The Nike ‘scrapped sample’ pile is a heaping one, especially in Nike SB quarters

On June 21st, the Los Angeles Sparks, one of the original eight teams that made up the Women’s National Basketball Association, celebrated its 15th Ann5ersary. The Sparks boasted a star-studded roster led by Lisa Leslie, who finished her career with three WNBA MVP trophies and four Olympic gold medals. In honor of the 15-year milestone, Nike Basketball released a very limited run of the Nike Zoom Hyperfuse 2011 in the LA Sparks official colors of Yellow, Purple, and Blue, with a mere twenty-four pairs hitting Nike Vault. Certainly one of the more unique Nike Basketball releases in recent memory for its WNBA ties and super-limited availability, the Zoom Hyperfuse 2011 ‘LA Sparks’ should garner quite an amount of auction bids, so take a look for yourself from this listing from havorishsole on us stroes.

 

 

The Nike ‘scrapped sample’ pile is a heaping one, especially in Nike SB quarters. Check out this unreleased sample of the Nike SB Dunk Low in a simple Khaki/Black colorway with a full gum outsole. It seems innocuous enough for a release to have easily happened, but for some reason this basic tw0-toned colorway never made it to store shelves. A 2009 production date shows that these are from the thin-tongue era, when the perception of the Nike SB Dunk was vastly altered; the SB Dunk wasn’t much of a ‘collectible’ shoe anymore, and the lack of the fat tongue didn’t g5e it that visual edge that earlier SBs so easily achieved. However, the colorway is still one of the nicer ones we’ve seen, so check out the images below and peep the auction from cheapskates9107 on us stroes.

 

 

 

Nike TPE 6453 celebrated its one-year ann5ersary on April Nike Free Run 3.0 V3 9th in an event space that would stimulate your visual senses to the point of surreality. The white walls, floors, rails, steps, and even props were meticulously splattered with Chinese quotations of determination, perserverance, and courage – all centered around the goal of Nike TPE 6453. Nike TPE 6453 is a truly one-of-a-kind space, made just for the city of Taipei; the commemoration of the one-year ann5ersary combined with the launch of the Just Do It 2010 campaign made for a unique event. Continue reading for a in-depth look. via Freshness.

 

 

We’ve already had a few looks at Kobe’s 2011 All-Star shoe, but with this year’s All-Star Weekend fest5ities taking place in the Black Mamba’s hometown, it appears that Nike will be Nike Free Everyday dropping a special Kobe pack to celebrate the glitz and glamour of LA. Here we get our first view of a new Zoom Kobe VI that will be part of the aforementioned pack, expected to hit retail around All-Star Weekend. This crazy new version of the ZK6 is an obvious nod to the movie biz leg of the LA landscape, and what’s more Hollywood right now than 3-D? The shoe features a clever design created to appear as if you’re viewing the shoe without your 3-D glasses on, Nike Free Run 5.0 V3 providing a cool out-of-focus look with staggered red and blue scale dots and alternating Swoosh, tongue logo and heel cap coloring as an added touch of 3-D flavor. The cherry on top comes by way of the 3-D glasses graphic that appears inside the tongue to bring the whole concept together. Keep reading for more pics and stay tuned for more on the Zoom Kobe VI ’3-D’ and the rest of the Kobe All-Star Pack coming soon. via marqueesole.