- NIKE Lunar Chukka Woven Plus, multicolor
I might post about “what was on my feet today” on some days. On other ones I might not.
That was all.
Andi / @IAMGANDINO
NIKE Zoom Kobe VI Black History Month.
Yesterday I wrote about the sneakers of Agent Uno (a.k.a. Gilbert Arenas a.k.a. Sneaker Champ), today I’ll write about @AgentFFM’s latest pair of sneakers, that he might be playing in right now during today’s university tournament as the go-to guy for our team of Frankfurt’s Goethe University.
Yeah, he was able to snatch a pair of NIKE Zoom Kobe VI’s. And not just any pair. A pair of the limited Black History Month Edition!! They are really looking even better in person!
Overcome the odds.
Make an impact on your sport.
Change the world.
Anything else?!?
A call to greatness.
Yap!
Wish us luck, but I don’t think that there will be any problem with those kind of kicks! :)
Andi / @IAMGANDINO
Gilbert Arenas is the true Sneaker Champ.
I have really been a Gilbert Arenas fan since his days as a Golden State Warrior, as soon as I read a story about him growing up under harsh circumstances, namely sleeping for a period of time in the car of his dad, about him not getting any respect, when he entered college and made it to the NBA (thus choosing the number 0, because that’s the amount of minutes that “everyone” thought he would get). He even felt he was so bad (WHILE HE WAS ALREADY AN NBA PLAYER!), that he joined a local church league in San Francisco. Until the Warriors got word of it, of course. Then in his Wizard days he hit a whole array of incredible buzzer beaters with his not-to-be-destroyed confidence, he also had his super entertaining blog on NBA.com, his own adidas signature sneakers and so on.
Then came the troubles in the last few years culminating in a gun incident, and so he entered the season without a shoe deal, but that way he was able to rock whatever dope kicks he wanted to. This included lots of J’s (like the Space Jams pictured below) and even a pair of Dolce&Gabbana shoes in a game against the Lakers.
That’s the biggest dream for a sneaker head to showcase them at that stage, so even if his team got eliminated from the Playoffs, this makes him the ultimate SNEAKER CHAMP. That’s also his twitter name by the way: @thesneakerchamp and it’s all about the sneakers!!! You can also check which sneakers he wore for every game during the 2010-2011 NBA season on this site. Also SLAMonline.com has a nice gallery here.
And all of this really makes him someone to absolutely cheer for. At least to me.
Andi / @IAMGANDINO
American Made.
We always been Adam Tensta fans since we got to know his music through THE HUNDREDS blog, but since running into him in Frankfurt last year at a gas station, we are also absolute fans of him as a person.
So I was really stoked to see this little series by NIKE Sportswear Sweden, in which he meets up with Jonas Jerebko, the first Swedish player in the NBA. Making it to the NBA alone is incredible, but imagine to the first one of your country, it must be over the top!
In the 1st episode Adam flies to Kinna, Jonas’ hometown, is shown around by Jonas’ dad & checks out some pictures of the career of Sweden’s first NBA player to see how he slowly grew up into an NBA player.
Now, in Episode 2 Adam made his way to Detroit, where Jonas is playing with the Pistons. They are talking about the adjustment Jonas had to made, his first season, his injury, performing in front of audiences & crazy schedules.
In the 3rd episode Adam meets up with Juan Atkins, who was one of the people to help lay the foundations in the 1980s for Detroit Techno as it is known today. They are sharing their experiences on what good record feels like, but also discussing how the music business has changed the way you have to get yourself out there as an artist in this day & age with the digital revolution taking over.
In Episode 4 Adam & Jonas meet up in Stockholm to talk about their begginings, their struggles and also their goals.
The highligh of this series was the American Made event, that was basically a basketball tournament with an ensuing party. Dope!!!
But… was this really the footage of the 3 point contest?!??? And their Destroyer Jackets are fucking überdope!!! I couldn’t stop staring at those…!
