Nabisco knew people were taking their Oreos apart and smashing the ‘winners’ together to make creamier cookies, so they lent their customers a hand with the Double Stuf.  That’s the idea here with the Air Jordan Flight 9: take some stuff the audience will love and trust and smush it all up for easy consumption.  Interestingly enough, these are at the top of most palatable Flight 9 colorways, and you’ve gotta wonder if this will be the pair that gets this design ‘in’ with sneakerheads.  They’ll be out later this year, and you can cop a sample size 9 pair today from cigar0330 on eBay.

Style: 395553-003
Color: Black/White-Black

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Thanks to Nike SB and Todd Bratrud, sneaker/botany enthusiasts have plenty to rejoice about this year as the 4/20 holiday festivities approach. The Skunk Dunk High Premium will be hitting the shelves of many Nike SB retailers tomorrow, ensuring that the tough choice between green and purple will now apply to your lacing preferences. Keep reading to check out our most thorough detailed look at the shoe yet, and don’t forget to take a break from tomorrow’s celebration to scoop up your pair of one of the most eagerly anticipated Nike SB releases in a while. Quantities are reportedly limited, so if you want to play it safe, cop yours now on eBay. Images via Dunkbar.

Style: 313171-300
Color: Black Forest/Vintage Purple-Pilgrim

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In the tomato-tomahtoe game that is this year’s lowtop LeBrons, one thing remains constant: a killer colorup can make a shoe all by itself.  This new Nike LeBron VII Low is one of the most interesting colorways for a LBJ ankle cut if just because it’s not common to see this black/grey/orange combo on Bron-Bron’s kicks.  This is a promising first look, then, and you can’t help but wonder how many amazing alternates and PEs we’d see if King James becomes a Knick.  Stay posted for updates on these and all LeBron VII Low release dates, and you can cop this size 9 sample early from cigar0330 on eBay.

Style: 395717-004
Color: Wolf Grey/Wolf Grey-Total Orange-White

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With nearly $200 million in career earnings and an NBA Championship ring, Ray Allen probably has a pretty excellent life.  Not the least of his blessings: this range of Air Jordan Icons PEs.  Ray-Ray shot the rock in every colorblocking pattern imaginable this season, some of which popped up in our ongoing NBA Feet column.  Boston’s Concepts is taking this a little more literally, with all seven of Sugar Ray’s Air Jordan Icons PEs on display at their flagship location.  Check out detailed shots of the entire set after the jump below, and if you’re in or around Cambridge, go enjoy the display @ CNCPTS.

Concepts
37 Brattle St.
Cambridge, MA 02138

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This new Nike WMNS Air Force 1 features simple colorblocking but reveals an interesteing design cue upon closer inspection. The upper toe contrasts with the remaining panels in that the toe features a patent leather while the rest cedes to the shinier material. The swoosh and miscellaneous trim features a hot pink coloring to give the neutral grey tone a bright pick-me-up. Our female readers can expect these to hit Nike retailers soon. via Dunk.

Style: 315115-009
Color: Medium Grey/Pink Flash-White

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The Nike Air Royalty is most recently known for the pastry-like Macarons Pack, in which five colorways of the Nike Sportswear silhouette were given a molded leather, no-sew construction. This new women’s colorway of the Nike Air Royalty Hi goes for a picnic-table motif, using a black/white checkered pattern on the tongue, toebox, and ankle. The checkered pattern features a softer appearance compared to, say, the classic checkering on the Vans Slip-On. This Nike WMNS Air Royalty Hi is now available for purchase at TGWO.

Style: 386169-002
Color: Black/White

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Nike Sportswear has released a new pack specifically for the females, this Qi Pao (Cheongsam) pack features a WMNS Blazer Mid Premium and two WMNS Terminator Low’s. The three shoes in this pack draw upon inspiration from the traditional Chinese women’s dress otherwise known as Qi Pao or Cheongasm, which is a tight body hugging dress that typically features various floral prints on it in addition to being made out of rich materials such as silk. The WMNS Qi Pao pack features a silk-like material upper printed with a floral print. The Blazer Mid Premium comes in Sport Red while the two Terminator Low’s come in Vivid Pink and Neptune Blue respectively. Word is that these are limited to Asia only unfortunately. via Dunk.com.cn

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Packs of sneakers have become popular in recent years in no small part because once you find a great colorblocking scheme, why *wouldn’t* you swap out different shades?  That’s the deal with this new Nike Air Force 1 Low, which features the same mix of perforated and patent leathers as the black joints we showed you on April Fools Day.  Instead of black this time, it’s a deep red whose shiny sections are supremely lustrous.  The black joints had an icey/smokey translucent outsole as do these, but Team Red is so deep that it’s more of a ‘hidden’ detail.  These Uptowns should hit retailers in late April/early May, but you can grab a pair early from FootSoldiers on eBay.

Style: 315122-601
Color: Team Red/Team Red

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This year marks the 75th anniversary  the Jack Purcell model being a part of Converse.  While we haven’t seen much of a celebration from the brand yet, we can see they’re putting a lot of energy for a Fall collection.  Expect to find some extra nice looking pairs as Converse is hitting the classic silhouette from all angles.  Expect to see premium leathers, canvas, and even Woolwich Wool as seen on the black JP Hi above.  No word on approximate releases, but keep in tune. via Acquire

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Summertime Air Jordan releases are often white and frequently feature bright accent shades, but this pair has that warm weather feel despite being mostly black.  The Air Jordan IX ‘Citrus’ was named for the select yellow/orange hits that manage, in combination with a white midsole, to make an otherwise pitch black shoe feel like you *should* rock it this summer.  They’re set to hit retailers in early July, so enjoy a big bunch of new detailed images after the jump and stick with Sneaker News for updates.  via Taobao

Style: 302370-006
Color: Black/Citrus-White

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Josh Smith has become an integral element to the Atlanta Hawks doing big things in the NBA Playoffs, and he knows it.  In fact, he has proclaimed to customize his own pair of TS Supernatural Commanders from miadidas.com for each round his team advances.  Here’s a look at the first pair he made, featuring a simple white upper with red medial panel, straps and inner lining – no surprise he went this direction as it goes well with the Hawks attire.  Also fitted on the shoes is the Hawks logo on the heel and ‘Our Time’ found on the middle strap, coming from his catch phrase that has been picking up since the postseason.  Smith has signed this pair and has recently put it up for  bidding at NBA Auctions, with all proceeds going to the Boys and Girls Club of Atlanta.

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Even if you have the black and varsity red pair, even if you have the white joints, hell, even if you have the OGs, anyone who’s remotely interested in Jays has gotta be pumped for the upcoming Air Jordan VI (6) ‘Infrared’ retro release.  If you grew up watching NBA on NBC Sunday afternoons, this is a shoe you saw every week during that “Spectacular move by Michael Jordan!”  This pair, then, is the figurative flip of the ball from right to left, a retro drop that is totally faithful to the OG (save ‘Nike Air’, of course).  Stick with Sneaker News for the Air Jordan VI ‘Infrared’ release date, and early adopters can grab a scant few samples size 9.5-10.5 from MarqueeSole.

Style: 384664-003
Color: Black/Black-Infrared

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