KicksOneTwo Creative Director Jahmade John: About Me

My name is Jahmade John, I’m 20 years old, and I really, really like sneakers. There’s no way I can give you guys the whole run down of my 6 years doing this thing that I love in a quick “about me” piece but Ill give you guys a little background information about my obsession that started back in 2008.

The first sneaker I ever bought with my own money was the Nike SB “Tie Dye”. I’ve got a lot of respect for a lot of different designers, so I can’t give you guys a favorite off the top of my head, but I can list  a top 3 (in no particular order) read more


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KicksOneTwo Guest Writer Sean Crawford: About Me

Before you invest too much time reading yet another blog, you should know who is behind K-1-2…

Other than working at a locally owned footwear and apparel boutique, my involvement in “the game” or whatever you call it is strictly as an admirer. Theoretically I (get paid to) sell thousands of dollars of clothes and shoes a week, and I sometimes feel like I buy an equal amount…but working in a local sneaker shop also pays me millions a week in peoples’ 2 cents on a subject, so I might as well invest it in this blog. read more


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KicksOneTwo Writer Emil (Bobby) Cienik: About Me

What’s up KicksOneTwo!? First and foremost, I am extremely excited to become a part of the KicksOneTwo family and cook up some dope articles for your reading pleasure. I’ve known Ross for a little while now and he’s been nothing but good to me so I owe him a huge thank you for letting me be a part of this. My name is Emil Cienik, (most people call me Bobby), I’m 17 years old, and am a recent graduate of Anoka High School.

My interest in shoes started as a child in elementary school. Every August before the new school year started, I’d always want my parents to buy me the most expensive shoes with the hope that everyone in class would be jealous. Funny to think about even as an 8 year old, I wanted to stunt on kids. I can’t help but laugh now as I remember my dad telling me that $100 for a pair of shoes was an outrageous price. It was even funnier when I got older and first told him that I could get hundreds of dollars for certain pairs of shoes. read more


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TCSAX 3 Recap

On May 4, 2014, the Minnesota sneaker community converged on the Cabooze for the third installment of Studiiyo23’s sneaker convention, known as TCSAX (Twin Cities Sneaker Art Exchange). With dope sneakers, local clothing brands, good food and music, and great people under one roof, it was an afternoon to remember: those folks The crowd was thick, as folks from all walks of life came to check out the sneaker and art tables Myway guys The MyWay Co team was on hand with their new tees and stickers Joel & NilesJoel and Niles from Create Karma, always affable. Good people. driftline Driftline (and their beautiful booth host Megan) showed love like always. The homie Spencer brought a table full of heat Spencer was hurting feelings. Scotty Piff table The good folks at Scotty Piff brought out kicks of all flavors Did we mention there was art too? Studiiyo23‘s own Taylor Lindgren premiered some crazy new 8-bit style work. ryan #1 Ryan Fors also debuted some new prints at the event More dope work from Ryan Salvatore was in the building repping Minneapolis Customs with a table full of insane hand-painted kicks My personal favorite. Biggie AND Pac on a pair of kicks? Instant victory. Andrew of Pyro Styles Glass had a table as well. Yes, that is a custom handmade Nike glass piece he’s rocking. And finally…onto the music. Nachturnal getting ready to rock the stage. Mickey and Phil-fix Phil and Mickey of Nachturnal Mickey Mickey spitting A-Slim KicksOneTwo homie A-Slim showing love during his set. Create Karma’s Niles Miller turning up. Work Hard and Stay Humble. Preaching read more


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Wear What You Like: Elitisim in the Sneaker Culture

We’ve all seen him: The guy who thinks he’s stunting on everyone, walking down the hall with a swagger in his step.

Then you look down at his feet, and he’s got something horrible on. Flight 45’s, Prime 5’s, or some other gross team Jordan, possibly covered with some ill-fitting, way too big, early 00’s style denim. I’ll be the first to admit it. It’s hard to not laugh at those people sometimes. Those of us “in the know,” if you will, wouldn’t be caught dead with something like that on our feet, and can’t fathom why anyone else would wear them either.  But hang on… read more


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Release Calender: May 6th-11th

May 6th

None

May 7th

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May 8th

None

May 9th

Nike Lebron 11 Elite “Hero Collection”-$275

Nike Kobe 9 Elite “Hero Collection”-$225

Nike KD 6 Elite “Hero Collection”-$200

Nike Air Griffey Max 1 “Black/Laser Crimson/Atomic Mango”-$150

Reebok Blacktop Boulevard “White/Red/Black”-$100

Reebok Blacktop Boulevard “Black/White”-$100

Reebok Battleground “White/Black/Purple”-$125

Reebok Battleground “Black/Teal/Purple”-$125

May 10th read more


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Welcome to KicksOneTwo!

Hey, you…yeah YOU! Welcome to KicksOneTwo, your one-stop shop for everything and anything a Twin Cities sneakerhead needs. Our goal is to bring you high-quality content about what’s going on in our scene, from local sneaker news to interviews and event recaps.

KicksOneTwo was born out of a desire to give our community a voice. We’ve got lots of great people, places, and events here in our community, and the KicksOneTwo staff feels that the things that make our scene so great deserve coverage. A lot of hard work has gone into the site to make it the best it can be, and we’re ready to shine the light on our community! read more


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