It would also defintely be nice to see this kind of cool & interesting stuff happen in Germany, too.
As a little bonus you might like this video of Adam performing “They Wanna Know” in front of the last pieces of the Berlin Wall.
Hope you enjoyed it.
Andi / @IAMGANDINO
Berlin Pickups.
To finally put an end on the Berlin posts I’m gonna show you, what I picked up during my stay there and we’ll move on with some more fun in the next few days, aight? :)
I really didn’t want to buy sneakers this time, but I didn’t know that the Air Jordan IX were 50% off at NIKETOWN, so I just had to.
Notice the “athletisch” on there :) Does anybody know what these other languages are??
There’s also something German on the right shoe: “anmutig”.
I also only noticed this glitter stuff, when I opened them at home. Funny. It somehow reminds me of the floor in the first modern busses we got in Frankfurt back in the 90s, because I was so amazed by it back then as a little kid.
Then, I also got me a shirt at the Civilist store by P.A.M., which is an Australian brand that I didn’t know of before, but I immediately fell for this design.
The backside.
At Firmament I discovered this Stüssy beanie, that perfectly goes along with the warm-up suit of my basketball team. I also got me some matching socks in other stores, but I will save them for our last game this year and rock them in Kronberg on Dec, 19th.
Gloves. This was a huge success, because last winter I didn’t have any gloves anymore. Don’t know, where they vanished, but I’m good for this year. And they were quiet helpful alreadyyy for the first snowball fights.
More shoes?? Yes, but little ones that I found at OVERKILL. This are the Tiffany Dunks and some Air Jordan I’s.
Here they are together with their big brother.
If you are in Berlin, I definitely recommend to check out the area around Torstraße. You will find SOTO, Firmament, Civilist, No.74, WOOD WOOD there among others. They even have this little cards to help you get around. OVERKILL was really some kind of overkill, because they had some dope stuff on display, so I most definitely recommend to go there, too. It’s in Kreuzberg.
Until next time, Berlin.
Andi / @IAMGANDINO
From Berlin With Love, wa! (Part 2)
OK, so on Tuesday we went to check out some other stores. This time near Kudamm and in Kreuzberg. First stop was at the CLVII Store.
First thing to pop into your eyes are the subway maps of Berlin & Paris on their walls.
Second thing were those crazy adidas x Jeremy Scott sneakers once again.
CLVII Store, Meinekestraße 5, 10719 Berlin – www.clvii-berlin.com
open Mon – Sat 11:00-20:00
solebox is located not far away and that store is well known in Germany – also because the owner Hikmet is an internationally known sneaker head.
Besides dope sneakers you’ll find some BBC & Ice Cream shirts…
… or solebox toothbrushs. :)
solebox, Nürnbergerstrasse 16, 10789 Berlin, Germany – www.solebox.com
NIKETOWN is also right around the corner and I just couldn’t say no to some new Jordans for 80€.
NIKETOWN, Tauentzienstraße 7, 10789 Berlin, Germany – www.nike.de
A short subway ride got me to OVERKILL located in Kreuzberg.
As soon as I saw this doorknob, I knew that was my kind of store.
And hands down, it was the store I really liked the most here in Berlin.
Check out that Storm Trooper with the beanie LOL.
They even had a NIKE Hyperdunk Marty McFly sneaker on display.
More awesomeness follows, when you walk upstairs…
.. with these old adidas kicks…
… and all of these things: the boom boxes, the giant PUMA sneaker, those Darth Vader & Storm Trooper figures, …
I had to get me two pairs of those little sneakers, the Jordan I & the Tiffany Dunks.
OVERKILL, Köpenicker Str. 195 a, 10997 Berlin, Germany – www.overkillshop.com
open Mon – Sat 11:00-20:00
Another sticker sighting.
I then ended the day with shooting some hoops, so a big thank you to the BERLIN BASKETS and especially Tobi, Marco & Holger.
