Hey All, I apologize for my absence…it’s been one thing after the next. From super busy at work to redoing my taxes over and over (the state of NY just doesn’t make it easy) to traveling, I’ve been silent and I’m going to try to do better from now on.

So for Friday I want to talk about something that’s been around for awhile but I never realized how cool it is, and that’s Nike ID. I’m slowly coming around to the custom sneaker world, and I guess this is my first foray in. Growing up I always associated Nike with track and field or sport specific shoes like cleats. I was a skateboarder and for us at the time Nike skate shoes had very little street cred and were seen as a big mean mega brand trying to cut into the underground culture of skaters. But now Nike owns a huge portion of the custom sneaker world and has permanently ingrained themselves in the skate culture.

I won’t bore you with the details of Nike ID, it’s really intuitive and fun to play with. I was inspired to try and design my own pair both for the interest of the blog but also because my beloved pair of purple/black/white Onitsuke Tigers are finally worn out to the point of retirement (a sad, sad, day) and I haven’t really found them for sale anywhere in the same style. So I thought to myself, “self, let’s try and recreate these.”

Starting from scratch with a blank Nike 6.0 skate shoe, I juiced up the colors and materials to make a cool replica mirroring the great colors of my Tigers.

And for just a bit of hilarity, check out the Custom ID. HAHA!

I haven’t decided if I would actually wear sneakers with the blog rep’d so blatantly on there…but maybe. The real question is are they worth $110….Maybe in a moment of weakness. Let’s stew on it over and weekend and check back with you on Monday.

Have a great weekend!