Sneaker News Top 30 Sneakers of 2011
December 29th, 2011 by Aaron Kr. | 41 comments
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#24 – AIR JORDAN VII ‘YEAR OF THE RABBIT’
The ‘Year of the Rabbit’ began on February 3rd, 2011, and with it came, perhaps, the strongest collection of Chinese New Year-themed sneakers we’ve ever seen. Even before the turn of the lunar calendar, we saw Nike Sportswear come through with a couple of Tennis Classics and one of the most luxurious Air Force 1 Lows seen in quite a while, both in terms of materials and packaging, but as we all know, not many things get the sneaker world as excited as a special edition Air Jordan Retro and rumors were in the air. Right around that time in January, the Japanese retailer Kinetics collaborated with purveyors of sneakerhead hottie gear for a ‘Year of the Bunny’ tee that turned out to be an insightful foreshadow of things to come with their spotlighting of the Air Jordan VII ‘Hare’.
That model had most recently retroed as part of holiday 2008′s VII/XVI Countdown Pack, so if Jordan Brand was to revisit the Bugs Bunny-inspired look for the Year of the Metal Hare, a few changes would be needed to make this classic look fresh for the special occasion. The Air Jordan VII Retro ‘YOTR’ did just that, applying a slightly altered color scheme and premium materials, combined with luxurious packaging to create one of the highest quality Air Jordan Retros of 2011. Alongside the Air Jordan VII version, the ornate gold-on-red box also wound up housing an Air Jordan 2011, as well as the AJ2011 Q Flight that came a few months later. All were quite limited in nature, leading to high demand, especially for the Air Jordan VII, which remains a standout in the memorable 2011 Year of the Rabbit collection and one of the most sought after Air Jordan Retro releases of the year.
yall niqqas hella wack imma have to go wit da pewter foamposites or the electric blue foams very nice shoes bitches haha
Come on, banned one was crazy honestly a AJ 1 retro with nike tag and premium leather! thats always a good shoe in my book
the Pine pros imo...
Last Sneaker Con in NYC for 2011 cant wait for 2012 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bljG977aX40" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Jeremy scott adidas should not have ever made this list!
MJ don't need your p*ssy b!tch he on his own d!ck
pretty proud of my self this yr as a rookie sneakerhead... i allways had freash kicks but not this many.. my list goes 1.concords 2.bordeauxs 3.white cement,true blue,black cement,black history month (bhm),black flip retro 3s 4.space jam dunk lows 5.wolf grey,black metalic retro 5s 6.retro blue foamposite pro 7.air jordan 2011 black /black "the sleeper of the yr" many more cops but they didnt make the list tell me if i need to up my game or am i holdin us sneakerheads down...
The nike air "MAG's"
Skurrrt
Lebrons low all blak !
Banned 1s
I was the firsy person on youtube to review lebron 9 chinas miami night and the concords!
Oh yah, and you paid like $400 for the fake concords that Deftronic called you out on.
hell yeh dude got da fakea$$ concords alot of ther cords is fake foreal cnt tell unless u know watchu lookin for like me bruh hahahaha
congrats, go tell someone who cares
electric blue foams, cannon 9s, KD weatherman, pine greens, black cement
Bordeaux 7z should b number 1
NIKE AIR MAG #1
sb's shit on all of these. thats gonna be the shoe of the decade
My number 1 sneaker would have to be the wolf grey 5's fuck all that concord hype
Please don't put Concords as number 1, Concords deserve to be in the list but I feel as though they shouldn't even make the top 5, and remember Jordan Brand isn't the only brand that makes sneakers.
yes but Jordan and Nike are the most hyped/popular brands in the world, why would you do a top 30 on shoes that won't get the attention and ratings that these shoes do
These are my sneakers
what do u mean. Ur saying that alll of these are ur sneakernes? poor word choice
it was a great year, tooo bad it hurt money wise
i got Pewters, Pines, Black Cements, CONCORDS (OF COURSE)
Awesome pics and a great list. Nice job!!
Best list I've seen so far... Number 1 and 2 is a toss up tho. Let's do 1a, 1b.
Those Foamposites are Nice!
well i cant choose so im just going to choose the Nike Air MAGS , jordans retro 1 banned , lebron miami nights .
Concords
stealth 3s
must be a mexican
BHM 3's>>>>
LMFAO ! This nigga
lol...thanks for that laugh bro.
I CANT WAIT FOR THE JUST BLAZE SUPRAS TO DROP!!! IM COPPIN !!
NerfHandlez? Is that you?
i hate rick ross
this guy rides rick ross' dick so hard its scary gay