{"id":389741,"date":"2014-06-28T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=389741"},"modified":"2022-09-17T12:08:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T17:08:55","slug":"taff-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Snkrs Day Staff Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

As group play has wrapped up and we are on to the elimination stage in the 2014 World Cup<\/strong>, even Staff Picks<\/a> has caught soccer fever. Headlined by multiple World Cup or Brazil-inspired shoes, both cleated and not, this week is kicking. Also included in the Snkrs Day staff’s favorites of the week are low-top models from both Kevin Durant<\/em> and Kobe Bryant<\/em>, as well as the latest from Rick Owens<\/em> and adidas. Click through the following pages to see all of our top sneaker stories from the past five days, and tell us your most memorable kicks from the week in the comment section at the end.<\/p>\n

Cameron White<\/h2>\n

Ronnie Fieg x Asics “Kith Football Equipment Pack”<\/p>\n

“We’re about halfway through 2014, and Mr. Fieg still has the Midas touch. From designs to marketing execution, the Asics “Kith Football Equipment” Pack is pure gold.”<\/p>\n

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Michael Parsley<\/h2>\n

Nike Hypervenom Phantom “Gold” Neymar Jr. PE<\/p>\n

“I’ve caught the World Cup fever, and played soccer for the first time in my life this week. I never thought it would be so much fun, and I regret never letting my mother sign me up for it when I was kid. I think I’ll be hitting the field a lot more often now, and I think I’ll be needing a pair of cleats.”<\/p>\n

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Adam Bedell<\/h2>\n

Nike Air Max 97 JCRD \u201cRio\u201d<\/p>\n

“This feels like something I would have designed in “paintbrush” (c.) 1997!”
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Jordan Howenstine<\/h2>\n

Rick Owens x adidas Springblade<\/p>\n

“Late submission from yesterday, but these Rick Owens are too dope! The adidas Springblade was one of my favorite sneakers of 2013 (shoutout to Brandon Edler), and putting the already-edgy design in metallic silver without any branding is pure silk.”<\/p>\n

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Peter Sim<\/h2>\n

Nike Air Max 1 Premium QS “Gold Trophy”<\/p>\n

“This shoe is amazing, and I’m not really a fan of leather toe boxes on my Air Max 1s. Super clean, and the metallic gold Swoosh is a perfect touch.”<\/p>\n

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Sid Ashford<\/h2>\n

Nike KD VII \u201cCalm Before the Storm\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

“When I first saw images of the Nike KD VII, I couldn’t wait to see what colorways Nike Basketball had in store for the silhouette. While the “Global Game” and “35,000 Degrees” may be the early fan favorites, I chose to keep it more subtle with the “Calm Before the Storms.”<\/p>\n

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Ian Stonebrook<\/h2>\n

Nike Kobe 9 Elite Low \u201cBeethoven\u201d<\/p>\n

“I didn’t go gaga like the rest of the sneaker community for the HTM Kobes, but these “Beethovens” are for me. It’s hard to believe a colorway inspired by a classical composer –or possibly the dog movies, still unconfirmed– would beat out a pair channeling Prince and Michael Jackson for me, but hey, they do.”<\/p>\n

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Mike Faucheux<\/h2>\n

Nike Lebron X Low “South Beach” Custom<\/p>\n

“As I’ve stated the past two picks, I’m quite a fan of custom kicks, as well as the “South Beach” colorway. This is the best of both worlds. The South Beach colorway really pops with the pink check on the heel, and the low is a fantastically versatile shoe.”<\/p>\n

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Zaul Zamora<\/h2>\n

Nike SB Dunk Mid Pro<\/p>\n

“All-white everythang.”<\/p>\n

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Brittany Shelton<\/h2>\n

Nike Flyknit Racer Pink Flash\/Hyper Crimson<\/p>\n

“Summer sneakers are meant to be loud, and this pink and crimson Flyknit Racer is the perfect warm weather kick pick.”<\/p>\n

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Jasmine Majors<\/h2>\n

New Balance Women’s Elite 580 Pack<\/p>\n

“New Balance did their thing with this pack for women. The occasional 574 colorways don’t cut it for me. Just let us be great. However,
\nthese are all fire. I’ll take that one, that one, and that one.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As group play has wrapped up and we are on to the elimination stage in the 2014 World Cup, even Staff Picks has caught soccer fever. Headlined by multiple World Cup or Brazil-inspired shoes, both cleated and not, this week is kicking. Also included in the Snkrs Day staff’s favorites of the week are low-top models from both Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant, as well as the latest from Rick Owens and adidas. Click through the following pages to see all of our top sneaker stories from the past five days, and tell us your most memorable kicks from the week in the comment section at the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4655,"featured_media":386716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1342,742],"tags":[1209741,1225545],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSnkrs Day Staff Picks | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out what the Snkrs Day staff chose as their favorite sneaker stories of the week, from Kevin Durant's latest to Neymar's gold cleats.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Snkrs Day Staff Picks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out what the Snkrs Day staff chose as their favorite sneaker stories of the week, from Kevin Durant's latest to Neymar's gold cleats.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Snkrs Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NiceKicks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-28T14:00:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-17T17:08:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/06\/asnkrsdaya-Staff-Picks-Lead.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"357\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jordan Howenstine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@snkrsday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@snkrsday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jordan Howenstine\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"ItemPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/\",\"name\":\"Snkrs Day Staff Picks | Snkrs Day\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/06\/asnkrsdaya-Staff-Picks-Lead.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-28T14:00:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-17T17:08:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"Check out what the Snkrs Day staff chose as their favorite sneaker stories of the week, from Kevin Durant's latest to Neymar's gold cleats.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/06\/asnkrsdaya-Staff-Picks-Lead.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/06\/asnkrsdaya-Staff-Picks-Lead.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":357,\"caption\":\"asnkrsdaya-Staff-Picks-Lead\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/taff-picks\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Brands\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/brand\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Snkrs Day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\",\"name\":\"Snkrs Day\",\"description\":\"Sneakers News. 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