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All I Need is a nice AZ Iced Tea...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:56:57 +0100

Kicked off my trip to New York City yesterday. I’m here for a few days for work, and meetings with The Hundreds, Mishka and 10.DEEP. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to NY a few times in my life, but this trip will be something totally different.

I’ve become so used to long train journeys in the past year, that a 6+ hour flight passed with ease. We flew with American (although we booked with BA) and it was a pretty average service. We got through the airport without too much stress, took off a little late, but we made up for it time-wise in the air.

The cabin was filled with morons, as expected. People seem to lose all sense of themselves while airborne and become these invalid types with too much to talk about - most clearly had never been taught the ‘sit down and shut up’ lesson. Anyway… I passed the time with VNA 15, the newest SneakerFreaker and The Daily Street mixtapes on my iPod, and it was over before I knew it.

This is Brewer, my companion for the trip. It’s his first time in New York, and as you can see, he’s obviously quite excited.

We arrived to a reasonable, 18 degrees, NYC, glad to be breathing some air that hadn’t been recycled in a cabin all afternoon. We hopped on the Subway (after around an hour and a half at customs) and made our way to our hotel in Brooklyn.

There isn’t much to say about our place of residence, but it’s got a bed, air con and wifi which is really all I need. It’s in what I imagine to be the heart of Brooklyn, not to many shops or bars, just grocery stores and chinese take outs. We won’t be spending much time here anyway. Here’s the view…

We were both pretty exhausted from traveling all day, so we grabbed some food from the store down the street, went back to the hotel and passed out pretty early. First thing I had to do was grab a ‘tall boy’ of Arizona Iced Tea - a year or two ago it would have been Mountain Dew, but the poor UK substitute has sort of dampened the excitement I once had for it. 99c for a 680ml can of perfection.

Today is our first day of meetings in Manhattan with The Hundreds. I’ll report back. Seee Yaaa.

size? knows what’s up for Summer.

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:45:09 +0100

size? knows what’s up for Summer.

The Orion Blue Air Jordan VII isn’t due out until the...

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:33:25 +0000

The Orion Blue Air Jordan VII isn’t due out until the 26th, but size? Plymouth (and perhaps the rest of their stores across the UK) are apparently putting them out from this Saturday, the 12th.

Here’s a sneaky stockroom shot, more at size?.

A few of the bits I’ve managed to add to my collection...

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:57:20 +0000

A few of the bits I’ve managed to add to my collection over the last couple of weeks.

Nike Destroyer Jacket

King Apparel ‘East London KING’ Starter Snapback Cap

HUF x Skate Mental Wall Clock

Dickies White T-Shirts & 182 Slim Chino

Zombie Dunny by Triclops from the 2010 Series

Air Jordan XIII ‘Playoff’

The Hundreds Floor Mat

Thanks to my friends at Nike, King Apparel, HUF, Skate Mental, Dickies, Kidrobot London, Triclops, House of Hoops, The Hundreds, SoleHeaven and Chimp for this lot.

Full review of the Playoff XIII’s coming soon.

“Skating, making beats, working on my...

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:28:01 +0000

“Skating, making beats, working on my companies…”

Chad Muska, living the dream.

Chad Muska, all grown up.

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:09:00 +0000

Chad Muska, all grown up.

Dream big.

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:24:14 +0000

Dream big.

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Nike Dunk Low Premium SB Bison/Varsity Purple

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:50:32 +0000

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t really know much about Theotis Beasley, his skateboaring career, or in fact, too much about skateboarding itself, but when the latest SB quickstrike dunk released with his name attached, I was compelled to learn a little more. The dunk is something that has been tempting me for a little while as a sneaker collector. There’s so much history behind it, and pieces like the Tiffany, Supreme and Staple Pigeons have become without doubt some of the most infamous and sought after sneakers in history, so to be quite honest, it was about time I got involved.

Some of the pieces that emerged at the tail end of 2010 (the Loon and the Chromeball Low to be precise) had me tempted, but it was this QS Bison/Varsity Purple make up, which bares a certain resemblance to one Kenny Powers’ water-supported mode of transport (see here), that really sealed the deal for me. After all, it’s the collectable nature of the Dunk low that really does it for me, so this was a perfect chance to kick off my new addiction.

Cased in smooth, purple suede, the ‘bison’ has a healthy serving of Nike’s instantly recognisable safari print, this time coming in true leopard colours. The purp suede swoosh rests upon a white bed, which, although it doesn’t hold true to the original dunk blueprint, gives it a lot of extra pop, which I kind of like. I must also note that I believe this is the first dunk low release to utilise Nike SB’s new and improved sole unit, including a white mid-section in the purple outsole, so it’s also a little bit of history in the making.

I got mine from the kind folks at Bored of Southsea, but you can find them in your decent local skate store, ask for them by name.

amatamasamo: Yearbook - Have Patience. Now you know.

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:29:29 +0000

amatamasamo:

Yearbook - Have Patience.

Now you know.

If you goin’ in…

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:08:04 +0000

If you goin’ in…

Young Moolah Baby

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:09:10 +0000

Young Moolah Baby

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