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It took Gino Iannucci over a decade to earn a pro model that doesn’t even feature his name, but Paul Rodriguez took a more direct route to his Nike SB signature series. Born one day after LeBron James and just before the start of 1985, P-Rod joined Swoosh skateboarding in 2004 and had his first sigs out on store shelves before he was legal to drink. A little over half a decade later and the P-Rod series has evolved to an annual cycle not totally dissimilar from Nike Basketball’s ‘big three’ or the Air Max running series, his latest echoing the kind of subtle shapeshifting we’ve seen from the Zoom Kobe line in recent years. The Nike SB Paul Rodriguez 6 is closer to the 5 than any other P-Rod is to its predecessor (save possibly the 2 and 2.5), a sleek yet formidable design that takes last year’s LunarLon-cushioned body and makes it more angular, especially thanks to the Huarache-like heel counter cutting into the side panel Swooshes. These should hit retailers some time in the second half of next year, so click through to see five upcoming pairs and stick with Sneaker News for all the P-Rod 6 SB release dates. via N-SB.
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You might’ve spotted the new Jordan Brand box-tags when we gave you another at the Air Jordan IV White/Cement last week, but during a special Nike/Jordan footwear event in China, a look at the new packaging was presented during the media presentation. Gone is the Black/Grey box (one that’s been with us since 2006) and arriving in 2012 is a new era of how to store your kicks neatly in your closet; it has a tonal black outer facade with an oversized Jumpman logo on the upper face. The box-tags will also be different as well, with three different colors denoting Training (Blue), Lifestyle (Red), and Basketball (Red) performance. Check out the extra shot below and stick with Sneaker News for more updates on Jordan Brand’s planning for 2012. via hoopchina.
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The ‘Memphis Express‘ and ‘Memphis Blues‘ PE colorways of the Nike Zoom Rookie were special requests made by Penny Hardaway – he wanted matching shoes for his upcoming charity exhibition basketball games. Those 1-of-1 PEs are in the sole ownership of Penny, but the most recent Zoom Rookie PE, a White/Silver pair worn by Penny during an All-Star charity game in China (which featured Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman), was given to a lucky spectator. This latest Penny-only PE features a White Foamposite upper with matte silver pods with a translucent outsole. To top it off, the Zoom Rookie PEs were autographed by Penny himself! Check out the extra shots of the White/Silver PE after the jump and let us know if you’d like for this colorway to release. via hk-kicks.
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They might not have as many models in the vault or narratives connecting those classics to today’s market, but Bodega’s Saucony Elite releases have managed to capture a corner of the sneakerhead market even during a time when there are more retro runners available than ever before. How did they manage to carve such a niche without most of the cutting edge gimmicks and hype? Sheer quality. All of the Saucony Elite releases have featured lush suede in rich yet rustic colors, and this new Saucony Elite Master Control is no exception. Split between glass blue and brick red with just a hint of rusty orange on the heel, these Master Control lowtops nail the vintage look with a cream colored midsole and gum bottoms, and suggest that this top-tier collaborative capsule has enough momentum to keep going strong into the next year. Click through to see more angles and stick with Sneaker News for updates on this February 2012 release. via CT
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Take out all the vowels from except from the leading ‘U’, open up a shop in the town’s upscale shopping district and offer some of the world’s most exclusive streetwear labels along with a selection of sneakers most stores would envy. Sounds like a recipe for opening another UNDFTD chapter store, and indeed LeBron James and company did take some of the best aspects of LA/LV’s biggest street fashion stars when they opened a new retail location in Miami’s Aventura Mall. UNKNWN opened its doors this weekend with a private event held just on the other side of the store’s Freegums-designed glass entry, a room that contains one of the coolest display walls anywhere in the world. Each shoe has an UNKNWN-branded iPad hanging on the wall to its right, where a video of the shoe being tried on among other highlights loop on the screen so you can get some extra perspective on your potential purchases. Click through to see more of what’s inside the store and let us know which is your favorite place to buy new kicks. via ITSB
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Sneaker News kicked off Monday morning by giving you the first look at Gino Iannucci’s new Nike SB pro model, and now we get a look at something else new that also has a strong connection to Swoosh skateboarding’s longtime core. This new Nike SB Dunk High comes in a darker camouflage than we’ve ever seen on its quarter-century-aged silhouette, but that doesn’t put a damper on the conversation they share with legendary drops like the Reese Forbes ‘Hunter’ or Brian Anderson’s 2006 San Francisco Giants-inspired design. A rugged canvas camo atop black suede means these will be just as good for serious skating as street-level concealment, and you can see more of this summer 2012 release after the jump. via N-SB
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NCAA student-athletes have continued to show off some of the best kicks on a basketball court as the season progresses, and this week’s crop, while a bit smaller than the previous weeks, still holds true to the fact that NCAA players have the most heat! To kick it off in a way that’ll have you a bit jealous, the Texas Longhorns sported the Nike Zoom KD IV ‘Nerf’ which released on Saturday morning in uber-limited quantities. Earlier last week, Marcus Jordan (MJ’s son) had his best game as a collegiate player while wearing the upcoming Air Jordan X ‘Chicago’. Those two sightings alone would make for quite the sexy gathering of sneakers, so check some of the footwear highlights from the NCAA games over the last week and let us know who you think rocked the best kicks! via ESPN/NT.
