Featured HMNI artist and professional inker, Jun Cha, is dropping a pair of exclusive kicks limited to just 100.  This limited edition capsule represents Cha’s mastery of the black ’n grey tattoo style, crossing over into skateboard culture through the unique application of his illustrations on C1RCA’s footwear silhouette, the Hatchet.  The collaboration aims to unify [...]

Emerica x Beams x Ed Templeton team up once-again to create this shoe and tee pack with the Emerica laced shoe and a custom pocket tee.

The book that traces the roots of skate shoe culture is finally coming to the skate and sneakerheads of SF and LA. Prepare to see some new shoe designs that’ll be rehashing all the classics from the book! If you’re wondering why Simi Valley is on the to-do list, it’s because they have the best [...]

Some German skate heads I know (what up, Dirk) put in the time and created an amazing book about the history of skate shoes. Nike SB has decided to help push their product by sponsoring an exhibition at the Nike SB pop-up store in good ol’ Amsterdam. But you could have read as much from [...]

If Vans can come back from the brink to become a major player (pre-Geoff Rowley, their shoes sucked), and Nike SB is doing Dunks in old Airwalk colorways (black/turquoise/white), what’s stopping Airwalk from coming back? Vans owned the ’70s, but Airwalk was the king of skate shoes in the late ’80s/early ’90s, no question about [...]

No offense, I like Complex magazine, they do some very nice shoots and they’re always on top of shit, but their new issue has a big hole in it. (And I don’t mean that corny chick from Danity Kane. I know Complex is veering strongly toward Maxim, but c’mon, there must be more credible options [...]

SHIT IS DOPE! Yeah, I yelled it, WHAT?! I didn’t know Sieben skated so well.

Not really one way or the other with these… though the white ones are pretty fresh. Isn’t the whole 80s flashback thing over? Oh wait. Nope, no, it’s not. Keep ‘em coming. Available from Proper.

Just kidding. An old skate homie of mine, Dirk “Diggler” Vogel of the Euro skate mag Kingpin, called me out of the blue last weekend. (I’ll never forget the time he put me up on his couch in Frankfurt after I got the worst sunburn of my life the day before. Still owe him for [...]