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Skint & Demoralised - The Thrill of Thirty Seconds
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Check out this crackin’ new tune from Sheffield outfit Skint & Demoralised. This, their debut single, is released on 17th November, ‘The Thrill of Thirty Seconds’, and is out on London indie label Another Music = Another Kitchen and is limited to 500 7″ vinyl.
For more info check out their website www.skintanddemoralised.co.uk
Puma 1978 Easy Rider trainers reissued
Monday, November 3rd, 2008The word ‘trainers’ doesn’t seem to do justice to the Puma Easy Rider. In its day, it was a cutting-edge running shoe.
And that day was 1978. 30 years on and these rugged shoes are back on the market, packing those same rugged soles for running in the wilds - or just jogging to the local [...]
MIA - Paper Plane
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008This tune has been around for a while now but it’s sh*t hot so I thought it was worth a post. Did you know that MIA also likes her sneaks…back in 2005 she customized a batch of Reebok Classics!
MIA’s custom Reeboks from 2005
Preacher Man Rhyme - Barley at his best!
Monday, October 20th, 2008Taking a trip back to 2005 with this one. Taken from the Chris Morris Genius series that was Nathan Barley featuring both Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding from Mighty Boosh. For more info on the Nathan Barley series click here - Nathan Barley. FRJ
Chase & Status Feat. Kano - Against All Odds
Friday, October 17th, 2008Check out this cool new tune from Chase & Status sampling Incredible Bongo Band ‘Apache’ break and recruiting London’s Kano into the mix. Classic UK hip hop from this Drum & Bass outfit…FRJ
Check out Chase and Status myspace page for more info - www.myspace.com/chaseandstatus
What Nike 6.0 were made for!
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008The title says it all!! This pic is of an unknown female rider hitting a line at Glentress Freeride Park near Peebles in Scotland. For more pics from SXLAWS’s Pink Bike photo album click here. FRJ
Night of the Wolf - Chicago B Boy Style!
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Check out this cool B Boy video backed by Night of the Wolf by the Al Foster Band. I have a copy of the original 7″ on Roulette Records (1975) and was just checking it’s current Value when I came across the vid. Apparently it’s sold recently on Ebay for £100! Not [...]
Nike Air Whistler - A hard working shoe!
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Although my Etnies and Vans do a great job on the street sessions and even dirt jumping. When it comes to going big on the trails there’s only one shoe for me - the Nike Air Whistler.
Introduced in the UK in 2006 with very limited distribution and only produced for one season. The [...]
Air Jordan Sneaker Head By Kim D
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008Check out this cool vid…one for all you Nike fans out there.
FRJ
The street sessions / Nike Air Force 1
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Headed out for our usual street session in Manchester last night…chilling at Urbis waiting for the rest of the dudes to show when my mate rocks up on his Spooky pimping a pair of rather cool Nike Air Force 1 ‘82 that he picked up in New York last week…very nice! FRJ
Manchester Street Session / Nike Dunks
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Well, the rain stopped just long enough last night for us to get into town for our weekly mountain bike street session. Pretty mellow session but managed to get a couple of nice roll backs down a double set of steps next to M&S. Bumped into a couple of trials riding [...]
From Hacienda FAC-51 to Adidas Campus
Saturday, June 21st, 2008Well this isn’t really the most appropriate 1st post for a freesports blog but hey, I had never even heard of freesports back in the day when I was going down the Hac. Before I discovered freesports I got my kicks at clubs like the Hacienda, Konspiracy, Quadrant Park…this was 1989/1990. Footwear of the day [...]