Originally posted on Housakicks I got up early on Saturday braving the icy roads to pick up the Jordan 11 Win Like 96; I wasn’t going to pick them up until I got challenged on one of my Real vs Fake comparisons. The individual who constructively criticized my observations pointed out that the retail pairs also…
Originally recorded Feb. 10, 2016 by Tayib Salami of Housakicks during a Google Hangout Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZPKChfkPh5p_RFN3A39aog Tayib has been working on the idea for a series of interviews about the sneaker industry. I helped Tayib develop his website: http://www.housakicks.com after he had paid several developers and gotten no where. He knew I had been involved…
Tayib of http://www.housakicks.com asked me if I still had the hook up on sneakers like I used to. I told him I didn’t. He thought it would be cool to see if a regular dude could get up and go to the store and grab pairs without having a back door payoff, a plug,…
Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas Originals – EQT Support 93/17 adidas continues to drop kicks that are right on trend and right on time. The previous EQT 93/17 actually popped after the initial release. The 180 dollar shoe rose to about 299 and then tapered off. It remains at that price point which isn’t…
Nike went cold turkey with the Foamposite line since the royal foam.The Nike Air Foamposite Pro Silver Surfer will break the silence on march 17, buy it now Source: Quick Look At The Nike Air Foamposite Pro Silver Surfer SYBTF? Has been rough lately. That’s because the market has officially settled and there really aren’t…
Source: Nike Air Max Day 2017 Collection. Nike+ SNKRS MONTH OF AIR COUNTDOWN TO 3.26 Nike is going to own retro running and performance next month. Own! Okay, that might be a bit of hyperbole. I mean I haven’t been writing Should You Buy to Flip? because the usual suspects are all not popping, so…
Source: Air Jordan 8 Retro ‘Sequoia & Max Orange’. Nike+ SNKRS The Retro 8 had a solid run a couple years ago so seeing another colorway drop after the return of the Aqua and Three Peat, which didn’t do very well is kind of surprising. Seeing the shoe return in a colorway that is still…
247 silhouette Premium full-grain leather upper Perforated toe box Neoprene bootie construction Embossed N logo branding Leather tongue tabs Canvas heel pulls Leather heel wrap Revlite midsole Rubber Source: New Balance 247 – Beige – Kith NYC This is a new feature that I’m adding since Should You Buy To Flip is getting harder to…
Jordan Brand will celebrate its heritage with a series of spring footwear collections that pay homage to the brand’s legacy of pushing style boundaries. Source: Nike News – Jordan Brand Unveils Select Spring 17 Air Jordan Silhouettes I was just having a back and forth on Disqus with @blcklistd who said something that I found interesting….
Source: Air Jordan 6 Retro ‘Black’. Nike+ SNKRS I’m finally back to the Flip and typically when I see an all black retro, especially a 6 I get excited. My excitement now is tempered. I want to be excited, but when I see a Jordan Retro now I can only ask one question, “Will those…
Air Jordan 1 Retro High “Top Three.” Release date is Nov. 28, 2016 at a retail price of $160. Nike is back to the OG 1… Well, not exactly the OG 1, more like the “What The” 1. The Top 3 Air Jordan 1 captures each of the most popular releases of the classic shoe…
The triple-black Nike Flyknit Racer is available in the “Midnight” colorway on November 30 on nike.com and at select retailers. Source: Nike News – Shoe Stream Nike is making several attempts at disrupting the fast growth of adidas. In my mind this means that Under Armour should be releasing content and making a push under…
Source: Nike Air Foamposite Pro ‘Black & White’ 2016. Nike+ SNKRS Dr. Doom, aka Viktor aka Metal Face (Shout out MF Doom) was green and silver basically so why these are called Dr. Doom has eluded me since the mid 2000’s. Since the community named it, that’s what it is. I guess the pack was…
adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2, three pair on one day! Release date is Nov. 23, 2016 at a retail price of $220. Yeezy just aligned himself with Donald Trump… It doesn’t matter one bit and unlike New Balance people won’t let that stop them from picking up the Yeezy 350 V2. With the shoe dropping…
Air Jordan 3 Retro officially returns. Release date is “Black Friday” Nov. 25, 2016 at a retail price of $220. The Cyber Monday was the first retro 3 out of the vault for Jordan Brand this year. It. was. a. flop. Right now the Cyber Monday 3 is selling below retail and because the shoe…
Release date is Nov. 13, 2016 at a retail price of $150. There was a time when the OG Griffey 1 garnered crazy dollars in the resale market. That time wasn’t very long ago, but times have changed. The Griffey got bastardized by Nike and ended up in Nike Outlets. Until recently when the Hall…
Source: Nike+ SNKRS. Release Dates & Launch Calendar This is not a regular “Should You Buy to Flip?” Yesterday I shared this post from the CNBC website about how the basketball market has already begun to rebound. I then shared the information with industry leading stat company NPD Group and Matt Powell. He immediately wrote…
Jordan continues to upgrade its materials with the release of the Air Jordan 12 Retro “Blue Suede.” Part of a fall/winter collection of season-inspired Jordan 12s, the sneaker features a full deep royal blue upper done in a mix of suede and basketball-textured leather, a matching blue sole, and white and metallic silver accents. Release…
Find release dates and info for the Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG ‘Black Toe’ on Nike.com. Follow all new releases with the Nike Launch Calendar. Source: Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG ‘Black Toe’ – Release Date. Nike.com With so many releases on the horizon “wannabe” and “OG” resale peeps should be very careful….
Find release dates and info for the Nike Air Presto ‘Greedy’ on Nike.com. Follow all new releases with the Nike Launch Calendar. Source: Nike Air Presto ‘Greedy’ – Release Date. Nike.com Why would Nike name a shoe Greedy? It probably relates to Nike’s dumping of so much damn product on the market, the company is…
The Nike Air Foamposite One Release date is Oct. 20, 2016 at a retail price of $230. I have never been a fan of the Nike Foamposite outside of its resale value. I know that’s a bad thing to say. I’m biased against it because of a bad experience, but that’s another story. The Foamposite…
Complete with a gold Jumpman hangtag to match. Source: Air Jordan 6 “Pinnacle” in Metallic Gold This is definitely not my steez, but I can see younger dudes rocking the hell out of these going to Homecoming, or to basketball games this fall. It has very limited options for daily wear and is basically a…
