Vans OTW is all about taking Off the Wall’s skate heritage and combining it with classic lifestyle designs, so it’s only natural to see their latest design take off on a Vans original that’s become an icon.  The Vans OTW Woessner is kinda like an updated Authentic, but it goes beyond the Era in offering additional padding to the classic plimsoll, keeping a subtle edge that’s quite sharp.  The Woessner has a powerful if understated sophisication in grey wool, brown or blue suede or white hemp and you can see all of the upcoming colorways when you click on the jump below.

Let’s face it: the Nike SB Dunk High had a down year in 2009. Even the Gucci SB Dunk High wasn’t strong enough to carry the entire lackluster Dunk High team, and most of the releases were uninspired colorways g5en absurd nicknames. At Nike SB’s highest of highs, the most popular colorways were signatures – Danny Supa, Dan Shimizu, Reese Forbes, and so on – and it’s time Nike went back to that winning formula. The Nike SB Dunk High Eric Koston is poised to steer the Dunk High ship in the right direction, with a great colorway set off by a golden touch. These are set to drop at SB accounts this month, but you can pick up a pair over at kicks-crew. In the meantime, check out these new detailed images and you’ll be Nike Free 7.0 certain that the Nike SB Nike Free Tr Twist Dunk High is back for good.

Who says a soccer shoe can’t be stylish? After Dunks descended from the realm of basketball footwear and become a street sneaker, nobody though twice about it. Could the Nike5 Street Gato hold a similar fate? A Nike Free 6.0 far cry from the souped up cleats we’ve seen from the Swoosh, these are built for indoor soccer but also work as a lifestyle sneaker. Slick colorways like the one shown here definitely help out in the latter category, with the blazing volt swoosh breaking up the black and grey suede of the upper. Get a better look at this Nike 5 Street Gato release after the jump and cop them now from Eastbay.

We got a pretty big response when we showed those Free Run 8′s crumbling apart. Some of you may have felt it was worse because it was a rare sample, but think of it like this- it would be just as terrible to realize your Ol5e 9′s (OG or Retro) are coming apart. Must hurt so bad to finally open up that wrap and start to hear the thousands of bits and pieces scattering around. A favorite to the true Free Run heads, you wouldn’t even wish that upon your enemy. But at least we get a look at some of the anatomy, or what’s left of it. Additionally we can all benefit from posts like this because comments lead to advice for better shoe care. But in the end, the moral of the story is shrink wrapping is like slow-action kryptonite to your kicks. Maybe the owner can use that back Free Run tab as a pendent of some sort. via Kenlu