With all the attention being paid to the hate-it-or-love-it Air Jordan Force (AJF) series, it’s been interesting to see a few of the original Air Jordan hybrid trickling in: the Air Jordan Dub Zero.

These feature the higher-contrast laser-etched panels, with the white imprints offering a stark impression on the black side panels.  We figure any bright colour would work well with this simple dichotomy as the base, and the golden touch of maize is far from corny.  These joints are set for a wide release sometime after June of this year, but Sole-Locker has sizes 8.5-11 now.  Via SC

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Whether they’re truly “The Best of Both Worlds” is entirely up to your opinion, but there’s little doubting the polarizing nature of the Air Jordan Force series.  Fusing together the classic Nike Air Force 1 with various models from the Air Jordan series, the AJF series is back at it again with the Air Jordan Force IX.

Released after MJ’s first retirement during the 1993-94 NBA season, the Air Jordan IX is perhaps one of the more forgettable releases in that epic series, but Jordan Brand seeks to remedy that with this University of North Carolina-inspired makeup.  There’s a nice balance between the white upper, black tongue and carolina blue midsole.  We’ll leave it up to you to argue the virtue of the remaining design elements, and you can find a ton of pictures after the jump.  No word on a solid release date as of yet, so check with Sneaker News for more info.  Via FatboyKickz

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“It’s the Juggernaut, [trick]!”  Or at least that’s what Reebok would have us believe.  Having touched on the Marvel character in name only, it’s not surprising that RBK is putting together a new set of superhero-inspired kicks.  The Reebok Sir Jam Super Hero Pack comes in a black shoe with red, yellow and lime green accents, while a white pair opts for grey and black contrasting notes with a little bright orange for a ‘pop’.  It’s your guess against ours right now, as no one’s exactly sure whose powers these colourways evoke, but they’re both quite solid, irrespective of the mystery.  Feel free to call upon the teleportation powers of the internet and cop a pair or two from mita.

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Nike Sportswear just released a few nice shoes for the ladies out there, one of them is the above women’s Dunk High. They are perfect for Spring with pastel colors and smooth suede on the uppers. Adding to the cleanliness of the shoe is the perforated swoosh in place of the usual stitched in swoosh. A matching women’s Dunk Low with a perforated swoosh was also recently released. Look for these now at Nike retailers including Nike Sportswear at 21 Mercer Street in New York and on nikestore.com.

Color: White/White-Pale Blue-Sail
Style: 345019-111

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With a number of sick Terminators releasing this year, Nike has just released a nice low top version of the sneaker.  It features a simple, but patriotic colorway of red, white, and blue combined with a purple side panel.  The heel contains a striped red, blue, and purple design with “Nike” written in the Terminator’s signature font.  This sneaker is available now at Atmos as well as select Nike retailers.

More images below…

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Nike Sportswear’s Fall 2009 Collection will include this Haystack Pack shown here that consists of a Terminator Hi Premium and a new model, the Talache AC Low, at a Supreme level. The Talache AC Low fuses the Nike Talache upper with some slight changes onto a vulcanized midsole and outsole, it’s also believe that the Zoom Air which was featured in the Nike Talache will not exist on the vulcanized Talache AC. Both shoes use Haystack and Beach as colors for the pack of shoes. Both pairs should be released during the second half of 2009. via Guillotine

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The sneakers that Nike puts out for Women get better and better by the season and the newest pack to be released for the ladies is this Pucci Pack which consists of a Court Force and Vandal Low. The pattern used on the shoe’s are inspired by Emilio Pucci’s geometric pattern. Both sneakers feature the use of White as the base color with various hits of Mint and Liquid Lime, the Court Force High even uses some Metallic Gold. Additionally both sneakers feature the use of satin and patent leather, lastly a nice Gold bow-shaped dubrae is used to make these sneakers stand out. They are available now via select Nike Sportswear retailers as well as the Kix-Files Online Store.

Nike WMNS Court Force High – Pucci Pack
Style: 316117-173
Color: White/Metallic Gold-Mint-Liquid Lime

Nike WMNS Vandal Low – Pucci Pack
Style: 312492-104
Color: White/Jetstream-Mint-Liquid Lime

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Over the years, SBTG has truly become a force to recon with in the world of custom sneakers; both in terms of quality/creativity as well as market share.  The success and popularity of the recent Dead Generals Dunks and the demand that has been growing for SBTG’s one-of-a-kind custom kicks has prompted him to put together a broader selection of designs and quantities for this Spring’s collection.  Two themes that should be familiar to SBTG fans will be available in a more D.I.Y. context.