And the only thing blogworthy from yesterday (Wednesday), but it absolutely is, was the dinner: Lecker Hähnchen @ Henne in Kreuzberg. Make sure to make your reservations in advance.
Henne, Alt Berliner Wirtshaus, Leuschnerdamm 25, 10999 Berlin, Germany – www.henne-berlin.de
Today, we are off to the opening of the Alastair Philip Wiper exhibition @ SOTO & the YMA show at Friedrichstadtpalast.
Andi / @IAMGANDINO
From Berlin With Love, wa! (Part 1)
Tachchen.
So I arrived in Berlin after having no sleep the night before, because we had to celebrate our first win of the season, and went with Simon, who now lives in Berlin, diiiiiirectly on the Touristenverarsche-Tour and to the Kurt Krömer Benefizgala in the evening.
On Monday, we made our way downtown again, but this time to check out some stores.
We got off at Alexanderplatz and there were some cool streetart pieces.
First stop was the WOOD WOOD store.
As you can see, you can get lots of different styles & items in there, while wood is also a large part of the store.
I really liked that scarf :)
WOOD WOOD, Rochstraße 4, 10178 Berlin, Germany – woodwood.de
open Mon – Sat 12:00-20:00
Down the street, we spotted the BBB Headquaters right next to the adidas Originals store. I’m actually also thinking about going to the next BBB in January. We’ll see…
We also went into the store…
… and I immediately got me a new hoodie. :)
NOOOT!!! I didn’t buy it, but Jeremy Scott is really going all out…! Do you like the look…??
adidas Originals, Münzstr. 13 -15, 10178 Berlin, Germany – www.adidas.de
Check out the sneaker wall at the KICKZ Store.
KICKZ, Münzstraße 20, 10178 Berlin, Germany – www.kickz.com
Next stop was STAB, where you have a good sneaker-to-clothing ratio in my eyes.
We loved this piece of art here. Also check out those little Jeremy Scott adidas sneaker for kids. :)
STAB, Gipsstraße 23, 10119 Berlin, Germany – www.stickabush.com
Mon – Fri 12:00-20:00 & Sat 11:00-19:00
Then, I was finally able to go to SOTO after I got me their SOpreme shirt earlier this year. By the way, you can really tell, when you are getting closer to the store. :)
That’s the front. Unfortunately, it was already dark.
The atmosphere in the store was cool and very laid-back, so you can feel really comfortable there.
We’ll go back there on Thursday to check out the opening of the Alastair Philip Wiper exhibition.
SOTO, Torstraße 72, 10119 Berlin, Germany – blog.sotostore.com
open Mon – Fri 12:00-20:00 & Sat 11:00-20:00
Right next door is No.74. The carry exclusive adidas items, but unfortunately I was not allowed to take any pics.
No.74, Torstraße 74, 10119 Berlin, Germany – www.no74-berlin.com
open Mon – Sat 12:00-20:00
After that it was time to eat and we found something dope on Torstraße: Shawarma, Hummus & Haloumi…!
Two corners away you’ll find the Firmament store in their new location. They got really exclusive stuff by OriginaFake, Head Porter Plus, Acronym, Visvim and so on.
In the entrance area they are showcasing the new Nike x Undercover Gyakusou International Running Association collection.
You can also get some Japanese magazines there, while I got myself a new Stüssy beanie. And no, they don’t make ‘Gas-/Wasserinstallationen’, if some krayzie person on the street should tell you that LOL.
Simon also found this book called ‘Take Ivy’ that contains photographs of men and their clothes shot on the Ivy campuses. It was originally published in Japan in 1965 and started the “Ivy Style” fashion among students in Tokyo. And as Simon told me not much has changed on the campuses fashionwise in all those years. And if somebody should know about that, it’s him, but I won’t drop the H-bomb now. :)
Firmament, Linienstrasse 40, 10119 Berlin, Germany – www.am-firmament.com
open Mon – Sat 12:00-20:00
Last visit was at the Civilist store.
