CAUSE FOR RETIREMENT

First off, THESE ARE NOT MINE... Though I've been spending the entire day wishing they were.

Awww man, I'm telling you I can't think straight after I saw these... These are retirement shoes! I'd actually come out of retirement, get these, and retire again... Proper!

I've got friends who carry big foot firepower... Those who are so deep in the game, Concords isn't exactly on top of their grail food chain. For me though, this particular pair, OWNS the eco-system.

This is not just any pair of Concords you can grab off eBay, but a pair held and signed by Tinker Hatfield. Enjoy the images provided by SneakerFreaker after the jump!

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a dark corner to attend to... I need to sulk my envy away. Hahahaha!

TITAN UPDATE /// ORION 7 DROPS SATURDAY, MARCH 26

NOW AVAILABLE AVAILABLE SATURDAY, MARCH 26, AT YOUR FAVORITE
BASKETBALL STORE x BARBERSHOP!

ORION 7.
Php 6,495.
FORT.

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME.

TITAN MARCH MADNESS ELITE EIGHT(DAYS)

RESPECT THE ARCHITECT /// AIR MAX 1

As a gesture of respect and loyalty to the game of architecture and design, I decided to wear my AM1s to the Induction of New Architects.

This is me committing to the revolution and paying homage to one of the greatest revolutionary architects of our time, Tinker Hatfield. Respect the architects! 'Grats to my fellow inductees!

AYE! Let's go build that house! Holla!

NCAA MARCH MADNESS BRACKET

It's that time of the year again! March Madness! Who you rooting for? 

I'm sure y'all basketball heads have already filled up your brackets, but for those who are looking to getting into the frenzy that is the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, you can check out the match-ups after the jump.

MVP /// D-ROSE x SLAM

 I went out for a site meeting yesterday. I left my station as it was, and as any architect would attest, your desk isn't working if its not a mess.

My good friend and officemate Archie (#NT Archiebolz) found, amidst the clutter, my stash of SLAM on my desk.

Here's the thing, this dude can capture some serious light! He can take pictures! And just like any good photographer, you freeze the moment, frame it and hopefully it gets picked up.

So Chi... This is me picking up! Taken from his phone: D.Rose on the cover of SLAM.

Great shot, mah'dude! Check it after the jump.

IT'S... TIME!!! /// UNSCHLD x G-SHOCK | SAT-3-19-2011

THIS ONE'S FOR THE FAMO

Work has been crazy for a minute now. Been hustlin' so hard that I (literally) slept on a bunch of good drops in the past couple of weekends... Need to get back to game fast to keep up with the cool kids!

One thing's been constant though, regardless of the struggle - and that's the love and the fam!

Folks, I want y'all to meet my bro Victor. Well he's supposed to be my baby bro (10 years younger) but he hella bigger than me now!

He and the fam went to Korea last year, and they were cool enough to check out Nike Korea for dear ol' Kuya! :D 

Check out Victor - stuntin' like Biggie - after the jump.

DROP | COVER | HOLD ON /// PROTECT YOURSELF IN CASE OF A QUAKE

Off-Topic but still worth knowing. Here's what to do in case an earthquake hits your city.

• DROP down onto your hands and knees (before the earthquakes knocks you down). This position protects you from falling but allows you to still move if necessary.
• COVER your head and neck (and your entire body if possible) under a sturdy table or desk. If there is no shelter nearby, only then should you get down near an interior wall (or next to low-lying furniture that won't fall on you), and cover your head and neck with your arms and hands.
• HOLD ON to your shelter (or to your head and neck) until the shaking stops. Be prepared to move with your shelter if the shaking shifts it around.

Tweet, RT, post, repost, pass around. Get familiar.

Our thoughts and prayers go to Japan and her people. Hang in there! You'll survive.

via earthquakecountry.org

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME

Wes Leonard, a Michigan high school basketball player, died playing the game he loved.
At the young age of 16, he died undefeated, a champion. He died a legend.

Check out this touching story of triumph, sorrow, and giving it all for the game of basketball after the jump.

via ESPN and WOODTV8.

TO THE KING OF NEW YORK...

Thank you.

Christopher George Latore Wallace

Notorious B.I.G.

May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997

NIKE HARAJUKU x WONDERWALL (MASAMICHI KATAYAMA)

NIKE HARAJUKU

Location: Harajuku, Tokyo

Year: 2009

The largest in the nation, NIKE's first flagship store in tokyo, designed by katayama measures 945.5 square meters. The experienced-based store with facilities such as the runner's studio - for selecting shoes that match individual's feet and running style - the NIKEID studio, and an interior layout which appears as if there are multiple sports shops coexisting within sports playground.

The design expresses the joy of athletics, by incorporating components associated with sports and which are characteristically NIKE, which include a running track, chandelier made of shoes, hundreds of runner's bibs and a wall made from the out soles of sneakers.

The store is well integrated into its surrounding environment, featuring a dual entrance located on both sides of the establishment which naturally invites consumers or even runners passing by, to come inside.

Check out the pictures and the design video after the jump.

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REPRESENT THE LOVE /// TITAN LOGO TEES

Go rep your favorite barbers x basketball cornershop! Only Php 595 a pop.

Available @ Titan Fort and Titan RONAC.

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME.

CHILDHOOD WALL STREET JOURNAL /// BECKETT BASKETBALL MONTHLY

RAMSHOP x JR'S x FX x That store in front of Glico's Town

#southboysknowwhatsup

TO THE GREATEST FILIPINO TO EVER DO IT...

Thank you.

FRANCIS MAGALONA

 1964-2009

WE GOT OUR OWN EFFIN' COUNTRY CLUB, YO! /// RONAC ART CENTER

As some of you may know, Greenhills is my little patch of heaven on earth (word to my girl). :) And about a year ago, that patch of heaven got an upgrade. 

Enter RONAC Art Center.

Now people like me got a fuckin' clubhouse... Our very own country club!

Check out the video they did after the jump. Either get familiar or act like you know.

THE COLLECTORS /// A BUSINESSWORLD ONLINE FEATURE

A great read about our culture (I guess we're no longer a subculture, huh? Economists and Wall Street kings start to take notice), the game, the people, and the stories that fuel the passion.


Features fellow #NT'ers Sir Miko (miko0412) and Toots (Swooshie5). Check out the article after the jump.

(Lifted from bworldonline.com)

20% ANGEL | 80% DEVIL /// SASHA GREY ON THE COVER OF STATUS

Our girlfriends know her as Vincent Chase's favorite girl.
Oh... But we all know her better than they do.

Intimately better.

Check her out in this month's STATUS.


via STATUS