Performance Review: New Balance 1420
words and photography // Shawn Datchuk Initial Impression New Balance has made an incredibly light-weight running shoe in their New Balance 1420 race-day road flat. When I opened the box, the bright...
View ArticlePerformance Review: adidas adiZero Rose 2
words & images // Zac Dubasik When the Crazy Light launched this past June, it unofficially launched a new era of adidas basketball. Sure, last season marked their return to the signature shoe...
View ArticlePerformance Review: adidas adiPower Howard
words & images // Zac Dubasik When I finished testing the Super Beast last season, I was actually disappointed to move on to other shoes, since I liked it so much. I’ve even returned to it...
View ArticlePerformance Review: Under Armour Juke
words // Zac Dubasik images // Zac Dubasik As a fan of sneakers, it was exciting to find out that Under Armour was entering into the hoops world a few years back. We’ve seen plenty of small companies...
View ArticlePerformance Review: Jordan Melo M8
words & images // Nick DePaula Kicksology // Jordan Melo M8 Perfect If You’re Carmelo Anthony — Outstanding If You’re Not Ever since the concept of a signature sneaker was born, the approach was...
View ArticlePerformance Review: Reebok Zig Encore
words & images // Zac Dubasik On paper, there is not really anything that stands out about the Zig Encore. If you look at each individual aspect of the shoe (which we will), nothing is really...
View ArticlePerformance Review: Air Jordan 2012 Deluxe
Air Jordan 2012 | Six Different Paths to Performance words & images // Zac Dubasik “We always start with performance. We always start with trying to make a better basketball shoe. We are always...
View ArticlePerformance Review: adiZero Rose 2.5
Adidas adiZero Rose 2.5 Performance Review | Dialing Things In For The Home Stretch words & images // Nick DePaula There’s nothing that I hate more in sneakers than signature lines that don’t...
View ArticleNike LeBron 9 Elite Performance Review
words // Nick DePaula images // Ryan Unruh & Justing Ji As I’ve learned through the years, not every shoe is for every position. In the running world, specific running styles, gait motions and...
View ArticlePerformance Review // Air Jordan XX8
words // Zac Dubasik When the Air Jordan XX8 was unveiled to the public for the first time last December, it was introduced along with the concept of “stealth.” During the design process, when the...
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