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SNKRFRKR – TASSIE DEVILS

SNKRFRKR – TASSIE DEVILS

Forgot to post these at the beginning of the month, but mad love to the fam at SNEAKER FREAKER MAGAZINE for the extra buttery TASSIE DEVILS x NEW BALANCE collab. I’m pretty sure I remember Woody working on these when I was still working at the office, so like many oft-delayed collabs in the sneaker [...]

March 29, 2013 YO MAFIA Hook Ups, Sneakers, Yo Mafia Goods 0

GIRLS GOT KICKS AUS RECAP

GIRLS GOT KICKS AUS RECAP

Six months ago I had the pleasure of working with Melbourne creative CHEECH SANCHEZ to launch the Australian leg of the famed GIRLS GOT KICKS publication. A book detailing the female sneaker heads love of trainers, Cheech was the chief photographer down under, so we thought it necessary to throw down one massive party to [...]

July 17, 2012 YO MAFIA Blog, Sneakers, Videos 0

SNKRFRKR SWAPMEET 2012

SNKRFRKR SWAPMEET 2012

Loads of sneaker heads turned out for Sneaker Freaker’s annual swapmeet to cop/trade and sell anything from kicks, clothes, records, bikes and more. With the unofficial launch of SF Issue 24 going down as well, peeps could scoop up the newest edition before anyone else in the world. Tables on tables were crammed with unwanted [...]

April 30, 2012 YO MAFIA Events, Pics, Sneakers 0

SNKRFRKR X PUMA BUNYIP LAUNCH

SNKRFRKR X PUMA BUNYIP LAUNCH

Sneaker Freaker was back in effect hard this past Saturday with the highly anticipated release of their Puma collaboration. Having been fortunate enough to witness the design process when Woody started working on his ‘Bunyip’ three years ago it was astounding to see the super suede finished product. I remember the ups and downs of [...]

April 30, 2012 YO MAFIA Events, Pics, Sneakers 0

NIKE AIR FLOW

NIKE AIR FLOW

It’s been a crazy week for presents dropping in the mail and this week two of my favourite thangs rocked up to greet me at my door. I slept on the hype of the Nike Air Flow, chalking the release up [...]

March 5, 2012 YO MAFIA Hook Ups, Sneakers 0

NIKE X YO!MAFIA RAPS TIMELAPSE

NIKE X YO!MAFIA RAPS TIMELAPSE

It was exactly one year ago that SEKURE D concocted these amazing YO!MAFIA RAPS customs and I all but forgot about this amazing time lapse video he made to go along with the shoes. I’ve worn these bad boys to death in the last year, so I’ll have to go do Sekure a few favours [...]

May 4, 2011 YO MAFIA Sneakers, Uncategorized, Videos 0

SNEAKER FREAKER X SIZE? X PUMA

SNEAKER FREAKER X SIZE? X PUMA

A whiles back we (SNEAKER FREAKER) were asked to collaborate with Puma and Size? for the store’s 20 year anniversary, with a shoe that was to be inspired and based on the Geography teacher. It reminds me of a pancake with lavender jam! The lilac pops are just gorgeous as is the buttery suede pops. [...]

September 8, 2010 YO MAFIA Hook Ups, Sneakers, Uncategorized 0

COVE LUVIN’

COVE LUVIN’

Big ups to my favourite New York brother man, the amazing Mr RONNIE FIEG for these super sweet, extra buttery Asic Gel Lyte IIIs nicknamed The Cove. There’s a pretty sweet back story behind these which you can read all about on Ronnie’s insanely crispy blog HERE. The suede on these puppies is just ridiculous [...]

September 8, 2010 YO MAFIA Hook Ups, Sneakers, Uncategorized 0

SNEAKERNESS

SNEAKERNESS

Thanks to Pascal and team at SNEAKERNESS for taking some time out to ask me three very important questions! If you don’t know about Sneakerness, best get over to their site now and find out why they are fast becoming Europe’s (if not, the world’s) biggest and best sneaker tradeshow! [...]

September 8, 2010 YO MAFIA Press, Sneakers, Uncategorized 0

M.A.F.I.A. FOR NIKE BESPOKE

M.A.F.I.A. FOR NIKE BESPOKE

I was woken up this morning to a shatload of tweets about my new NIKE BESPOKE – which could only mean one thing…the Nike Sportswear 21MERCER ST BLOG had featured them on the front page of their site. I’m stoked to see the finished product and still dying to see the end result. Loosely based [...]

July 6, 2010 YO MAFIA Hook Ups, Sneakers, Uncategorized 0