Friday Freshnossity: Converse Gates

The Converse Gates just showed up in three bright colorways yesterday on Converse.com. I'm feeling the Blue/White for UK games....I might pick order a pair after the big win against Florida on Saturday. WE BELIEVE...

...Anyway, as I was saying, the Gates is a skate ready shoe that features a nice herringbone traction pattern on the outsole.  As you will see in the last picture, the Gates also features a very nice thick and comfy looking ankle area.  

 

FRIDAY...that is my new favorite word.  Anyway, thanks for checking out the Converse Blog!  Don't forget to follow along on Twitter @TheConverseBlog.com

'S Friday Flashback: University of Kentucky Practice Jersey.

What a difference a year makes.  This time last year people were looking forward to the second year of Billy Gillispie.  We had just finished our surprising run that got us into the NCAA tournament and Coach Gillispie had just won Co-Coach of the year in the SEC.  Now, today Gillispie is out as head coach at the University of Kentucky.  I've gone back and forth on this issue since midway through the season when we started dropping games like rain drops falling from the sky.






So who will replace Billy G?  Well I am not quite sure, but if it was up to me we'd go after Sean Miller of Xavier.  However, I am hearing that Billy Donovan is the #1 choice.  Oh well, there is a new conference for UK at 4:30 and Billy G is having his own news conference tomorrow morning at 11.  Sounds like chaos to me, but it sure is exciting.


So what does this have to do with Converse?  Directly, probably not much.  It's been well documented on this site that Kentucky is traditionally a Converse school.  I would love for Kentucky to return to Converse someday soon.  However, Kentucky is in the first few years of an 11 year contract with Nike.  I can dream can't I?  Which brings me to today's Friday Flashback, Converse Kentucky practice jerseys from what I think was the 1995-96 season.  


 

Check out Kentucky Sports Radio for all of your UK Coaching updates.  Thanks for checking out the Converse blog and enjoy the madness that is a coaching change at the University of Kentucky. 

Converse All Star Fresh Cut Grass Sample

Sorry for the lack of a Friday Flashback as I had to work yesterday and had to go to the funeral home before the dinner plans I had last night.  All of that resulted in no time to do a post yesterday.  However, I thought I would try to make up for that with a post today.  

I am not sure what the weather is like wherever you are, but here in Kentucky it's 70 and beautiful outside.  Heck, I even saw a few yard sales going strong this morning.  Which means it will only be a matter of time before the sound of lawnmowers strikes out across the bluegrass.  Speaking of grass, these sample Chuck Taylor All Stars are perfect.  With these shoes you can go ahead and throw out those beaters you've been mowing in for years because these shoes come with the grass stain build in.  You can have the comfort of new shoes without worrying about staining them green.

 

 

 

I am not sure if these will ever release, but it is a really interesting take on the All Star's. I also want to wish my Kentucky Wildcats good luck against the Gators of Florida, because we really need to win!  Thanks for checking out the blog and please tell everyone you know to check out The Converse Blog.

The Converse Blog's Weapon Wednesday

So I am sitting here watching the Magic and Cavs play from China, I can't wait for the season to start. Then I started thinking about the blog and I wanted to share a pair of Weapons that I got last week from the Converse store in Las Vegas. So I got my camera out and began to set up the shoes when I realized that my cable to connect to the computer isn't in the bag. So I am thinking it's back home, so it will just have to wait a little while. So I dug back into the files from Weapons that hlwxpno1 had up on TaoBao.

Patent leather is always a nice way to start off a Weapon, just as long as it's not over done. In this Weapon you'll see black patent leather in the heel and toe cap areas. This is a pretty simple design compared to some of the other samples that I've shown. As you will see, most of the shoe is an Aqua colorway.

Well just a quick hit with the pictures, I am supposed to be doing some Math homework. I am trying to get all my work done so I can get a good spot for College Gameday in Lexington, for the Wildcats and Gators match up. So thanks for stopping by and checking things out, tell all your friends and I see all again on Friday.