The Air Jordan 6 Rings (Another Dub Zero/ Spizike!?)

Remixing classic Air Jordans to produce something new is anything but that by Jordan Brand. The line celebrated their 20th Anniversary in 2005 and brought back long time designing legend Tinker Hatfield to create the Air Jordan 20.
That year also saw the release of a “tribute” sneaker to the work that Tinker had done with the Air Jordan line and thus the Dub Zero was created. This shoe was a mixture of some of Tinker’s best work of the Jordan 4, Jordan 6, Jordan 11, Jordan 12, Jordan 13, Jordan 15, and Jordan 20. In 2006, Jordan Brand put together a shoe that fused all the Jordans that Spike helped Mike promote. The Jordan 3, Jordan 4, Jordan 5, Jordan 6, Jordan 9, and Jordan 20 came together as the Spiz’ike.
As Air Jordan celebrates 23 years of perfection, a new shoe has been created from existing parts - the Air Jordan Six Rings. This shoe borrows elements from the six sneakers that Jordan wore during the seasons he won NBA Championships: Jordans 6-8, and Jordans 11-13. This first colorway will release in November this year, but there are several colors set to release into 2009.

Nike out of the Final Four

Davidson put up quite a fight against the Kansas Jayhawks, but with the miss of a last second shot by the Wildcats, NCAA Basketball history was made as all 4 No. 1 seeded teams advanced to the Final Four since the round of teams was expanded to 64 in 1985. Folks in Beaverton saw their last hope in Davidson to make the Final Four as all other Nike endorsed school had fallen in the Tourney. That’s right, Team Nike has been shut out of the Final Four. This is the first Final Four where not a single Nike shoe will be worn during the Final Four weekend since the field was expanded.
Fan apparel has long been big business for March Madness season, but this year fans could literally get decked out from head to toe. Adidas made team editions of the TS Pro Model available to the public for the start of the tourney and Jordan Brand will release the player editions of the Jordan 15SE for UNC and Georgetown April 12th - one week after the new Champ is crowned.

Sneaker Of the Week

This Weeks Sneaker Picked by Soul conn Member De'rek is the Air Jordan 11 .
The 11's were released in 1995 and is def a very popular Jordan. The Air Jordan XI heralded a triple comeback; Jordan’s return to the NBA, the return of designer Tinker Hatfield, and disappointingly, the return of the unpopular clear soles that yellowed with age.(I LOVED THE SOLE)..

While the design of this model was premium, the quality was sadly lacking and despite the release of low-top versions, the Jordan XI was not the most popular of all the Air Jordan shoes at first, But When the Jordan XI's were retroed in 2000-2001 they became the fastest selling, most popular Jordan retros of all.


"Defintly one of the dopest sneakers of all time. Or otherwise know as the come back jays. The combination of comfort and style has yet to be matched. The first successful shoe to introduce patent leather and upper mesh, along with the also sexy icey sole:). I remember waiting in line at like 6am on a school day to cop my second pair blk/red. The blk/wht concord's dropped earlier that year! (1995-1996) . I also remeber being the person to rock my joints to school early.what a feeling, it kinda adds to a young mans swagger.hahaha The whole day you walk different. I eventually had to just put my pair on ice because of all the fakes that were dropin and peoples ignorence to factory varients now this sneaker I held on to is worth up to 400$ and up.most def one of my favorite sneakers of all time." - De'rek