Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Vickybaby's Feiyue Gallery
A big shout out to Vickybaby who has published an excellent album of Feiyue sneakers photos here at picturepush.com. Thanks Vickybaby! Here's two examples of her good work:
More Vintage Adidas Boxing Boots on Flickr
Another great pair from the collection of aucwd on Flickr. I'm still not sure what this model are called. Anybody know?
Monday, 27 July 2009
Vintage Adidas Boxing Boots on Flickr!
Oh my goodness me. Awesome! Flickr continues to be a great place to find some brilliant boot pics!
Friday, 24 July 2009
The End of an Era
The Hendon Mat Room is, at last, no more! Demolished a few weeks back, I hear. This is the end of an era for many a wrestler and, for old time's sake, here I am bridging on those now mythical mats!
It's not a shoe, it's a mania!
I happened to see a pair of these in town today and they certainly caught my eye. One side says "It's not a shoe" while the other says "It's a mania". At first I thought I was seeing a unique customisation but Google told me otherwise. That's a pity. It was much more appealing to think they might have been a one-off design, entirely personal to their wearer. Even so, I certainly agree with the sentiment!
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Objects of desire
These fantastic classic-style adidas boxing boots are on German eBay right now. Item number is 230358958531 if you are interested ;-)
From the Back of my Sneaker Cupboard #14
The truly awesome Adidas Box Champ Speed boxing boot, in the now-rare white with red and blue detailing. I remember Chris Eubank fighting in a pair of these bad boys.
Monday, 20 July 2009
Sunday, 19 July 2009
Patrick Boxing Boots on YouTube
I love this video and I really like these boots! And I wonder if this poster has been studying my own boot-film style! ;-)
Saturday, 18 July 2009
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Poll: best wrestling shoes
Here's a new feature I'm trying out. I need to know who you think make the best wrestling shoes!
From the Back of my Sneaker Cupboard #13
The Adidas Pretereo. Once available in several colours (black, blue, red and - for a very short time I think - white)but now rather hard to come by. Here is the red version.
Sunday, 12 July 2009
Wrestling catch-up
Not enough wrestling on here lately. So here's a great photo to start putting that right.
They're here!
This week I received two pairs of white slip-on plimsolls, one of the few plimsoll types not yet in my collection. More soon.
Not everyone's cup of tea, even among the plimsolling fraternity. But I like them.
Not everyone's cup of tea, even among the plimsolling fraternity. But I like them.
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Chucks That Suck #6
I'm resurrecting this occasional post because they are doing it again! This time, the "100 Cany Peepz" model. Even the name sucks.
No, no, no, no, no. These are bad.
No, no, no, no, no. These are bad.
Jeremy Scott Adidas Boxing Boots
So, another designer has taken a stab at redesiging the classic adidas boxing boot. This time, it's a leopard-skin retread of the the classic Box Champ Speed model, with a Tygun II style sole. What do you think?
It's nice to see that this classic boxing boot is still a source of inspiration but why do they have to come up with designs that only a woman would wear? And aren't there plenty of superb adidas boxing boots in their back catalogue that deserve a re-issue instead?
It's nice to see that this classic boxing boot is still a source of inspiration but why do they have to come up with designs that only a woman would wear? And aren't there plenty of superb adidas boxing boots in their back catalogue that deserve a re-issue instead?
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Plimsolls portraits
As I'm seriously into my white plimsolls right now, here's three black and white portraits of a pile of white hitop plimsolls, formerly sold at River Island (where only the lowtop version is now available, sadly) but now on sale at the ludicrously-named Mr Shoes chain, for the ludicrous price of £19.99.
Monday, 6 July 2009
More new plimsolls!
More white plimsolls to add to my growing pile, this time some Gardiner white hitops plimsolls purchased from www.cult.co.uk. An all black pair too (photos to follow soon). I love them, especially those etched toecaps.
Sunday, 5 July 2009
Today I am mostly wearing
....White Feiyue Hitops. Here they are, waiting for a train in the sunshine.
Thursday, 2 July 2009
The Return of Rucanor
Rucanor is a sports brand name I remember well from my youth, so it's interesting to see them making a return. Visit their homepage at http://www.rucanor.com/. These screengrabs show some of their re-issued/revamped sneaker line and some of the canvas plimsoll/baseball-style hitops are really taking me a long way back. These are shoes I really coveted when I was a lad.
The only downside - they don't yet appear to be available in the UK. Sort it out, Rucanor!
The only downside - they don't yet appear to be available in the UK. Sort it out, Rucanor!
Today I am mostly wearing
...white Feiyue lowtops.
This second shot shows the contrasting colour and texture of the rubber toecap, sidewall and sole.
This second shot shows the contrasting colour and texture of the rubber toecap, sidewall and sole.
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Bridging in red
Nice bridge there but I don't think it's going to save him.
Nice to see those vintage adidas shoes still in action - especially those great red Adidas Pins.
Nice to see those vintage adidas shoes still in action - especially those great red Adidas Pins.
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