The forum has 5000+ registered members and besides an off topic, general sneaker and custom sneaker section sports a sneaker seeker section in which you can buy and sell your kicks.
If you are really serious about hunting down some rare sneakers, Sneaker Freaker offers a “Snkr Hunter” section in which they have reviews and addresses of sneaker stores all over the world.
Sneaker Freaker is the home base of all Australian sneakerheads and also the “first and only international sneaker magazine to document the modern footwear craze as a global phenomenon”.
Besides their website, the Sneaker Freaker team publishes a magazine twice a year. Printed on high quality paper with only a few ads and lots of space for their articles, photos and all the other dope stuff on sneakers and the culture. Back to their website. You can find the usual features like daily updated news, forum and articles on the Sneaker Freaker website. The articles on a variety of sneaker related topics and interviews with a lot of different people involved in the sneaker game are definitely worth checking out. Sneaker Freaker also has a section for art that presents artwork with sneakers in it.
Crooked Tongues is a sneaker portal with all elements one can think off. They have a pretty active forum, news which are updated nearly every day. Good feature articles every month and some cool community features like a sneaker gallery where you can display your collection.
You can write your own columns or check out a gallery of what people wear on the streets. Their presentation is different to other sneaker websites because the site is mainly in Flash which makes the feature articles more dynamic and rather small flash showcases than articles. Most of the features are accessible after you are logged in but registration is free and no big deal. Their online shop has some rare sneakers with gems like the Air Jordan I, Air Jordan XI low or Adidas Top Five. Crooked Tongues also have their own adicolor model which you can purchase in their online shop.
The Sole Collector / Iss forum is with more than 40000 members one of the largest resources for all kinds of sneaker related stuff.
Besides the mandatory forum and categories for all major brands like Nike, Reebok and Adidas, one highlight is “Custom Kicks & Restorations” where you can learn everything you need to get started with customizing your own sneakers. The forum has also a marketplace section to buy and sell sneakers.
Slam X Hype was one of the first sneaker websites out there that focused on bringing you the best news from all sneaker and streetwear forums, blogs, websites, stores and so on. They stay true to that and always have a fresh selection of news and exclusive reports from many of the world’s hot spots.
Alongside their features and interviews section they offer a lot of background information on the sneaker game and give insight to global street culture. They have a lot of interesting people in their blog rolls. As mentioned before Slam X Hype is not a pure sneaker website and features a lot of info about streetwear as well. Very fit mix and so often updated that you shouldn’t miss checking Slam X Hype regularly.
Immortalsole is a “sneaker speciality store” for lovers of classic sneakers. Great to see some people holding it up for the real classics. Some retros will never have the flavor of classic models.
Some shoes deserve to die. Some are so aesthetically challenged they should be strung up by their laces, taunted for several days then boiled in acid. Others are immortal and should be worshipped as gods.
Immortal Sole was created in 2004 by a couple of 30-something lads who never had the sneakers they deserved. When the classic styles were all the hype, they were pre-pubescent paper boys, banking £3.62 a week. By the time they’d saved up, the sneaks were either not cool anymore, or only available in a shop-soiled size 17. They bought the size 17’s in the hope that they’d grow into them. They never did, and stumbled around looking wack for years. These early mental scars, and the knowledge that 1000’s of people out there suffered the same traumatic experience, became the driving force behind Immortal Sole.
Bow down. Chow down. Toe candy never tasted so sweet.
Michael DiTullo is a successfull product and shoe designer who designed the 2006 Jordan B’2rue and 2006 Jordan Show’m.
Some words from Michael:
Online portfolio of Michael DiTullo, a designer at Brand Jordan. The site features past work, how to tutorials, Michael\’s design philosophy, and a list of usefull design links.
Jkickz offers all models sneakerheads love. Jordans, Airforce One , Dunks and Air Max are listed in their online store.
jkickz.com was established in 2001 by FL and AC, and has become one of the most popular places on the web. Our mission is to bring you the best quality shoes at the best prices and that’s why we travel all around the world regularly just to bring you folks rare authentic kicks to our site.
SneakerStop has all major Nike models and a very nice selection of Nike Air Max. They also sell on eBay and you can access their auctions through their website.
My name is Effi Avitan and I am the president of SneakerStop.com. We are located in Philadelphia and have been in the Footwear / Apparel business for over 15 years. We launched the site in May of 2003 first under the name JerseysandKicks.com and later on we changed it to SneakerStop.com. We specialize in what’s hot !!! No fluff pieces here, Air Force 1’s from all over the world, Dunk’s, Air Max’s, and of course Jordan’s. We offer free shipping on all US orders and the best customer service in the business.
The name of the company Nike originates from the Greek term νίκη [niki] - „victory“ and the Greek victory goddess “Nike”. Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded the company as “Blue Ribbon Sports” in the year 1962. One of their most successful shoes are the Nike Air Force One (the first Basketballshoe with Air cushioning in the sole, released 1982) and the complete AIR MAX Series (running shoes with air cushioning, released in 1987).
