Archive for September, 2007
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
as you know, russia surprisingly won the european championships in spain 2 weeks ago. and judging by kadour ziani’s recent trip to moscow, there is reason to believe, that there is a lot more to come. young russians love themselves some hoops! kadour “the godfather of dunk” was welcomed like a king and followed like a shadow non-stop. unfortunately, he was not able to participate in the moscow dunk contest due to a nagging knee-injury, but take a look at some of the action by clicking the video below.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
k1x’s inofficial miss magic 2007 pageant is officially over – and a winner has been crowned. well, two actually, as #1 and #6 both received the exact same number of votes, namely 13. so a box-fresh pair of chiefgliders go to: rene peth (germany) and to massimo tuomala (finnland).
Monday, September 24th, 2007
“the undertaker” cory underwood, the up and coming big man in streetball, aims to give the new york city’s top street ballers their last rights, and plans to bury the best big men in the game!
read randy cruz’ complete feature on the k1x warrior on www.hoopsinthesun.com
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
bounce, the premier streetball magazine out of nyc is currently asking readers “which brand is making the best sneakers to ball this fall?”. so far, k1x is a close second. to vote, click http://www.bouncemag.com/ and look for the poll on the right hand side …
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
this short clip just hit us from poland, and features slash (6′3) and pepa (6′1) throwing down some nasty jams, at the silesia cup bball tournament in katowice, poland. click the image for a mix of windmills, between-the-legs-540’s and more …
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
the european championships in madrid (shout out to russian k1x warrior sergey beykov for snatching the coveted crown!) threw a huge streetball event ouside of the main gym, which drew thousands of spectators nightly, and featured some of the finest international ball handlers, dunkers, tricksters and heads: bobbito garcia, bizz banascus, fabian greiser, yah bakayoko, kadour ziani, kevin lescot, kev couliau and many more. obviously, k1x was in full effect. see pics below …
Monday, September 17th, 2007
australias nr.1 b-ball publication, handle magazine, has a great feature of k1x warrior rick apodaca written by ny streetball expert bobby ciafardini in their newest issue. high school, university, streetball, international fame and the dream of someday suiting up in the league, it’s all in here…
to read the full story, click images below!
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
if you missed the k1x booth at magic in vegas, you missed witnessing one of the most spectacular dunkers alive: marvin collins aka hi rizer. wonder where the name comes from? check this video-sample of rize’s skills.
and make sure to check him out this winter: www.hustleupstreetball.com
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
k1x warrior mario kasun is showing the world why he is one of the most dominating players in european basketball. the 7-1 center with the skills of a forward is putting up impressive numbers at the fiba’s european championship posting almost 14 points and 6 rebounds per contest.
and we are very proud that the standout of fc barcelona of spain does it all in the k1x chiefglider. check out the image below.
Friday, September 7th, 2007
some of you have probably already checked out slam’s newest issue of their legendary sneaker bible, kicks. caught in the middle, and honored with an own feature, is the man behind our shoes, sneaka pete. check out what he has to say about k1x’s footwear philospohy and design process.
also make sure to peep the slam’s kicks readers poll, in which k1x was voted 1st in the category “best new company”!
see pages in detail by clicking the images …
