All About Basketball Shoes

[spitzky]

skip, can u repost the pix? i cant see s**t

 

cge ill start shopping next week........

[Skip_to_my_lou]

skip, can u repost the pix? i cant see s**t

 

cge ill start shopping next week........

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Yo, sorry about that , don't know why the pics didn't come out. Well anyway here it is, but you won't find this particular colorway here. The only ones available is the white and black, and the all black colorway. Ok.

[Skip_to_my_lou]

Here's another option that you might like if zoom air is the kind of responsiveness that you want for your cushioning. The air ultraflight is one shoe you might like.It came out a few seasons ago.. It had zoom air with an extra stack of zoom air at the heel for those players on the heavy side. really stable too with good fit because of the thermo plastic chasis it has and stretchable inner fit sleeve. Had one in storage for sometime now, got it really cheap. Dont know how come not many players are wearing them here, unlike the respose I see when I visit nike talk. Prof K gave it a very good review thats why I went out to get one. Try looking for it, there might be one available yet. Good luck.

[Dr.Love]

Here's another option that you might like if zoom air is the kind of responsiveness that you want for your cushioning. The air ultraflight is one shoe you might like.It came out a few seasons ago.. It had zoom air  with an extra stack of zoom air at the heel for those players on the heavy side. really stable too with good fit because of the thermo plastic chasis it has and stretchable inner fit sleeve. Had one in storage for sometime now, got it really cheap. Dont know how come not many players are wearing them here, unlike the respose I see when I visit nike talk. Prof K gave it a very good review thats why I went out to get one. Try looking for it, there might be one available yet. Good luck.

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That shoe is so narrow for those w/ wide feet. Filipino feet is a bit on the wide side. I tried to buy one when it went on sale at P2,500.00 and there is a size 12 available but unfortunately it's so narrow & I can feel the plastic chassis pinching the sides of my feet w/c might cause some abrasions on my skin later.

[Dr.Love]

I've also tried also all the Nike technologies. Yung favorite ko pa rin sa lahat ay Air Max since my game mostly involves posting-up. Zoom Air is so unforgiving for me & as Spitzky have said, para kang naglalarong nakapaa. But I've never tried wearing a shoe w/ stacked Zoom Air. I had the LBJ 2 & the Zoom Max cushioning is still fine for me. It's one of my favorite shoes right now & my only problem w/ the shoe is traction. I have to clean the soles whenever I have to play in wooden courts. Regarding Shox, I've never tried one so I'll just leave it to you guys.

 

Outside of Nike Shoes, my favorite one are And1's. I have the KG2 & 2Chi & the heel cushioning is comparable to that of Nikes. Adidas has a tendency to bottom out on me after coming down from a big jump. I'm also thinking of buying old school Avia's right now just for streetballing on the blacktop. Not much technology on it but it got a high rating on Prof K.'s site.

[Waxx]

kakamiss ang kicksology.net no?? too bad tinamand na si prof K... it was the best site for shoeheads!

[Dr.Love]

kakamiss ang kicksology.net no?? too bad tinamand na si prof K... it was the best site for shoeheads!

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Kaya niya shinutdown yung site kasi naging writer na siya sa Sole Collector. Di siya tinamad. Parang he just created that website as a form of gaining credibility in the shoe industry. Sa Sole Collector ang dami niyang reviews. Too bad that magazine is not available here in the Philippines. Yung binibili ko lang na mag ay Slam w/c has lots of nice shoe photos. May alam na ba kayong gumawa ng site ng katulad ng kanya?

[Dr.Love]

I'll be cleaning my Adidas Promodel to prepare it for gluing of the midsole w/ the outsole. Then I'll be buying Shoe Goo tomorrow. I will use a metal spatula for application to minimize residues. Hope it will turn out ok. Will post pics later.

[Guest Kobester]

Kakamiss nga ang kicksology.net

[Skip_to_my_lou]

Interesting Doc Love regarding your views on the Zoom ultraflight. Guess I'm one of those people who has narrow feet thats why the narrowness of the plastic chasis doesn't bother me. But you know, most black people have wide feet too, thats why I ask a team mate of mine who also wears the ultraflight and he told me that the shoe started out a bit tight, but it later conformed to the shape his feet. That made it even better when playing because the foot doesn't move around because of the customize fit. I haven't tried mine on the hard wood yet so the shoe is still in it's original shape. If you have read Prof K review before of the nike foamposite, its also one of those technology that when body heat coming out from our feet after playing for a couple of hours soften the foamposite compound of the shoe which make it to conform to the shape of your feet. I think this same principle applies to the ultraflight. Well enough talk.. I'll let you guys know nalang when I get to test run it in one of our games. :cool:

[Skip_to_my_lou]

I've also tried also all the Nike technologies. Yung favorite ko pa rin sa lahat ay Air Max since my game mostly involves posting-up. Zoom Air is so unforgiving for me & as Spitzky have said, para kang naglalarong nakapaa. But I've never tried wearing a shoe w/ stacked Zoom Air. I had the LBJ 2 & the Zoom Max cushioning is still fine for me. It's one of my favorite shoes right now & my only problem w/ the shoe is traction. I have to clean the soles whenever I have to play in wooden courts. Regarding Shox, I've never tried one so I'll just leave it to you guys.

