A Watchers Guide To The 88th Academy Awards

By Justice Skinner The Oscars are finally upon us! It has been a crazy year defined by a gorilla named Harambe, a guy named Daniel’s white vans, and the future of the free world passing into the hands of Donald Trump. But despite the hysteria of the outside noise, the realm of cinema has had…

Sneaks This Week: February 11th Edition

2 cents: The “Just Don” is the greatest sneaker collaboration of all time   Don Crawley grew up on the South Side of Chicago witnessing Michael Jordan’s greatness first hand. Watching those dominant Bull’s teams of the 90s, a seed was planted in the mind of you Don as it was with so many others…

Supreme Leaders

by Austin Hegmon The most iconic North American streetwear brand is back at it again. Supreme has released their 2016 Fall/Winter line to the public. Shirts, pants, hats, and even noodle bowls flooded the previously closed website. Per usual, most of the interesting stuff sold out within a day. Thankfully, most the items get put…

Sneaks This Week: Summer Review

by Peyton Gallaher Ok, it’s been a minute kiddies. I’d come up with some bogus excuse for why you haven’t seen this in about two months, but that’s a waste of your time. I’ve missed a lot this summer. Therefore, this addition will be devoted to what my favorite summer kicks were. For all three…

Sneaks This Week: June 4 Edition

By Peyton Gallaher THE HEADLINES First Views of the Curry 3 After a miraculous 3-1 comeback in the Western Conference Finals the Warriors and MVP Steph Curry punched a tickets back to the finals (listen to a full preview of the finals on the first ever edition of the Rare Air podcast). The only question…

Sneaks This Week: April 23 Edition

by Peyton Gallaher NEWS AND NOTEWORTHY Top Playoff Kicks On The Court THE RUN   Brand: Nike Silhouette: Air Presto Ultra Fly Knit Name: All White Old school style meets new school innovation as the Air Presto collides with Nike’s only material for shoes lately, Fly Knit. The classic Presto has always been a staple…

Sneaks This Week: April 9 Edition

by Peyton Gallaher THE RUN: Brand: Jordan Name: Premium Silhouette: Jordan 4 The Jordan brand continues to go hard with Premium 4s. Last year, the premium shoe was the “Labs” but this year the brand a myriad of materials that have added to the classic 4. Headlined by pony hair and top-of-the-line leather, the Jordan…

Sneaks This Week: April 2 Edition

By Peyton Gallaher THE HEADLINES Happy Belated Air Max Day Although it’s a bit late, Nike’s second annual Air Max day was a huge day for lovers of the storied silhouette. Along with various releases of Air Maxes throughout the years, including a highly coveted variation of the Air Max 0, Nike hosted their first…

Sneaks This Week: March 26 Edition

by Peyton Gallaher THE HEADLINES: Power laces, Alright!   Nike shows off a power lacing concept that will make McFly heads go nuts. This tech is named E.A.R.L., standing for Electro Adaptive Reactive Lacing, and according to media members at the launch event Tuesday, this is expected to be utilized by the swoosh as normally…

Sneaks This Week: March 5 Edition

By Peyton Gallaher Brand: Nike Silhouette: KD 8 EXT Name: Vanchetta Tan   According to the Nike SNKRS app, the leather on these joints is absolutely insane. I mean this looks like a dress shoe that you would rock to a wedding in case anyone wanted to mess around and get dunked on. My point…

Sneaks This Week: Feb. 27 Edition

By Peyton Gallaher Brand: Nike Name: Eulogy Release Date: Feb. 27 Price: $220 Kobe is on his way out and as he rounds third coming home, Nike is really using this last opportunity to show off some real heat. The Kobe 11 “Eulogy” is just the latest in the line of simplistic fire that the…