New Pickup: St Alfred x Asics

These kicks are hot! Buttery suede in dark blue and light grey covers the entire upper of the shoe. Three pairs of laces come with these bad boys; cream, dark blue, and white. the Midsole is the same creamy color that the 2nd set of laces resemble. The outsole is a nice gum colored tone. The lining of the shoe is a really nice white high grain soft leather. The insole seems like memory foams just out of pure comfort. Great high quality asics collaboration, They did it again.

Nike Raising Prices again?

 I have two ideas about the rising cost of shoes. Many people now a days resell  shoes and I think Nike is trying to maximise there profit by increasing their price to about what the resell value is. Another is that everyone has been starting to check out different brands in the shoe game, this is a direct result of Nike's price increase. In the end I think its gonna be a good thing because this allows new companies to target the market and make the game more competitive this will always result in better scenarios for consumers. 

New Pick Up: Nike Foamposite Pro PRM LE

These foams are a nasty pickup. They are your regular foamposite pro with a few differences, gum like sole, obviously new print on the foam, and a new price tag. The idea for a gum colored sole was a great idea by Nike, one of the main factors in foams losing value is because they lose their ice and become yellow very quickly. These new gum soles eliminate that problem. The new print on the foams is a army camouflage print hence the name. The print is pretty nice, in my opinion much better than the camo foams that released earlier this year. And lastly the new price tag, it seems like the rising cost of nike shoes will never stop. Every single month we get a new ridiculous price, they gotta stop.

New Pickup: New Balance 574 x Ball and Buck

These shoes are straight fire! They are my favorite shoe in my entire collection so far. The majority of the shoe is dressed in premium quality buttery suede. 3m surrounds the New Balance N on the side of this sneaker. Camo print convers the toe and high midsole. A brite soulful orange covers the back top of the shoe. With the shoe comes a real life .50 caliber bullet box to show the relation of ball and buck and firearms. Another addition is a small gold plaque with which the collaborators have inscribed, "New Balance x Ball and Buck" with your lucky number out of 178. My pair is number 14 and I was very glad to get my hands on this sweet collaboration.

Cop or Drop? Nike Flyknit Trainer+

I hate to be copied or unoriginal, so many people at my school have the free run 5s. I tried these on at my local running shoes store and they seem comfortable enough. I like the look and they could be a great summer shoe. What do you guys think?

New Pickup: Nike Zoom Kobe 8 'Easter'

I decided to upload this picture because it highlights both of the great features of the kobe 8. You can see the sunlight going through the breathable upper, and the dope color-way. In my opinion these are really performance shoes, because they provide good suport, a good heal-counter, and they are ridiculously light at 9.6 oz. The color-way is made to resemble a painted egg with its three way color divide. Being from the South my family celebrates Mardi Gras, every year we receive a king cake and this shoe reminds me of them. You can see what a king cake looks like here. Last but not least, All of us here at Sneaks and Snaps are wishing Kobe a quick recovery from his achilles tear.

Weekly Sneaks

It's a bit of a slow weekend in sneaks with just a couple pairs of 1s dropping. First off we have the "Boston Garden" edition of the Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG.  AKA the "Celtics" edition, the colorway was inspired by the TD Garden in Boston where the Celtics play their home games and the Boston Celtics team colors. They are a limited release and retail is set at $140. Will you be copping?

The other pair of 1s dropping tomorrow is the "Bugs" colorway. Originally released in 1993, they are a mainly white shoe with blue, red, and grey hints throughout. The "Bugs" 8s are also releasing later this spring. Will you be copping this retroed colorway?