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Archive for July 22, 2009

As The Rips Turn: Shape Ups Shoes From Skechers – Fitness Footwear

I swear they say “buttocks” like 10+ times

Women's Shape Ups - Jump Start From Skechers

(and the video is a must watch… BUTTOCKS!!!)

Skechers has a new fitness sneaker that looks allot like MBT walking shoes (that cost more). So far I ave not seen anything that says that Skechers has bought a license to use the technology or that they created it on their own so I have to say that Skechers is continuing to do the rip jobs that they are more and more seem to be known for (remember those kicks that are for young girls that look strangely like Pastry sneakers? hmmmm…)

I don’t mind copying as it is sort of a way of saying someone is doing a good job and it so good that I want to copy it, but how many times are you going to do it?

I will be going further into this and may even get someone to help right up a review on which one is better… but in the mean time, you have to watch the video on the sneaker that Skechers made:

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Wrap-Up Interview with Wale

Wale

(and the sneaker revolution continues!!!!)

Did you guys catch this? Wale, the guy known for his kicks as well as his rryhmes, did a interview with Rap-Up as the Leaders of the New School (as a guy who follows Hip Hop, I say its about time) and I encourage you guys to read it. Its not creazy indepth but its still interesting.


I Love The and1 Look: and1 Progression Mid

and1 Progression Mid

(is and1 making a comeback???)

As seen on Kenlu.net, the and1 Progression is looking real good. Its a nice clean look for the court or off the court. I am not sure how many kids would get this because its not “Nike” or Jordan, but I do think for adults its a great option for something to wear.

The 3 different colorways can be seen on Kenlu.net


Looks Like Finishline Stepped Its Game Up: Updated Website

Updated FinishLine

(looks like we got ourselves a updated site)

While browsing the net for new sneakers and shoes on sale, I headed to FinishLine (as usual) and noticed that the site got updated just a touch. It now features a slide show of featured items, links to your favorite sneaker lines, and tags to your, ou guessed it, favorite sneaker lines as well as specific sneakers or shoes on sale.

And a nice touch, some footwear companies get a special landing page (sometimes I hate that because I want to go directly to the sneakers) that actually looks good and is useful. Reeboks landing page (when you click on the category tag REEBOK) actually has info on it I want to see and they CLEARLY mark where I can click to get to the kicks I want to see (or all the kicks they have at Finishline)

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Desktop Fun: Get Your Wallpaper Game Up

Some Nice Kicks 3

(well, guess who’s in the fothermuckin house LOL)

You guys may not have noticed, but I am into changing my desktop into a sneaker (or shoe) haven. Wallpaper with matching skins for XP/Vista and a matching cursor and maybe matching icons for the whole system.

Maybe that is a little extreme for most people who probably only want a wallpaper but hey, I am a special kind of guy.

You can find some of the stuff I use fo my desktop at WinCustomize.com and the programs to run it from Stardock.com

Fantastic. Wallpapers are from Nicekicks and from Flickr’s Sneaker Pimps Photo Group


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