When I first heard about it, I was like, really? Another skateboard company doing footwear?
I honestly had more than doubts.
I had the chance to meet up with Joe (Castrucci), the man behind Habitat Skateboards (he’s one of my all-time favorite artists) and I asked him directly about Habitat Footwear ‘WHY DO IT? WHY?’ (yes, i asked him WHY? twice straight to his face). He’s been wanting to do footwear for about 10 years now, right after Habitat skateboards was founded (in 2001). I was very skeptical about it even though I kn...Read more
Know1edge Fall Winter 2009 Collection on Hypebeast
photographed by Season Chan
We would like to especially thank you Danny Reyes, Mabo Sato, Chung Pak Khei ‘Sifu’, Nigel Ong, Warren Stuart aka WZA, Alyasha Owerka Moore, Anton aka Antwan, Johnny Tang, Piet and A Wai for participating in this Fall/Winter 2009 Collection. Let’s do this again in 2010.
I met Johnny Tang quite sometime ago, I remember when he came up to the shop and our staff at that time told me that there was this very polite Canadian Chinese kid that came up wearing i-Path. I remember that night he was skating at The Heaven Ledge (RIP spot) and a local kid told me that Johnny was super super amazing. I wanted to meet Johnny but didn’t have the chance.
He came back though and we had the chance to meet up. While skating with him, I was super amazed. Johnny was and is definitely GIFTED with skateboarding sk...Read more
Building on the success of the ‘Dead Not Alive’ Halloween Party, alivenotdead.com, zuma, and Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy are partnering up to put on an awesome New Year’s Eve Party! Sponsored by Diesel.
An all-star lineup of world class DJs has been assembled from alivenotdead.com’s artist community to make the countdown to 2010 one to remember. Actor and fashion icon Sam Lee (aka DJ Bec...Read more
Dayeem, 2009 is about to finish and we are already fast approaching 2010
Before we end this 2009, Know1edge is presenting it’s Winter 2009 Collection. Check it out, you won’t be disappointed.
We would like to especially thank you Danny Reyes, Mabo Sato, Chung Pak Khei ‘Sifu’, Nigel Ong, Warren Stuart aka WZA, Alyasha Owerka Moore, Anton aka Antwan, Johnny Tang, Piet and A Wai for participating in this Fall/Winter 2009 Collection. Let’s do this again in 2010.
First of all CONGRATULATIONS once again to Dennis Calvero for having a cute baby girl (Cassidy), good job D. Respect!
That’s why this trip for Crooks & Castles Hong Kong was only Emil Soriano and Rob Panlilio.
It’s always dope to have them family back to HK, tons of laughter and non stop ideas for days.
Wait for our upcoming Know1edge x Crooks & Castles collabo joint, freak your mind out, guaranteed.
D, we missed you this time, bring wifey and your daughter next time.
This coming June our good friend Kenta Goto from BrknHome will be participating in a two-day major cycling event called The Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting BC Cancer Foundation. Along with Garry Bone, Kenta has assembled a team of eight people under the name Team Livestock: Garry Bone (Livestock), Matty Farr (Adidas), Mike Medland (Oakley), Jon Coleman (Simpl marketing), Emily Jenkins (RN), Dylan Doubt (Color Magazine) and Emanuel Krebs (thoughtpatterns.ca) and of course Ken...Read more
Thank you to all those who have supported and are involved in this project.
Time flies…this year 8FIVE2SHOP is celebrating it’s 10th Year Anniversary. We’ve definitely been through our share of ups and downs but hey, it’s part of life and we are loving every moment of it, no regrets.
We’re very honored to have Vans doing this collaboration with us to mark our 10 year anniversary which has been officially released today.
The reason why we chose this model Chukka Low is because;
1 it’s one of the best looking shoes
2 it’s one of the best skateboarding shoes
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