The first series of note available from the deft hands of SBTG is the SAWTOOTH Dunk Series, which draws a design cue from the SBTG x Phu “Death From Above” collaboration that come out back in 2008.  Sticking with his fondness of military themes, the SAWTOOTH series of Dunk Lows features the type of shark teeh design that you may recognize from American war planes during WWII.  Along with the shark teeth comes an Acid Pop twist with metallic accents, bright colors and leopord-like animal prints.  These SAWTOOTH Dunks will be available in four schemes; Instinct, Bloodspot / Sable, Royal / Mono, Venom & Teal and straight up Venom.  The availability of these will be a little more open-ended than typical SBTG releases, and with a price tag of $450.00.

Also available will be a monotone twist to the SBTG x Lazy Paramount Dunk, titled “White Noise”.  This Dunk Low is adorned with premium Gucci selvage denim along with a black and white Palestinian Shemagh and a reptile-textured Swoosh.    Both the SAWTOOTH and White Noise Dunk Lows are available on a made-to-order basis, so you shouldn’t have too much trouble getting your hands on a pair.

This time around, SBTG will be mixing up his selection with some 1 of 1s in the form of four Air Max 90s.  Dubbed the “Shark Attack Air Max 90,” all four pairs feature similar designs to the SAWTOOTH Dunk Lows utilizing a teeth design, animal print and vivid colors.  These will NOT be available on a made to order basis, so grab them while you can because once they are gone, they are gone.

This myriad of great designs fresh off the desk of SBTG are available now on RoyalFam’s Website, and be sure to peep all the rest of the designs after the jump.

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Last month, we previewed the return of the original Nike Air Mowabb, a classic model who’s iconic colorway has been lent to a variety of Nike models over the last year or so to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ACG line. To coincide with the quickstrike re-release of the original, the ACG Wildedge and Air Magma have been given the Mowabb treatment, both adopting the legendary cream/royal/mandarin colorway.

Sneakerheads can’t seem to get enough of this color combo and this pack is proof that it’s almost impossible to get wrong. Choosing both an old and newer Nike model was a nice way of spreading the Mowabb-love and we can only hope the trend continues for the rest of the year. Both pairs are available now at New Jersey sneaker haven, Packer Shoes. Check out more pics after the jump, as well as a look at Packer’s ultra-cool vintage Nike tag-inspired business cards.

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Since we reported on the Nike Dunk High x Nylon Magazine yesterday, our sister site nitrolicious.com who’s covering NY Fashion Week caught them right outside the Donna Karen Fashion show today. The above is actually a yellow pair that was not in our post yesterday and with these close up photos we can see clearly the tongue tag is co-branded with Nylon Magazine’s logo. The uppers are also slightly different from the regular nylon Nike Vandal inspired Nike Dunk High, the Nylon Magazine editions feature additional tonal graphics which we believe spell out “NYLON”. This colorway is rumored to release this coming June 2009, stay tuned to Sneaker News for more info. Via nitro:licious

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We’ve already given you a couple looks at the 2009 Black History Month Air Force 1, but now we finally get a look at some detailed close-ups. Thanks to these new images, you can really get a great view of the laser etched “100″ graphics on the upper and the details on the tongue and heel tags. Also more noticeable are the red and green stitching and the green bottom eyelet and piping around the tongue. As we told you, these sneakers are not released for retail and only given to a select few, so unfortunately this is probably the closest look most of us will ever get.

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No stranger to chaos, Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens gave the word new meaning as he sported a pair of Nike Zoom Kobe IV Chaos Editions during the Celebrity Basketball Game at NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix. T.O. threw down a monster dunk off the glass en route to his second straight Celebrity MVP honor. Owens recently parted ways with Jordan Brand and it just so happened that the Kobe IV Chaos was a perfect fit for some obvious reasons, not mention that it matched the uniform’s color scheme.

T.O. was not the only one at All-Star weekend making the Kobe IV’s look good.  During the All-Star Game broadcast, TNT’s Craig Sager held up a pair of red All-Star Kobe IV’s and gave the shoe some serious love. Meanwhile, Kobe was busy showing off the pair on his feet as he scored 27 and shared a Co-MVP award with former teammate/rival Shaquille O’Neal.

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