They also carry a wide range of different brands and I also found a shirt by Australian brand PAM that I had to get.
Civilist, Brunnenstraße 13, 10119 Berlin, Germany – www.civilistberlin.com
open Mon – Sat 12:00-20:00
If you happen to be in Berlin, I can only advice you to check out these stores, also because in that area you’ll find some cool other things while you are walking around.
Anywayz, I’m still here for a while, so more love from Berlin soon, when I show you what we are doing today.
Andi / @IAMGANDINO
NIKE Hyperfuse Sunburst.
Basketball season starts tomorrow with our first home game, so I wanted to show you the kicks I will be playing in: the NIKE Zoom Hyperfuse XDR Photo Blue. I got them from the guys at KIX-FILES and I can absolutely recommend their services – I even didn’t have to pay any customs duties – and added them to our recommended shops list on the right column.
BAAAAAAAMMMM!!! Check out the label. I now even can PLAY LONGER. :)
If you wanna come by, here are the details for the game:
Sunday, 26.09.2010 – 17:30 – MTV Kronberg vs. DJK/MJC Trier – Altkönigsschule, Le-Lavandou-Straße, Kronberg – www.mtv-kronberg.de
To stay up to date become a fan on Facebook or follow on Twitter @KronbergKnights
Andi / @IAMGANDINO
WOOD WOOD x ellesse @Market41.
With the weather being quite nice right now, I decided to go to the river Main, that flows through Frankfurt (therefore: FrankFurt am Main => FFM and so on…). While most of the people hang out at the river in the city, it is also really beautiful out here in Höchst, where I currently live. So don’t tell me I didn’t tell you!!! You got no more excuses. :)
But the real beautiful thing in my eyes are the shirt and the sweater by WOOD WOOD x ellesse, don’t you agree??? I coped them at Market41 last week. Limited to 1000 pieces each. And needless to say that I need to buy nearly everything with an A on it.
This is my favorite spot in Höchst!! I spent every day there last summer. They are open until Oct 3rd this year and will open again next year in April or something:
Alte Schiffsmeldestelle – Batterie, Frankfurt-Höchst – www.schiffsmeldestelle.eu
And yeah, had to get the “regular” WOOD WOOD shirt as well.
In front of our château.
Holla at me, if you happen to be around Höchst :)
Andi / @IAMGANDINO
Nike Playmakers Tokyo
A really cool documentary that follows football, art and music of Japanese immigrants in Sao Paulo.
The most famous one and main focus in this documentary is Tulio Tanaka who played for Japan in the current Worldcup 2010.
Chris / @Chrishimself84
NIKE Air Max 90 Infrared 2010
After I got a nice shave this morning at Julie’s Barbershop, I diiiiiiiiiiiiirectly headed over to Freebase Sneakers to cop the AM 90 Infrareds. Chrishimself and me were quite skeptic about how the Infrared color turns out. But I have to say, that the pics didn’t do it quite justice and that the shoes do look more infrared than on the pics, so I just post the one that turned out best and suggest to check them out in person.
I also got the limited shirt. SneakerbOb has more on the artworks by Snowden-Stratmann.
Now you see me. Now You Don’t.
“Dem Infrared shoes so sweet, let’s shrink-wrap the shirt like a piece of meat.” :)
Sneakerized has a list of shops for German-speaking countries, where you can find the AM 90 Infrared.
Andi / @IAMGANDINO
NIKE Air Hoop Structure LE.
I got me the NIKE Air Hoop Structure LE last year alreadyyy, but now it’s finally time to unpack and wear them.
The sneaker basically combines the NIKE Air Structure Triax with the sole of the Air Jordan VI, while maintaining a clean look. I don’t necessarily like all those fusion sneakers NIKE did in the recent past, but I love this one right here.
Originally, I thought about wearing them for my basketball games, but decided against it, as I found some dope basketball sneakers soon after. You’ll see them in one of my next posts.
Andi / @IAMGANDINO