The next banger coming from Emerica is the new Leo Romero collab with Toy Machine. With a new, slimmer shape for Leo’s pro model done up in diablo red, the shoe also features a custom foot bed featuring the Transistor Sect character by Ed Templeton as well as Toy Machine branding on the tongue. Check out a couple more detail shots after the jump.
You’ve seen it bouncing around the intrawebz, but it hasn’t been official until now, Bryan Herman’s new signature model on Emerica is here. Welcome to the G-CODE. His third Emerica pro model is thinner, and comes with that butter STI Foam to keep your feet right and has a bonus Shake Junt collabo to boot. Listen to Herm-dizzle speak on it above and peep some more looks after the jump.
Taking it down a notch from colorways that have included a Las Vegas casino carpet pattern and a neon homage to Andre Agassi, Braydon Szafranski has just dropped a mellow black and blue version of his high top pro-model. The kid still get can’t get enough of Vegas though, the kicks come with a craps table-printed insole that you can whip out to get a quick fix on anytime the gambling bug strikes you. Available now at Emerica dealers. Check out the blue after the jump.
To kick up the hype for their new team video Stay Gold, Emerica is dropping the Stay Gold Pack of spray-painted canvas versions of some of their freshest kicks. The Reynolds Cruisers, Francis Lo, and Laced all got the psychedelic treatment and are dropping shortly at select Emerica accounts. Detailed looks at all three after the jump.
Emerica has a dope new interview up with their in-house legend Ed Templeton. A man who needs no introduction buts whose words are an inspiration to many, Ed goes in deep on what he’s doing now, how he’s doing it, and how much time he spends sitting naked in front of his computer. Read it all here. In more Ed related news, Emerica is also giving away some of those banging new Ed Templeton x No Age Archer’s plus a signed deck and a No Age CD. Go here to win.
To celebrate the love fest between Ed Templeton and No Age, No Age hooked up an extra special lovey-dovey colorway of the Archer for Holiday 09. Stock pics have been out on this for a minute but you can now see how ill the production version came out. They are available starting today at Millennium Shoes. More detail looks after the jump. No Age’s new EP “Losing Feeling” with artwork by Ed is in stores now too.
Heath Kirchart dropped into the private Sole Tech training facility today to get in some practice for his Battle of the Berrics against Chris Cole this weekend and turned it into a battle video against himself. The dude is looking pretty tight. See the whole thing here.
Caliroots in Stockholm just got a fresh shipment from Sole Tech including the much in-demand pro model bangers from Pontus Alv, Braydon Szafranski, and Jason Dill. If you got a few euros in your pocket hit em up right here. Peep the Knicks colorway Braydons and the black leather Dill’s after the jump.
Swedish legend Pontus Alv finally has his own Emerica shoe with the release of the Pontus Alv Emerica Tope. Made in part as a tribute to Pontus’s father Torsten who passed away when Pontus was 10, the kick features several pictures of his dad on the insoles as well as two quotes: “You will always be with me, I did what you told me” and “I wish I was here so I could do it all over again”. the Pontus Alv Tope also features the flag of Skåne on the heel repping his home town of Malmö and one of Pontus’ drawings on the tongue. The Pontus Alv Tope is available now in Europe and to celebrate Emerica is hosting a session with Pontus in Malmö on August 23. More info to follow. For some looks at the kick, some iconic Pontus shots, and a story by John Dahlquist, hit the jump.
On the OG tip, Emerica is dropping the Rip Slip, a new model for spring 2010. Billed as the first fully skateable slip-on loafer, this is the perfect kick for pushing to the store for 40’s and blunts and then coming right back to the beanbag chair without having to put back on your house shoes. There is a rumor that Snoop commissioned his own special pair after seeing these. Stay tuned for more on that. Two other colors after the jump.