20 Sneaker Books, Magazines, and Movies

// July 20th, 2010 // No Comments » // publications

20 Sneaker Books, Magazines, and Movies

Art & Sole: Contemporary Sneaker Art & Design – Focuses on rare editions and custom sneakers.

Chucks!: The Phenomenon of Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars – A history of the iconic Chuck sneaker.

Custom Kicks – Custom sneaker designs from over 150 artists.

Just for Kicks DVD – The definitive sneaker documentary.

Laces: 100s of Ways to Pimp Your Kicks – A reference book showcasing over 50 lacing and knot styles.

Made For Skate: Illustrated History Of Skateboard Footwear – Focused on the skate industry/shoes.

Sneakers: Over 300 Classics… – A limited edition book featuring classic sneaker designs and commentary.

Sneakers: The Complete Collectors’ Guide – A visual encyclopedia style book for sneakerheads.

Sneaker Freaker Magazine – Book-sized sneaker magazine founded in 2003, carried in over 40 countries.

Sneaker Freaker Book – Select features from the first six issues of Sneaker Freaker Magazine.

Sole Collector Magazine – Full-sized sneaker magazine founded in 2003, distributed in Foot Locker.

Sole Junkie: The Custom Kicks of Steven Cedre – Graffiti inspired custom shoe designs by Steven Cedre.

Sole Provider: Thirty Years of NIKE Basketball – A history of Nike Basketball and related sneakers.

The Sneaker Book: 50 Years Of Sports Shoe Design – Features advertisements dating back to the 1940s.

Where’d You Get Those? – One of the first and best books published on sneakers.

SOLE JUNKIE BOOK – HOLIDAY SALE!

// December 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Events, news, publications

Sole Junkie Book. $19.95 for a limited time.

Sole Junkie: The Custom Kicks of Steven Cedré is a beautifully bound, museum-quality coffee-table book. It celebrates the artist’s work, his vivid imaginings, painted on a canvas of shoes, set to a pictorial backdrop of the visionary history of graffiti. The idea was to lay some pavement under the path of this truly intriguing brand of modern art.

For those not familiar with his work, Sole Junkie custom kicks are born in the true spirit of Hip Hop — building on what’s at hand and turning it into something entirely new. The artist focuses on his Latin heritage and his childhood experiences in the Bronx, the birthplace of Hip Hop. Images of Tito Puente, Notorious B.I.G., Pedro Albizu, and Celia Cruz grace his these wearable masterpieces. His kicks have made appearances everywhere from Fortune 500 company boardrooms to concert stages worldwide.

*20% off until December 31, 2009. Free shipping is valid for items shipping to U.S. addresses. Offer limited to 5 books per customer.

My XBOX Alpha dunks on G4TV! Look carefully and peep the rest too!

// May 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Events, Sneakers, Videos, news, publications

Here is the site that started the silly talk about my kicks:

// May 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Events, Sneakers, news, publications

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Limited Edition Xbox 360 Shoes

A new pair of Xbox-themed sneakers will break both the bank and your willpower.

by Chris Iaquinta

May 12, 2009 – We’ve seen a lot of ridiculous console merchandise come across our desks here at IGN Gear, and while there are an infinite number of excessive products, thankfully they retail at prices that aren’t going to make you feel like you were left unguarded in a prison shower for five minutes. Today, unfortunately, that trend ends as we’ve been made aware of Xbox-themed shoes that cost more than six Xbox 360 Elite consoles. Do they interact with your games? Nope. Do you get free DLC by purchasing them? Nah. Will they result in you getting into a fight with the kid wearing the PS3 leather jacket? Winner winner chicken dinner!

The Xbox 360 Controller Shoe is designed to compliment the look of Microsoft’s premiere gaming system, all for the low low price of $2,500. Yep, that is not a typo. Here’s how the official description reads:

“These are an exclusive pair…only one of its kind. Patent leather back with embedded fiber optic wiring in the shape of the XBOX logo. Battery placement is in the tongue as well as on and off switch that has 2 settings: Strobe or Constant light functions. Gradient lime swoosh faded to black. The toe is painted in a surreal Tiger Camouflage with accents of lime and bright green. These are a men’s size 11.”

We don’t know when strobe lighting for shoes started costing more than what we paid for our first car, but whatever. The bottom of the shoe contains the familiar Xbox 360 controller button layout, but the damn things are useless. You would think that for this price tag that you could at least USB these bastards into your system and log your worst game of Uno ever. Fat chance.
So now you’re presented with a choice, get an Xbox 360 Elite console, 56″ HDTV and decent 5.1 surround sound system, or…the most excessively priced shoes ever likely produced by a group of oppressed children. Choose wisely.

Check out the eBay auction here.Yahoo! Buzz

Yahoo article on XBOX Alpha Dunks…Thank you Yahoo and all Haters!

// May 16th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Events, Sneakers, Uncategorized, publications

May 14 11:25 A.M.

Yup, they cost $2500

Some console fans will spare no expense to show their loyalty to their chosen brand, but we’re guessing the $2,500 price tag of these one-of-a-kind Xbox-themed sneakers will make even the most committed Microsoft devotee think twice.

The custom shoes — which aren’t endorsed by Microsoft or Nike — are handmade by Sole Junkie, a California-based artist who specializes in customized sneakers. And they’re not the most expensive ones he’s ever made. “I have made shoes with 22k gold and diamonds on them,” he told us in an interview. “I look at my creations as functional art…not just ordinary sneakers.”

That would be functional in shoe terms, not in a gaming sense. Although you might hope that the $2,500 price tag would buy you cool Xbox interactivity, there’s no hidden hard drive or controller functionality. Instead, the Xbox logos light up, courtesy of embedded fiber optics and a hidden switch.

According to Sole Junkie’s eBay auction, “These are an exclusive pair…only one of its kind. Patent leather back with embedded fiber optic wiring in the shape of the XBOX logo. Battery placement is in the tongue as well as on and off switch that has 2 settings: Strobe or Constant light functions. Gradient lime swoosh faded to black. The toe is painted in a surreal Tiger Camouflage with accents of lime and bright green. These are a men’s size 11.”

Will they sell? He seems confident. “I have had offers already. They mention the beauty and artwork in it, not the price tag. Don’t know how serious the buyers are so far.”

But surprisingly, many Xbox fans aren’t overjoyed at his work. “The video game community hates the price and the fact I may have taken a beloved iconic gaming system and butchered it,” he told us. “On the other hand, I’ve had very positive responses from others…more than negative ones.”

So, $2,500 shoes that do nothing? We’ll pass. But if your collection of gaming memorabilia isn’t complete without this unique footwear, don’t let us stop you from jumping in.

Buzz up!