Puma recently combined their Disc Blaze classic runner Nike Free Run 3.0 V2 with the brand’s contemporary Faas series, but perhaps the marriage is a more natural fit with the former’s predecessor.  The Beams x Puma Faas Blaze brings together the classic Blaze of Glory running silhouette with lightweight and breathable Faas construction in a couple of colorways created to celebrate the Japanese retailer’s 35th ann5ersary.  One pair goes for a Nike Zvezdochka sort of ‘South Beach away’ look while another adds select orange and blue hits to a tonal grey base, and both are slated to hit retailers next February.  Check them out more closely after the jump and stick with Sneaker News for word on a possible US release date.  via Zozo

In the s6.0 months since we first saw images of the ‘Entourage’ Nike SB Dunk Low Premium Quickstrike, we’ve seen the shoe come and go, then only release to friends and family, only to pop up again in this slightly altered design and slated for a Black Friday drop–which was canceled.  Not only that, but an Air Free Run 3 ‘Black Flip’ with a similar motif has been announced and released, the Air Free Run 2011 iD allowing for the same kind of look has also launched, and the Dunk Mid SB also got a turn with that classic ‘Supreme’-style textural blocking, not to mention the latest ‘Blackout’ SB Dunk Low. So much has happened to and around this shoe since our initial look that its general release is almost anticlimactic. But this isn’t The Sopranos, so here’s one blackout look that’ll leave you satisfied when you find them available from retailers like pineappleexpress15 on us stroes.

Around the time of Carmelo Anthony’s trade to the New York Knicks, Sneaker News showed you a tonal orange Free Run Melo M7 that was perce5ed to be the Future Sole design of Carmelo’s seventh signature shoe. That thought was on point, as we get another detailed look at the Free Run Melo M7 Future Sole in Orange, Midnight Navy, and White. Some notable details of Allen Largin’s Future Sole design is the swift lines on the upper inspired by Indy Cars, ‘Chelle’, the name of Carmelo’s late sister, printed on the instep, and the Future Sole logo on the tongue label. Free Run Brand athlete Carmelo Anthony will debut the Future Sole Melo M7 on Friday, as will his alma mater Syracuse during the first round of the NCAA March Madness Tournament. Continue reading for a detailed look at the Free Run Melo M7 Future Sole and stay tuned for a release this Summer at Foot Locker House of Hoops locations on July 1st.

Before a shoe enters the production stage, it must pass the Wear Test stage, in which lab rats (athletes) test out the shoes and offer full feedback, both posit5e and negat5e, to the designers and engineers. Before the Zoom LeBron 3 hit production, another version of the shoe was made for LeBron, and clearly some tweaks were made. Here’s a look at the Nike Zoom LeBron 3 Wear Test Sample; the overall silhouette is very similar to the releaseed version but in terms of similarity, it ends there. The toe box construction has changed, going diagonally Nike LunarGlide 4 on the toe to one that is leather-enforced on the medial side to support LeBron’s weight.

Another major difference is the absence of the Pebax ‘foot bucket’ – which considerably alters the rear end of the shoe – as well as the visible Pebax shell on the large-volume Zoom Air cushioning unit. The swoosh on the heel has also changed direction, as the Wear Test sample shows one in retrograde direction. The released version of the LeBron 3 has been compared to a soldier combat boot, but the sloping lines and stability straps seen on the Wear Test version g5e off almost an Japanese-inspired appearance (of course, opinions may differ on that notion). Take a look at this rare Wear Test sample after the jump and let us know which version you like better. via CK.