you may have seen the sierra leone chapter in our new “world tour”collection book – a little
wake up call to show the brutal reality of sierra leone’s civil war. the “free world” closed their
eyes on this, but the 14 year old sidibay gives you some insight on what happened only a
couple years ago.
hear his story by clicking the image below.

the busiest week in las vegas history featured chinese new year, the nba all-star weekend and the magic fashion show, plus the usual tourist crowd, all squeezed into 5 crazy days. we’ll start our vegas coverage by telling you what went down at magic - the biggest fashion trade show in the world.

k1x’s magic appearance celabrated the u.s launch of the “k1x-nation of hoop” brand (available at “champs” and other stores in march 2007), and presented the fall/winter ‘07 line to buyers, selected media and various hipsters, who somehow managed to get a hold of a pass.
the surprisingly large k1x booth was actually more of a cage, showcasing some of ny’s most high profile ballplayers, going at it in the k1x 2 on 2 invitational.
corey “homicide” williams, “high octane”, bronx shooter “whites”, jersey’s “killa kirb”, “a-money”, and big man corey “the undertaker” underwood battled each other hard, occasionally taking on brave challengers for a breather. hyped by the tunes of vegas hot 97,5 dj g-minor and lyrics of announcer ceevee “the manager”, k1x c.e.o. chris even took on “the most dangerous player in the ebc”, also known as “homicide”. but the exact outcome of this mind-boggling one on one showdown shall forever remain a secret.
visitors of the k1x cage included allan houston, chucky atkins, hip hop legend kool dj herc, industry veterans, media cats, up-and-coming hustlers, a beautiful telemundo vj and her side-kick, various big dudes from the nfl, some “saphire” strippers, an unknown fat kid who just stared, loads of myspace rappers and a whole lotta stylish originators. and did we mentiion the girls?
“what happens in vegas stays in vegas?” not here! check in over the next couple of days to see what else went down in the city of sin…

see high octane doing “the shaq” here:

see spontaneous freestyle battle at the k1x cage here:

How’s the season going for you?

Pretty well, until I broke my foot. But I’ll be up and running again in a couple of weeks and ready to go! I’m looking forward to that, because playing for Barcelona has been a life-long dream for me. As a young boy I followed the FC Barcelona soccer club, you know.

Playing in Germany, Spain and the NBA, how would you rate the level of play in these three leagues?

Germany was definitely a great league to develop my game and gain some experience. But as you grow older you have to move on to new challenges. So I entered the NBA Draft. You cannot let an opportunity like this slip. Now I play for Barcelona in Europe’s best basketball league. It doesn’t get much better than that.

Speaking of your time in the NBA, you didn’t get a lot of playing time, is it still a positive experience you take away from that?

Definitely. I just had the bad luck of getting injured early. As a young player you have work double as hard to gain your coaches trust and it’s difficult to come back from that once it cuts into your playing time. But still you learn a lot of things and you get better because you keep practicing with so many good players. You can’t help but play up to that level.

Is the NBA topic over and done for you?

I still got three years in Barcelona and I’m not thinking of anything other than fulfilling my contract and play the best basketball I can play. Of course I’d like to return to the NBA one day, but that’s not something I have on my mind constantly. Whatever happens, happens.

How did you get to know k1x?

I met Niels a couple of years ago in Hamburg, I think. We got to talk and I liked the philosophy of the brand. I also noticed a lot of people wearing the stuff, so I was very impressed. When I started wearing the clothes and the shoes, I really understood why people love it that much. It’s great and cool stuff.

Are you wearing the k1x chiefglider in the league?

When I broke my foot I only had the Westsider Chiefglider. Unfortunately that didn’t fit the colorway of our uniforms. But I’m looking forward to a Chiefglider in Barca colours. I will rock that ride nonstop.

french mc/philosopher réel carter likes to experiment with- and rap on soul/jazz melodies in the line of artists like pete rock, dj premier, J live… after two albums “application rc3 ″ and “essence du coeur”, rc will release a new opus in april ” contre vents et marés”, which will be available in europe & japan. look out!
more infos on: www.reelcarter.com & myspace.com/reelcarter

who would’a thunk it?!
k1x strolled into town and stole the bride, by snatching best booth design award at “wsa” footwear trade show in las vegas.
of course, k1x had major game, with cory underwood (”the undertaker”), angelo reyes (”double double”), john harvey (”high octane”), dashon kirby (”killa kirb”) and cesar vizcarrondo reppin’ the brand and supplying the highlights.
big shout out to donna, tonia, nathn, fu and the rest of the crew!
next stop, the magic fashion & apparel trade show (13-16 february, las vegas)…!

(some of the pics are mirrored, to make sure you are paying attention)

dutch dj erick e’s track “the beat is rockin’” is charting in britain and the netherlands. check the video featuring our good friend and freestyler bizz banascus and his boy jerice crouch. click the image below…

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