House Of Hoops opened its newest “Dadeland” location down in Miami, Florida (the city where we’re based out of). Not only did they celebrate the grand opening by releasing the special “South Beach” colorway of the Nike Air Max Lebron VIII, but Lebron James himself was in the building. The Miami Heat star made a rare appearance to talk with 100 local kids from local high school basketball programs to talk a little about his accomplishments, his thoughts and his career. Also at hand was Jason Petrie, the designer of the sneaker, who revealed small details about the design of the shoe. The event was hosted by Boogie Smooth, and music was provided by deejay for the afternoon: Mick Boogie.

And of course, we put together this recap video with our sister website, The305. Press play and get a small tour of the store, as well as a peek into the conversation Lebron had with the kids.

Shot & Edited by: David “DRO” Rosario (www.davidrosario.com)
Music by Madcon – Beggin’ (Instrumental)

This was a special event put together by the great people at Nike Sportswear, and the great people over at Shoe Gallery in Miami, Florida. Basically, Nike brought down the Jacket Nike ID machines and set up to Shoe Gallery for an entire weekend and let customers customize their own N98 track jackets. The opening night (which is where this video was taken) took place on Thursday January 28, 2010 and tons of locals celebrated with free food and drinks, along with their chance to iD their own track jackets. Press play for the quick recap of the night.

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Our partner site, The305.com partnered with Miami based sneaker shop Shoe Gallery to present a video contest to give away a free pair of highly coveted Air Jordan XI “Space Jams” that took retail stores by storm this past Wednesday . There were numerous entries and while most of them showed heart, there was one entry that stood out and was so well put together, that it was almost instantly that they knew they received the winning entry. And funny enough, it was one of the last entries submitted.

The winner was Luc Alexandre (aka UnkleLuc) with the above video. We want to congratulate Luc for the effort and for putting together a great piece. You definitely have a great eye for video. Enjoy your Space Jams!

For anything sneaker related in Miami, one of your top destinations has GOT to be Shoe Gallery. Check them at Shoe Gallery 244 NE 1st Ave, Miami, FL 33132 and/or give them a call at (305) 371-2063

“This isn’t MTV Cribs, this is MTV Kicks” – DJ AM

DJ AM was definitely an avid sneakerhead with more than 600 pairs to his name. Its sad to see him go at such a young age during a time when he seem to have been in the prime of his life. Plus, with the horrific and amazing survival story that he and Travis Barker endured last September in plane crash that they survived – this all seems to surreal to believe that not even a year later, he passes away. What a tremedous loss. Our condolences to his family, friends and loved ones.

Rest In Peace Adam Goldstein.

We have to give credit where its due. Sneakerized, a German sneaker site put in some time to develop this animated short to promote the relaunch of their site. Luckily this video is in English. Its clever and all, but we can’t help but feel like it has a Willy Wonka & The Sneaker Factory kind of tone. You’ll see what we mean. It’s dope nonetheless.

Sneakerpimps 2009 Miami was ridiculous. The Clipse and the Cool Kids tore it down! And of course, we have the exclusive look at how it went down. From the attendees, to the vendors and performances.We get an incredible HD video of the event brought to us courtesy …

Shout outs to Safe from Mi Gente Clothing, Rick (Abstrak), Alexis, and the rest of the Invazion family, Dave Jeff, Clark Kent, 004 Connect, Nepz, Like Mike Clothing, Last Rights Clothing family, the whole Shoe Gallery fam, Soles Inc, Plus Givens, Female Sneaker Fiends and everybody else we saw out there.