Jordan’s rookie season, [...]
May 18th, 2013 by Brendan Dunne | Who would have thought that the Air Jordan IV would be back for more after all the sneaker did for us in 2012? Then again, we’ve entered an entirely new era of fast-paced retro releases so nothing really seems off limits or too soon these days. For what [...]
May 16th, 2013 by Brendan Dunne | Every time an OG colorway is trotted back out, sneakerheads love to play the comparison game. The Air Jordan VIII “Playoffs” is no different, and luckily we’ve got a set of shots to satisfy that hunger. As you’ll see once you click through for the entire gallery, this [...]
May 12th, 2013 by John K. | Anyone here remember watching the 1993 NBA Finals between the Bulls and the Suns? Barkley and crew put up a pretty good fight, and if it wasn’t for a John Paxson three-pointer near the end of Game 6, the series would’ve gone to the seventh-game brink and who [...]
May 9th, 2013 by John K. | The topic of sneaker restocks stirred up quite the conversation during our What Do You Think? segment a few weeks back, but it looks like the chatter is about to explode yet again as a major restock of various Air Jordan Retro releases might be in the works. [...]
The second silhouette from Ewing Athletics’ roster is set to release this summer. First we received a teaser of the “Knicks Home” colorway earlier this year, and now we have obtained a a more in-depth look at the upcoming Ewing Focus Retro. The two colorways are the aforementioned “Knicks Home” makeup, as well as a Black/Red color [...]
May 3rd, 2013 by John K. | Earlier this year Jordan Brand unveiled the Air Jordan 1 Retro ’93 – a hybrid of sorts combining the AJ1 framework with AJ8 trimmings. This “Wolf Grey” colorway certainly is a departure from the OG renditions like the “Bugs” that recently dropped and [...]
April 29th, 2013 by John K. | The wildly successful relaunch of the Ewing Athletics line is ready to move on to phase 2 of its Retro process as we get a Teaser preview of the Ewing Focus. This original model first released in 1993, and today Ewing Athletics has [...]
April 24th, 2013 by Brendan Dunne | The majority of the Air Jordan 1 Retro ’93 colorways we’ve seen to date (And the ’97 as well) have been ones tied into specific colorways of the model that they were inspired by. This upcoming pair (That Rip Hamilton accidentally previewed) isn’t [...]
After splurging on a pair of the Air Jordan 8s this past weekend, get ready for next month’s anticipated release of the Retro 1 OG “Black Toe.” Clearly one of the year’s most anticipated release, the iconic Air Jordan 1 will return in original form with the classic high cut and Nike Air branding. Accentuated [...]
Earlier this week, we found out that retro cards are returning with the release of the Air Jordan 8. That news had us digging through the vault at the Nice Kicks HQ to see all the classic Air Jordan releases that featured the famed add on. Check out the abundance of retro cards in today’s [...]
April 9th, 2013 by John K. | The deep stories and events that shadow every Air Jordan in history is what made the Retro such a booming success, and as far back as 1994, Nike made sure that we were reminded of the message behind each design. Since the first [...]
Can you believe it has been 16 years since Kobe Bryant won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1997? Neither can we, but we do remember the kicks he rocked on the way to the title. Recently, a photo surfaced of the adidas EQT Elevation “Kobe Slam Dunk Contest” Retro via Instagram. Wrapped in Lakers’ [...]
April 3rd, 2013 by John K. | It’s a bit difficult to pinpoint what the real story is behind this upcoming May release of the Air Jordan VIII. The immediate thought that comes to mind with Orange/Blue is a Knicks reference, while a 20th Anniversary of Chicago’s triumph over the [...]