 

Outside of Nike Shoes, my favorite one are And1's. I have the KG2 & 2Chi & the heel cushioning is comparable to that of Nikes. Adidas has a tendency to bottom out on me after coming down from a big jump. I'm also thinking of buying old school Avia's right now just for streetballing on the blacktop. Not much technology on it but it got a high rating on Prof K.'s site.

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As like all shoe head, I try to gat a feel on all types of brand and technology, but lately its all only been Nike and addidas and some times and1. My favorite is Nike because it offers so many technology for us to choose, I've already tried them all, from your standard air cushioning to air max, zoom air, shox and lately double stack zoom ( although the ones I tried has double stack only on the heel and not the same as the ones you have on your lebron 2 which goes all the way to the fore foot.) But I read some where in Nike talk that the responsiveness on the double stack zoom started out very good but later starts to dissapear, let us know doc how your lebrons hold up.

 

Regarding Avia, Its a well built shoe for balling. Its one of those shoe to actually have mechanical cushioning technology on the heel. What I mean is the shape of the outsole beneath the heel is shape some how to lessen the impact when experiencing hard landing after taking off for a layup or rebound and it actually springs back to its original shape. Just look at And I, they almost have the same technology but it went even further by adding 2 air pods to regulate pronation which makes the shoe very stable. But all of that was started by Avia. I had a pair back in the early 90's, I forgot which model but if you seen the early stage of the career of Clyde Drexler and Scottie Pippen, they were wearing these white low cut Avia with the clear rubber outsole ( Its not the Avia 830 or 825 that are available in the market here) now these were great basketball shoe. I never experience ankle sprain even when I was playing in them on the aspalt floor. They just really felt good on my feet ( now I was in my early 20's then, I'm not so sure how my feet and knees will feel if play in them now...haha) But if that particular shoe ever get to Manila again. I'm definitely getting one, it's great for chillin too.

[Skip_to_my_lou]

Hey doc , is this the particular color way that you were planning to get. Nice shoe hope they get to be on sale soon. :cool:

[Skip_to_my_lou]

One last thing guys before I go. It's nice to know that other shoe brand has been discuss in this forum aside from Nike and addidas. What I wanted to know is, has any of you guys played in converse ( the models Dwane Wade has been wearing, the one with the icon technology) wonder how they feel? Been planning to get hold on a pair but they never seem to go on sale. Sayang naman if you get a 4 thousand plus shoe and the technology doesn't stand up to your expectation right. Prof K reviewed the weapon but that shoe doesn't have any technology in it, and they are not even selling the laker color way here in Manila that Magic Johnson made famous off. Any one out there let us know your imput nalang ok. Thanks. Hey is it just me or does this colorway of the weapon looks cool.

[Skip_to_my_lou]

One last thing guys before I go. It's nice to know that other shoe brand has been discuss in this forum aside from Nike and addidas. What I wanted to know is, has any of you guys played in converse ( the models Dwane Wade has been wearing, the one with the icon technology) wonder how they feel? Been planning to get hold on a pair but they never seem to go on sale. Sayang naman if you get a 4 thousand plus shoe and the technology doesn't stand up to your expectation right. Prof K reviewed the weapon but that shoe doesn't have any technology in it, and they are not even selling the laker color way here in Manila that Magic Johnson made famous off. Any one out there let us know your imput nalang ok. Thanks. Hey is it just me or does this colorway of the weapon looks cool.

[Dr.Love]

Interesting Doc Love regarding your views on the Zoom ultraflight. Guess I'm one of those people who has narrow feet thats why the narrowness of the plastic chasis doesn't bother me. But you know, most black people have wide feet too, thats why I ask a team mate of mine who also wears the ultraflight and he told me that the shoe started out a bit tight, but it later conformed to the shape his feet. That made it even better when playing because the foot doesn't move around because of the customize fit. I haven't tried mine on the hard wood yet so the shoe is still in it's original shape. If you have read Prof K review before of the nike foamposite, its also one of those technology that when body heat coming out from our feet after playing for a couple of hours soften the foamposite compound of the shoe which make it to conform to the shape of your feet. I think this same principle applies to the ultraflight. Well enough talk.. I'll let you guys know nalang when I get to test run it in one of our games. :cool:

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Sayang kung ganyan pala yung plastic chassis niya. When I saw the shoe, I assumed that the plastic that was used was of the hard kind that's why I tought I was unmoldable to the feet size.