art & research culture – JmksportStore
Being a Black Man at the Corner of Progress and Peril is a collection of news articles by the staff at the Washington Post. After reading The Bond, Disintegration and Honky, picking up this book followed suit with my current fascination with race; in particular Black men and how they are perceived by not only … Read more
After a long summer of testing and trouble with ebay, all of the setbacks, hopes, dreams and redeveloping my business plan have led to this, The Allen. When I first launched JmksportStore, my first release was The Tori. The shoes that followed went back to my athletic roots. The Allen can be considered a low … Read more
Everyday you should do something that keeps the heart pumping. I hit the pavement again for today’s workout. While the weather may have changed at around 10pm the temperature is perfect for a nice jog. While most of you are probably working or in school at that time and you may find it hard to … Read more
If you look back through all of the Ebay Articles on the site, you can see how I changed the business model of my Sneaker shop. I have to say I went through more trial and error since June than probably anybody in the biz! It has all paid off though in the culmination of … Read more
In my never-ending attempt to find items that keep me knowledgeable about things that matter, I am finally sharing one of my guilty pleasures. I am giving a big shoutout to Ryan Connollly who hosts what I think is one of the funniest webshows created. Why am I asking you to leave this site and visit … Read more
Honestly, I’m getting to know Marion Black and I have a purchase to make. I was chilling out with the fam listening to Pandora on the Gil Scott Heron channel and this song came on. INFECTIOUS! I liked the song and rushed to the computer to make sure I shared this with everyone. This may … Read more
Actually I was supposed to post this on Friday. After playing some backyard soccer with my son and daughter, and basketball as the workout during the week, we took a family day to Shelby Farms in Memphis. They have an incredible park for the kids named the Woodland Discovery Park, which is surrounded by bike paths … Read more
Wii Training… Okay now that you are done laughing I dare you to take Wii Sports for a test drive. As far as motivation is concerned, it’s tough to get to the gym sometimes and when you are working through a calf injury like mine, you have to stay active and running on a calf … Read more
Disintegration written by Eugene Robinson (Washington Post) is a carefully drawn discussion on Black America in the 21st century. Actually, the book is an analysis of all Black people in the post-civil rights era. While race in America remains an unapproachable subject that is often balanced on the razor’s edge, Robinson’s definition of race as … Read more
As CCB and JmksportStore begins to diversify the type of posts on the website, this is becoming one of my favorite posts to write. A year ago when I began making the first CG097, I began to run. The goal was to test the shoe and kind of recapture the level of fitness I had … Read more
I was using Facebook Notes to do my updates for WWYWT? So today I decided to come back to the blog. For the past 2-3 weeks I was using the Wii for my workout. Don’t laugh… I dare you to do 10 matches on Wii boxing and 5 matches on Wii Tennis and then round … Read more
Okay, the last few months I have been writing an update on my movement away from Ebay. I officially conceded victory to Ebay in my last post. I will not hate on Ebay for being the company that they have grown to be. I will not hate on any company for successfully implementing a plan … Read more
If you haven’t been following the story you can check back through the blog and read the Moving from Ebay series. If you don’t feel like doing that, then here is a recap: In June, I was on my way to becoming a powerseller on Ebay. I was generating thousands a month from the sell … Read more
The JmksportStore 1 of 1 Program is a unique venture that caters to true sneakerheads who have always wanted to own a pair of sneakers that were REALLY exclusive. The theory behind the JmksportStore 1 of 1 Program happened when JmksportStore worked with Neimaj Footwear to help the company make a limited run of their … Read more
Okay it’s been a couple of years and I’m right back to square one again, starting over. When I made the basketball shoe sample it drained the funds. I began selling more Nikes, Adidas and various brands to recoup. I was making great headway and was generating between 4-6K per month with ebay and street … Read more
I’ve been involved with basketball for almost half of my life. It was only natural for me to want to make a basketball shoe. I had already made a hoops shoe with SHO-SHOT Athletics and I sold 1200 pair. It took almost a year, but I did it. The thing was this time I understood … Read more
After the success of the Tori, I decided to get back to my roots in sports. Since I don’t play basketball as often as I use to, I decided that I would dive into training. My background as a NFHS certified coach and my camp coordinator experience led to the creation of the CG097 running … Read more
I eventually thought I should revise the Status, but in the end the shoe was never released because my Jordan influences were too evident. I felt that if I made a new shoe it should have its own identity so I scrapped it. My next project was the first shoe that I put into production … Read more
This page will be dedicated to all things JmksportStore and will be a timeline of what I’ve done in setting up this company. You will be able to see my influences and the developments I’ve made so far and where the company is now. First up is the first shoe I produced under the JmksportStore … Read more
Since I redesigned the website I erased a lot of information on the update of the CG097II running shoe. I will try to update as much as I can here. I took about 9 days off from running to concentrate on the business since the big collapse from ebay and the market. Read about that … Read more
If you had this page bookmarked please click this link and use the CCB Homepage. JmksportStore and CCB have been combined to streamline the work. When the NBA season returns you will be able to read updates and buy kicks in the same location!