A visit to Pirate Town...

One of Portland's worst kept secret. It turns out the larger site is planned for demolition so check it out before this little gem disappears...

The Last Stand

Y-3 Fall 2009 Ikuno | Pink Colorway

Louis Vuitton | A Passion for Creation Exhibition Hong Kong

Louis Vuitton will be hosting an exhibition of selected works from the Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Création, bringing together a small number of significant large-scale works (paintings, photographs, video installations) by European, American and Chinese artists. These reflect an urban and energetic culture, leading to fictional landscapes, somewhere between dream and adventure. Artists included in the exhibition consist of: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paul Chan, Cao-Fei, Yang Fudong, Gilbert & George, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Andreas Gursky, Pierre Huyghe, Jeff Koons, Bertrand Lavier, Christian Marclay, Richard Prince. The show will open on Friday May 22nd, 2009 and will run through August 9th, 2009.

Hong Kong Museum of Art
10 Salisbury Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon, Hong Kong
852.2721.0116

Just look at the Hong Kong backdrop. How could you not love this place!

Ravage Transforming USB Flash Drive

Dopest lil gadget yet. USB flash drive transforms into the robot cat in Transformers.

Y-3 Fall/Winter 2009 Hayworth Mid II

The high top sneaker comes with a new ankle strap, a feature that one can find on pretty much any new high top release these days. It comes in red, blue and black, with a nice premium wrinkled leather upper. I can see AKIRA wearing this one and jettin' off on his bike. These shoes are next level ish...

Artist on Artist interview with McG and Common

"Amazing" Remix Feat. Tony Williams

Someone recommended this to me and now I'm recommending it to you...

Soul 2 Sole by David Park

Soul 2 Sole from David Park on Vimeo.

As part of his thesis project on sneaker culture, Parsons School of Design graduate David Park created this stop motion video outlining the history of sneaker culture within the last 30-some years. Covering the necessary bases including Hip-Hop to basketball, the visuals and effects are stunning to say the least as it touches upon interactions amongst various subcultures through a number of different iconic sneaker models.

Yes,that is Kanye with Amber and Madonna.

Make The Girl Dance "Baby Baby Baby" ( official video )
by placeblancherec

Gourmet footwear

Founded by Grey Lucci, Greg Johnson and Jon Buscemi (with a combined history working at adidas, Zoo York, Supreme, Stussy, Oliver Peoples, DC Shoes and SNAFU between them), Gourmet shoes are an inspired take on ye olde classics with unexpected design twists added for extra bite.

Gourmet footwear epitomizes duality and ingenuity by referencing iconic American causal shapes and remixing them in high-end fabrications. It combines technical and athletic elements like air technology and memory foam insoles that mingle with quality leather from a French tannery, hand-woven custom canvases, crinkled high gloss-patent and pig skin leather, or even pony feather. The excellent materials create the sleek identity classic products, which is absolutely more than a pair of footwear to people.

The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal

What do you think?

New Colorway

Inspired by the Black Spiderman

Help Wanted

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Classic Margarita

Salt, for rimming the glass (optional)
Ice
2 ounces tequila (blanco, 100 percent agave)
1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
1/2 ounce Cointreau (not Triple Sec)
1/2 ounce Grand Marnier

A classic margarita is more than just sweet & sour mix and tequila over ice. It’s simple and effective. Especially when using fresh ingredients and pure agave tequila.


fresh lime juice is key.
Start by wetting the rim of your glass and putting salt around it. Next, mix all the ingredients except for the Grand Marnier, together in a shaker and pour over ice. Then pour the Grand Marnier on top of the drink and let it float there. Garnish with a sprig of lime and a straw. ¡pásatelo bien!

John Cho

Will be stepping into Lieutenant Sulu's shoes...

Lance Armstrong's Shepard Fairey & Kenny Sharf artist bikes for the Giro D'Italia

Trek TTX time trial cycle

Trek Madone road bike

The world’s most prestigious cycling stage race after the legendary Tour de France, the Giro is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2009 and a lengthy run through several historic cities was designed to honor the event. Coincidentally this is also the only year Lance has ever entered the race, a historic first for the cancer crusading cyclist who broke his collarbone last month in a Spanish race.

The GTA Spano Supercar

Spanish racing team GTA has been hard at work developing its supercar to rival the best from Ferrari and Lamborghini. And it’s called The GTA Spano, A beast to say the least with a 8.3-liter V10, purportedly sourced from the Dodge Viper, and tuned to deliver 780 horsepower, Which gets this beauty to 62 mph in less then 2.9 sec. The 19″ wheels coated in ultra-low-profile rubber grip the road at all fours, and the engine is designed to burn straight alcohol if so desired.

Production will be limited to 99 examples, each available at a price of around $670,000...Daymn