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The modern sneaker scene offers more retro releases than any other point in history, but there are times when the choices of what’s available seem a bit confusing. For example, the Air Jordan XII ‘Taxi’ is a beloved design, and it’s one that translates well to a lowtop variant, but some sneakerheads wondered why we got another ‘Taxi’ Low this spring when they’d already dropped back in 2003, while some of the OG Twelves still sit on the shelves. But that’ll change next year as we get three of the five originals including the ‘Bulls’ and ‘Obsidians’, along with this pair that was retroed in early ’04 and recently graced the cover of NBA2K10, the Air Jordan XII Retro ‘Playoffs’. This is the shoe in which Michael Jordan closed out the 1997 NBA Finals in Chicago after a heroic performance in Utah wearing the ‘other’ postseason XII that’ll forever be known as the ‘Flu Game’. These arguably have a better lifestyle appeal thanks to white instead of red mudguards paired with their black full grain leather uppers, but with the Obsidian pair also coming soon with the same blocking pattern, will you even be able to choose between them?! Click through to see more of the ‘Playoff’ AJ12s and stick with Sneaker News for all the 2012 Air Jordan Retro release dates. via Marquee Sole
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Upon our latest look at the Zoom Kobe VII ‘Cheetah’, we noted that this year is set to feature some of the craziest Christmas colorways ever seen, and here’s another New York Knicks PE that’s pushing the boundaries of what we expect from the NBA’s seasons greetings. Just as easily a St. Patty’s shoutout as a Christmas Day player exclusive colorway, this new Nike Air Max Sweep Thru unites Amar’e Stoudemirewith teammate Carmelo Anthony in their use of the Green Week/Kryptonate alternate coloring. The Air Max Sweep Thru loses it’s strap graphics on this pair and instead goes for a two-toned look that has the ‘AIR MAX’ script looking super crisp, and the shoe as a whole perhaps the most elegant in the model’s short history, despite the Oompa Loompa look. Click through to see more, let us know which is the best of the 2011 NBA Christmas Day sneakers so far, and look to pick these up along with a bunch of half-priced Hershey’s kisses on December 26th at Nike Basketball retailers like Sneaker Bistro.
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Nike SB veteran Gino Iannucci’s Dunk Low Pro designs are fondly remembered relics from the orange box era and his ‘Band Aid’ was sufficiently popular as to spawn another very similar design years later. So why after a decade of sliding and grinding for the Swoosh hasn’t Gino gotten a signature shoe of his own? Riders like Omar Salazar, Eric Koston and Paul Rodriguez have all reaped the benefits of a LunarLon-cushioned signature over the last year, and soon Gino will join the bunch, but in his typically understated style. The Nike SB Challenge Court doesn’t bear Gino’s name and is more of an unofficial ‘pro model’ than a true signature, but his design touches are all over this Court Force-meets-Harbour Mid built in suede and mesh with a sole that looks like it could have been copied from the Air Jordan 1, OG Dunk traction pattern and all. SB brought back the Bruin, then Nike 6.0 answered wth the LeShot and now we have the Challenge Court SB; which of Nike’s classic basketball or court shoes might be the next to parlay into a skate shoe? Gino’s is the next up, and you can see more of what to expect from the Challenge Court in 2012 by clicking on the jump below. via N-SB
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