What a happy day it was last week when I walked into the Converse store in St. Augustine, FL. I had just left my car where the USA Women's Soccer team had just finished off Brazil in amazing fashion. Then I walked into the Converse store and noticed something extremely rare, a Converse employee wearing basketball shorts. Knowing that they always try to wear products avaliable, or recently avaliable, in the store my hopes began to grow. It was only a matter of seconds until my eyes found these new basketball shorts.
They come in four color combinations and feature pockets, which come in handy, and draw strings around the waist. They also feature the recently adopted corporate logo for Converse.
They aren't online at Converse.com yet, so you'll have to keep emailing them or find a Converse store near you.
Converse has really been playing around with the classic Chuck Taylor over the last few years with some pretty interesting results. The latest is the Converse Remix. The remix features a textile upper and an EVA midsole for more cushioning then the normal Chuck Taylor.
Below is a colorway reminiscent the South Beach colorways Nike has been releasing. However these are only on Finishline.com and only in smaller sizes. The standard colorways are Converse.com come in a full range of sizes and half sizes.
Last week Converse hosted the 3rd Band of Ballers tournament. I was fortunate enough to connect Taylor McPherson aka TayTay_Fierce on twitter and you can follow her blog over here.
I recently attended the filming of MTV2 and Converses Celebrity
Basketball Tournament, Band of Ballers. The event was held at La Salle
Academy in Manhattan New York which happens to have a 100% graduation
rate. Their were 5 teams competing for the title. Team Taylor Gang lead
by Wiz Khalifa, Team YMCMB (Young Money Cash Money Billionaires) lead by
Lil Twist, Team Brooklyn lead by Matt and Kim, and Team Swell lead by
Chiddy Bang. Their were 2 original brackets and then a losers bracket
from the first 2 games. The winner of the losers bracket played Jim
Jones's team in their first game of the tournament. Which is ridiculous
because you're making the best team play the worst team so the odds are
completely stacked in one favor. (ed note: a nice reward for winning the first two Band of Ballers) The entire event was hosted by Sway
from MTV and DJ'd by DJ D-Nyce. So it was a celebrity basketball
tournament where none of the celebrities actually played in the games.
They were pretty much only there for show. Not that I can say I'm
surprised but I am on the other hand a little disappointed. When I asked
people why they thought Wiz Khalifa wasn't playing the response
unanimous that he must have been "in the clouds" and therefore unable to
take the court. However there was one celeb who actually stepped up to
the line so to speak, that celeb was Chiddy Bang. Chiddy Bang is new to
the rap scene and has a very original sound, you may know his song Never
Growing Up, which is mixed over MGMT's Kids. Chiddy Bang also holds the
record for the longest free style ever. He once free styled for 9 hours
straight. How do you even keep coming up topics for that long, and
things that rhyme at the same time, that takes seriously talent. I got
an official statement from Chiddy Bang himself on the tournament and it
will be attached below. So overall it was a great day, it was catered
with hot dogs and pretzels and italian ices, there's usually never food
at these things, and especially free food. I had a really great
experience and would love to go back next year. I also can't wait to see
the finished product air on MTV in the very near future, check you
local listing for times and dates and don't miss it!
Also check out some awesome pictures from StoneFace Photography
First is a picture of God Shammgod wearing his PE Star Player EVO
and the next picture is of Jim Jones wearing the new Converse Defcon. I
hope to get some more info on this shoe soon. You can also check out StoneFacePhotography.com for some of their other work.
Back in the day when Converse used to be an athletic shoe company they made shoes for wrestling. A perfect example would be the Converse Mat King which is featured today in the Friday Flashback.
This Mat King features a white/blue colorway with suede around the midsole. Check out the pictures below.
Happy Thursday, and welcome to the Converse Blog. Today we've got something a little different. The Converse Skidgrip CVO Crochet edition. I am not sure if these ever released, but if they did it wasn't in America.
The inside and parts of the upper are designed with a purple crochet pattern. While the rest of the shoe is a light blue and white check pattern.
It's hard for me to look at anything Purple and Teal and
not think of the Charlotte Hornets and therefore Grandmama as well. So
when I first saw these I thought that these would be the shoes she'd
wear while training...or some Psycho Trainers....anyway back to these shoes.
Here a few pictures of the XLT (extra light) version of this classic Converse Running shoe. Enjoy!!
I almost forgot, these are exclusive to Korea so you'll have get creative to snag a pair for yourself.
Today we have a look at the Converse One Star Seeker. This shoe kind of reminds me of a One Star Chukka shoe. Pretty sure these are going to drop in the UK, but I am not sure about here in America.
