Texas Toast Vans??? YUP! Check out all the info on the Odyssey site.

Lotek just posted some new photos of Mike Hoder’s signature shoe. Check em out after the jump.

Continue reading The Hoder →

Empire teamed up with Vans to produce a vegan friendly run of the BMX Ruark shoe. Designed by Adam Roye and available on Empire’s online store.

Vegan friendly! full canvas upper, Vans BLC cupsole for decreased weight and increased flexibility, Vanslite midsole to help prevent heel bruising and improve comfort, WaffleGrip outsole, dual-layered ollie/tailwhip patch, double-stitched upper for improved durability, gusseted tongue, woven labels.

Check em out after the jump!

Continue reading Empire X Vans →

Wethepeople just posted a preview of a colab shoe they are working on with Vans. There’s not much info, other than the release date of June 2010, but keep checking the WTP site for more info because these shoes look really good!

The We The People guys have been cooking up a new shoe project for a while and just hit us with a preview of their new footwear brand – Almond. We’ll have more info soon, but for now, keep reading to check out a preview of the new shoes!

Continue reading Almond Shoes →

There’s been some info out and about in regards to Aaron Ross’ signature Etnies shoe colab with Odyssey, but Odyssey just threw up a photo book on their site with a bunch of photos of the shoe. I can’t decide if the footbed or the speckled are my favorite part of the shoe, but I am stoked they stayed true to the Aaron Ross color pallet. You can keep reading for a few photos of the shoe and check out the full flipbook on the Odyssey site.

Continue reading Aaron Ross X Odyssey X Etnies →

Win a free pair of Nike 6.0 MVRKS designed by Nigel Sylvester

Defgrip, Nigel Sylvester and Nike 6.0 are excited to offer you a chance to win a pair of Nigel’s Nike 6.0 MVRK shoes. To win the shoes, all you have to do is design a desktop wallpaper that includes the color purple and some elements of New York city, like building, skylines, or the subway. Get super creative and think of what kind of wallpaper you’d be psyched to have on your computer! The winner will be chosen by Nigel and the Defgrip crew and the top three entries will be available for download on Defgrip.

To submit your wallpaper make a design that is 1920 pixies wide by 1200 pixels tall at screen resolution (72dpi). All files must be submitted as jpg’s and you can send your entires to info@defgrip.net

The contest ends January 6th, so in order to be eligible to win, you must submit your designs by 11:59pm January 6th!

Continue reading Contest: Nike 6.0 & Nigel Sylvester →

Art and Sole is a group art show that opens tonight (Saturday, October 3rd) at El Kartel in Vancouver in conjunction with PF Flyers. The concept for the show was to take a pair of PF Flyers Center Hi’s and do whatever you want with them, resulting in some extremely creative and very different results. To go along with the project is a book showcasing each artist and the shoe they created. The book will be distributed all over to different PF Flyers retailers and it will also be available at the opening tonight.

Continue reading to check out a bunch of images of the shoes (including a pair I did!) and if you are in Vancouver, make sure to make it to the opening at El Kartel!

Continue reading Art And Sole →

Mike Hoder has a new video on the Lotek site as well as a new signature edition of the Mike Slims that are apparently beefed up for jumping down huge things. Check out the shoe after the jump and you can watch the video on the Lotek site.

Continue reading Mike Hoder →

The Come Up just posted an update about the Lotek Back To School 09 line that was just previews on the Lotek blog. Check out the whole line after the jump.

Continue reading New Loteks →

Click below to check out a pretty cool behind the scenes edit from a DC print ad photo shoot, which features Hucker, Tom White, Craig Mast and Rob Wise.

Via – Fit

Continue reading DC am ADvert / BEHIND THE SCENEs →

Another dope referral from Jason Eichhorst. I haven’t see this book yet, but judging by the click-through preview it’s incredible. The history of skate shoes goes further back than you may think, and this book catalogs all of it up to the present.

Go here to check it out.

Shadow and Lotek just dropped their Chase Dehart cloab shoe! They have a feature on the Shadow site with all the info and some photos.

Check it out here!

Rich just posted the Spring 09 Lotek line. Check it out!

Derek Adams just sent over another preview of a new Orchid shoe. This time it’s a new Cobra, Matt Berringer’s shoe! “This color is called None More Black, an obvious reference for any Spinal Tap fans. “How much more black can it get? None. None more black.”"

Check it out after the jump – Continue reading Orchid Cobra Preview →

There’s only a few hours left on our Auction to help Mike Aitken.

Click here to make your bid!

About a year ago Derek Adams asked if I would be down to do a custom pair of Vandever 2s for Orchid…

Continue reading TOOTHJUICE X ORCHID →

Over the passed few months, I had been working on a little shoe project with DVS. We initially started working on concepts using DVS’s Carson shoe (a nice standard shape with a vulcanized sole, but have decided to move to a different model). In the design process I received two sample from DVS, and we will be auctioning one of them off to help raise money for Mike Aitken and his family.

The shoe is a one-off sample, so it’s a size 9. Check out the auction here. The shoe is starting at $40, so get your bid on and help a fellow BMXer!

Click here for the auction and check out a bunch of photos of the shoe after the jump.

Continue reading Defgrip X DVS shoe Auction for Mike Aitken →

As you can see from the index page or any other site in BMX, the new Lotek shoes are out and that means our colab with Lotek on the Nightwolf Slim is available to purchase. From what I’ve heard almost all of the new Lotek’s are already close to selling out, so if you want a pair, make sure you act fast because once these shoes are gone, that’s it!