Breaking all preconceived notions about basketball footwear, the Nike Kobe VII System Elite brings a custom element to the highest level of performance. This shoe comes with the Attack Fast insert designed for high-velocity play, featuring low-profile Nike Zoom for lightweight cushioning and a responsive ride. Super-light carbon fiber in key areas provides stability and quicker reaction time, and innovative Kevlar-infused Flywire on the upper offers incredible support and lockdown. Plus, Nike Pro Combat-inspired padding enhances comfort and delivers excellent impact protection.
The project, titled VICE, will be hosted by the company’s founder Shane Smith, who will executive produce the series with current HBO host Bill Maher, VICE’s creative director officer Eddy Moretti with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria consulting.
“VICE has emerged as a premier new media brand through a savvy combination of irreverence, smarts and fearlessness,” HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said. “We are excited to offer a forum for their groundbreaking style of news coverage and look forward to a show that’s like nothing else on TV.”
The series will spotlight the VICE brand’s unique and youthful angles on domestic and international news. The cable show is just the latest move in the company’s bid to expand its multiplatform reach beyond its print magazine, which has included vice.com, an international network of digital channels, a television production studio, a record label, an in-house creative services agency and a book publishing division.
I love wine. And I love bikes. Don’t get me started on either or I will geek out and you’ll see a side of me that acts like a kid again. Thus, a friendship with my brother from another, Carlo, was born one night while out watching some live music with a mutual friend. I made the mistake of getting on the subject of wine and how much I loved it. I probably said and acted like I knew more than I did… Then I asked Carlo for his last name. He replied, “Mondavi.” Yeah. THAT Mondavi… Carlo Mondavi, of the Mondavi winemaking tradition, founded by his grandfather Robert Mondavi… After I took my foot out of my mouth, we became fast friends and always talked about needing to take our friends from all walks of life on a cycle trip up to Napa. We had a plan, and I even offered for me and my buddy Jake Sinclair from my band to play some sort of a stripped-down show at a venue up there. It was ON. The plan started cultivating and Carlo dug in….
We would call it the Prohibition Tour. A two-wheeled tour with friends from various walks of American life with the single mission of enjoying the ride to Napa Valley, home of the Mondavi Estate and other winemaking operations that we’d see firsthand while sampling some of the best wine in the world.
Our journey to get there begins in LA, where introductions are made and the itinerary established. We’re not all friends yet, but we will be. That’s how road trips work.
New York’s Illesteva have updated their classic Leonard shape to incorporate a cut-out frame and open lens design. Produced with a distinctive matte-olive frame, made from acetate and matched with dark lenses, which block out 100% of UVA and UVB rays; they have become the typically imaginative style from the brand.
Tokyo’s Diet Butcher Slim Skin are renowned as innovators and bring distinctive finishes to classic styles from the streetwear scene. Their low-top sneaker for spring/summer retains the brand’s chunky 1980s styling, but is presented in a rich, black and purple colorway.
Made from grained premium leather, the boot features a padded ankle and tongue. Built onto a retro-inspired, hard-wearing rubber sole, the sneakers have a contrast midsole and are finished with thick black laces.
On May 22nd, 2012, the world’s second tallest tower is set to open in the eastern capital of Japan. The self-supporting ‘Tokyo Skytree’ stands at a height of 634-meters (2,080 feet), surpassed only by the 828-meter Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE and beating out the 553-meter CN tower in Toronto, Canada and the 600-meter canton tower in Guangzhou, China, making it the world’s tallest free-standing broadcasting structure.
The Nike Zoom Hyperdunk Elite is designed for the competitive player who demands pinnacle high-end performance with exceptional lockdown and responsiveness in a lightweight package. Engineered with state-of-the-art materials and advanced technology, this shoe features a Flywire upper infused with Kevlar for consistent stability and enhanced support. Super-light carbon fiber in the midfoot combines with Nike Zoom in the heel and forefoot for the ultimate in lightweight responsiveness, while Nike Pro Combat-inspired padding offers dynamic impact protection.
Hear Charles Williams, Nike Basketball Senior Product Line Manager, talk about the shoe.
Bonnaroo and YouTube announce Bonnaroo365. Set to launch on May 7, 2012, Bonnaroo 365 will take the approach of the festival that Rolling Stone named as “one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll” and evolve it from an annual terrestrial event into a digital entertainment destination. Themed around the pursuit of “Good Stuff,” the literal meaning of Bonnaroo, the channel will feature talent-driven episodic originals, daily comedy and music programming as well as an archive of legendary festival performances. All of it curated and produced by the Bonnaroo producers.
“Bonnaroo has always been about much more than four days on the farm in Manchester, TN,” said festival co-founder Jonathan Mayers. ”Our fans are virtually together all year long. We not only want to give our core community a great entertainment destination, but we want to reach the audience out there that thinks like us, but perhaps can’t always make the trip each June.”
Like the festival itself, besides music, a large part of the channel’s offerings will tap into Bonnaroo’s connection to comedy, film, adventure and the pursuit of artistic expression. Bonnaroo 365 will also maximize the festival’s close relationship with talent and its strong social media footprint, creating a new bridge for fan access and appreciation. Additionally, Bonnaroo 365 will be the exclusive home for backstage and behind the scenes content shot on-site at Bonnaroo, which takes place this year from June 7 – 10.
The Hundreds present the second delivery of The Hundreds Summer 2012 Footwear collection. The second delivery of the The Hundreds Summer 2012 collection features four shoes in new color ways: The Johnson Low is available in black/grey clay, The Johnson Mid in charcoal and cream, The Riley High in charcoal, and The Scully in red.
These new styles are available at The Hundreds Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Santa Monica flagship locations, as well as authorized retailers on Thursday, May 10th, 2012.
Oregon’s Matthew Kearney caught our attention this morning during our regular morning struggle waking up in a rainy NYC. His feel-good video “Ships In The Night” is off his 2011 album, Young Love. The video came about with Kearney and his team asking fans for help on finding symmetrical locations to shoot (bridges, landscapes, tunnels, buildings, etc.) The final cities came down to these: Kansas City, Colorado Springs, Denver, Aspen, Missoula, Salt Lake City, Spokane, Seattle. Watch the end result above.
