Over the past couple years, one word that runners have frequently dropped when talking about their favorite shoes is: drop. The differential between the height of the heel and the forefoot (drop) has become a more important factor in how runners decide what shoes work for them. IRead More

Experience this story and others in HIGHEnergy, a print magazine by Highsnobiety, available from retailers around the world and our online store Oakley is well known for how their glasses look. They’re famous for how they see. Since 1980, the brand’s high-performance eyewear has Read More

StockX might have its roots in the United States — but its expanding global base is increasingly boosting trade across its marketplace. The “stock market of things” announced today in a report that the number of StockX buyers and sellers located outside of the U.S. grew a respectRead More

To celebrate Foot Locker’s Mark of Greatness, over the next month NBA.com is exploring the backstories of iconic basketball players, their journey to having their own signature sneakers and the stories and inspiration behind their designs. Today, it’s Kevin Durant Behind the LogoRead More

A holy grail for the most studious of sneakerheads is CLOT’s “Touch the Sky” Nike Air Max 1. Rumor has it only four pairs of the sneaker were made for Kanye West’s 2016 tour date in Hong Kong, two of which were given to West himself. The other two went to CLOT founder Edison ChenRead More

Apr 19, 2021 Nick DePaula ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print With Kobe Bryant’s five-year, post-retirement endorsement extension with Nike having expired this month, Vanessa Bryant and the Kobe Bryant estate elected not to renew the partnership, she coRead More

British Columbia More than a dozen feet in shoes have washed up on B.C. beaches — and 1 case remains unsolved Five years ago, a grisly discovery was made on Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island, B.C.: two blue and black New Balance sneakers with size 12 feet inside of them. InvestRead More

By — William Brangham William Brangham By — Anne Azzi Davenport Anne Azzi Davenport Transcript Audio The year 1990 saw the “Great Shoe Spill” where tens of thousands of Nike shoes fell into the Pacific. The accident led to some scientific discoveries, and now, whimsical art packeRead More

When Nike quietly purchased the Portland, Oregon-based skateboarding sneaker start-up Savier in 2001, the entire sneaker industry was wading in a massive sea of change that few predicted. Launched independently in the fall of 2000, Saviers role in skateboarding footwears canon isRead More

Despite entering new chapters in its running journey with propositions like the adidas UltraBOOST 21 and adidas adizero adios Pro, the German sportswear manufacturer can’t let go of its original UltraBOOST model, which launches in a “6.0” iteration soon. In the mid-2010s, the oriRead More