The Converse Blog: Olympic Dwyane Wade Team Signature Bird's Nest Edition!

As you all know Team USA took home the gold during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and if you read this blog often then you know that Dwyane Wade was rocking fresh united we rise colorways of his Wade Team Signature shoe for this year. Throughout the Olympics he wore two main colorways of the shoe, one that was released in limited numbers to the general public and another that was not released. Well recently I found picture and video evidence of a 3rd Olympic Wade Team Signature shoe and this one pays tribute to the Bird's Nest or Olympic Stadium in Beijing. Here are some pictures from a TaoBao auction and a video from StackTV featuring Michael DiTullo talking about the Wade Team Signature below.














Well that's it for today, thanks for checking out the blog and I hope to have some exciting news to share with you all soon. Stay tuned!

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Just like me, these pics are a little late. Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, it just completely slipped my mind. I also meant to post these pics closer to when they actually happened, but these are from Dwyane Wade Olympic Gold Medal celebration in Miami. The kids and Wade are rocking special Gold medal make up Wade Converse Shirts. Making use of Gold and Wade's number 9 that he wore in Beijing.

I don't know if any of these shirts will be for sale online or not...if they were going to be they probably would have by now. Either way, they're both pretty cool and those in attendance that day got a pretty limited edition t-shirt. Well that's it for Tuesday, but check back tomorrow for Weapon Wednesday!

The Converse Blog's Argentina's Bronze Medal Game.

While the Gold and glory of 2008 Beijing Olympic games went to Team USA, however there was another team playing for a Bronze medal early Sunday morning. As I previously showed, three players from Team Argentina wore the Converse 0100 during the games in China. Below is a close up picture of the shoe. Take notice of the flag for Argentina on the shoe's Tongue, this is a very nice touch to an amazing looking shoe. After that are a few pictures below from the Bronze medal game







These Olympic games were a blast and I really enjoyed them. By the way, how about Dwyane Wade in the gold medal game, the season can't get here soon enough. Thanks for checking out the blog.

The Converse Blog: Nike International Heros United We Rise Convers Dwyane Wade Basketball

As you've seen other places, this year for the Olympics Nike, Jordan, and Converse have joined forces for the United We Rise collection.  Shoes for Lebron, Melo, and Wade feature the design on the back of the USA jerseys.  Along with the shoes are a set of basketballs that feature the logos of each superstar, their company, and designs from the jerseys.  Here is some more information on the ball below.

Redemption is motivation enough for Dwyane Wade. Battling back from injury the past two seasons, and a disappointing performance from Team USA in 2004 in Athens, Wade has already helped turn this year's USAB team around. During the USAB Olympic exhibition tour, Wade led the team in scoring (18 ppg) and made several plays to remind us of the Dwyane Wade that was the NBA Finals MVP in 2006.

To celebrate Wade and USAB trying to reclaim the throne as the top team in the world, Converse has issued a limited edition "United We Rise" WADE basketball. It features the "United We Rise" veneered graphic, as well as Dwyane Wade’s lasered signature.

The limited edition ball will retail for $30 and will be available at Eastbay.com, Niketown, and select Champs.

You can find the ball at Eastbay and Champs.  You can also find the United We Rise Dwyane Wade Team Signature shoe at Eastbay, Champs, and Niketown.  Big thanks to the fine people at the Converse Basketball PR team for sending me this beautiful basketball.  I don't even want to take out of the box, which also features the design from the USA Jerseys.  Everyone is talking about the way Team USA took down China yesterday, but what seems to be overlooked is Dwyane Wade's performance.  Articles will tell you how he led Team USA in scoring, but he did while shooting 100% from the field and the line.  I know it's just one game, but every game I see him play this summer he gets better and better.  This upcoming season is going to be a blast.  Thanks for stopping in and checking out the blog.