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Archive for April 22, 2008

Development Of Nike Considered Sneakers (including Air Jordan 23) with John Staple

Well, now this is interesting. As I am browsing through Individual Sole’s blogsite, I saw this interesting post about a video that explains just how considered came about. There is even mention of the Air Jordan 23 (but not too much).

I have always loved Considered and its movement INSIDE of Nike (watch the video to see what I mean… and all you business majors and MBA’s better know why internal marketing is just as important as external lol) but I didn’t know that its not only how the sneaker is designed. it goes into everything: laces, he box, how far the material is from the place the sneaker will be built, and even how its advertised lol

Very interesting indeed. Now if we can only convince more sneaker brands to make sneakers in widths (like New Balance does) and maybe even work with orthopedists to make special sneakers… at least give people the option even if its an expensive one.

First seen on Individual Sole.com, if you have them on Google Reader (or whatever RSS reader you have from Pluck.com to PageFlakes to FireFox to Bloglines) you should put them on there.


Cristiano Ronaldo v Bugatti Veyron – Nike Mercurial Vapor IV

I think Nike needs more people. There is no way this guy ran faster than the car. I think they photoshopped this a thousand times with a dash of after effect LMAO

If you are interested (for whatever reason) in seeing what the sneaker looks like from up close, then take a look at the Nike Mercurial Vapor IV SG Men’s Soccer Boot on Nike.com. They are also on Amazon and probably some sports sites and soccer (football) equipment specialists.


Women Get All The Luck: Nike Womens Blazer Hi This Fall

(from The Shoe Game.com and Yoshi)

This looks so good, I may, for the first time in my adult (or child) male life, get womens sneakers. I am so glad that Nike didn’t go the “pink” way with this or do the soft colors with the colorways.

It looks great all around. The gold and white laces really pop and the materials used for the rest of the sneaker work well. This is a good 8 out of 10 on the scale of 1 to 10.

See more details shot (and to get a look at those laces) head over to The Shoe Game.com. If you want you can also head toward Yoshi (from Fatlace.com).

(from sneakernew.com and nitro:licious)

You can also see more at sneakernews.com. They got great shots of the sneaker too. And for the ladies, I will really try to remember to remind you guys that this will come out. You know you will look great in them lol


Maybe It’s My Fault – New Brand Jordan Commercial

I think the video says allot. I’ll admit, as corny as it sounds, I find myself a little (ok allot) inspired. When you are trying to get to a place in your life where you are doing what you want, how you want it and where you want it, sometimes you forget that on your way to success there WILL be many failures and non-goal reaching. Heck, those failures had BETTER be something you learned from otherwise it is a real failure rather than a set-back.

Yeah, you got to work hard, get up in the morning, exercise, read, write, study and so forth. Most importantly, you got to recover from those failures setbacks, learn from them and keep going toward your finish line.

It sure does look easy when you see some of those rich and famous people; those sports stars and rock stars, but the truly successful work real hard at it.

How many shots did Jordan miss? How many turnovers? Didn’t he want to play baseball really bad? How many business ventures did he go into? Does anybody here remember Micheal Jordan restaurant? Is that even around anymore (there is still one in Grand Central Station in NYC)?

First saw this video on The Shoe Game.com

Become Legendary!!!

PS: Being legendary doesn’t necessarily mean that everybody knows your name. You can be legendary to your friends, your family, and your community.


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