Tracy Anderson put together this exclusive Rad Collector interview with Omar Salazar and Nike’s James Arizumi from SB’s launch event for the Salazar pro model in San Francisco this week. As you can see, getting his first shoe with the swoosh was not an opportunity Omar took lightly.

Everything’s coming up Omar these days. Peep SB’s new commercial for Omar Salazar’s new kick that shows the similarities between skateboarding and NASA. There are lots.

For episode 12, Apollo Cutts is on the scene at B Street Skatepark in Sacramento for Omar Salazar’s pre-shoe launch demo for the kids. Omar raised all the money to install new features at the park and got his sponsors to hook up a bunch of product for the locals. It’s ill to see dudes stay so down for their hometown.

Omar Salazar and Nike SB threw a two day shredfest in the Bay Area this week to coincide with his new signature shoe drop. Rad Collector columnist Tracy Anderson was out west to skate Sac Town, BBQ with the Thrasher heads, tour Deluxe, and kick it with Omar, P-Rod, Koston, Stefan Janoski, Brian Anderson, Justin Brock and a long list of other SB shreds as well as to get the story about what it took for Omar to get his shoe turned into a reality. We’ll be dropping some rad videos shortly, for now peep a couple behind the scenes pics after the jump.

Some pics leaked the other day of a sample of Omar Salazar’s upcoming SB pro model. The half-cab x flywire combo definitely looks to be in its earlier stages but that hasn’t stopped the internet from going nuts over them. You’ve got to read the comments over at NSB.org. It will make your day. Another pic after the jump.