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Nike Air “Spurs” Unlimited by Jai Cruz of Revive Customs

 

Revive Customs has been expanding their company as of late. Jai Cruz is now the head of the Revive Restorations department and is making his official debut with this restoration/sole swap of a pair of 1994 Nike Air Unlimiteds. Jai swapped the old soles and replaced them with fresh ones from a pair of Emerald Nike Air Force 180s. Jai used the Deep Emerald hits of the shoe as inspiration and painted the uppers with the vintage logo of the San Antonio Spurs, three horizontal “paint swipes” of emerald, bright pink, and mango that signified the vibrant personality of the city and honored the strong Mexican/Chicano population.

Nike Air Jordan IV “Snow Sniper” by FreakerSneaks

FreakerSneaks is having a love affair with fur right now. If you made it to this year’s Sneakerness then you probably saw his Air Jordan IV Grinch customs up close. To follow the love (and hate) he received from that pair, FreakerSneaks now presents the Nike Air Jordan IV “Snow Sniper.”

The upper features a white camouflage design, complete with a sniper toting Camo Jumpman on the tongue tag (very Inception-esque). The heels feature a sniper scope graphic and “3-9X50,” the model number of the Snow Sniper’s scope. FreakerSneaks lined the entire shoe with white fur that peeks out around the ankle and above the toebox.

Paintless Nike Dunk SB Statue of Liberty by Dank Customs

It doesn’t happen often but a custom made without the use of actual paint or thread is possible. To the unsuspecting these may look painted yet upon close inspection or if you just happen to know the history of the base shoe you’ll realize the graphics are actually the bottom layer peering through the green surface. Dank Customs gave the 2011 Nike Dunk SB “Statue of Liberty” a bit more styling with creation of two different angles of the statue on the back heels, an American flag motif on the toeboxes, and his logo right near the outer toe.

Air Jordan VI Grape Custom by El Cappy

Customizers have been ahead of Jordan Brand for a while when it comes to bringing their classic colorways known on a certain model to another. El Cappy created the Air Jordan IV Grape almost two years ago. Now he put the colorway that was first created on the AJ V to the next number with these Air Jordan VI Grapes.

Nike Lebron X Green Lantern Custom by Kickasso Kustom Sneakers

Before the year is over there may not be a theme that the Nike Lebron X hasn’t been customized with. Known for his solid air brush work Kickasso Kustom Sneakers brings a Green Lantern theme to life for a very noticeable pair of custom sneakers. What started out as the already neck-breaking “Neon” Lebron X became slightly toned down taking advantage of the bright neon yellow upper.

Blacked Out Bred Air Jordan 11 by Noldo Customs

Simplicity can give new life. Noldo Customs revived a worn pair of Air Jordan 11 Retros in the black and red playoff colorway. Or as they are nicknamed “breds” but the now blacked out breds received no more than a painting of their previously white midsoles.

PMK Customs: The Blue Print Video via LifeandTimes.com

He wore them on the sidelines of a Brooklyn Nets game now he shares the custom sneakers’ story via his website LifeandTimes.com. That he is Jay Z and the sneaker is the Air Jordan 1 Brooklyn Zoo by PMK Customs. Released last year in a very limited amount of 10 pairs for somewhere around $2500 each the full decon-recon customs feature the real skin and leather of 9 different animals. Check the video below to see how the idea came about and how PMK Customs works with a company called American Shoes to bring the idea to life.

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