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adidas Y-3 Raito Racer Triple Black

If Ninjas wore sneakers, they might just don the Y-3 Raito Racer. As part of a collaboration between Japanese avant garde fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto and the three-stripe brand, the Y-3 Raito Racer gets mostly black coloring this time around after two previous models, a black/white and an all-white version.…

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SEMA High School Vehicle Build Program Jeep Wranglers

Customizing our own ride with our own two hands and some fierce skills is our personal dream. The fact that some high school kids got to do that very thing makes us both happy and a bit chapped around the ass. Five high schools have taken advantage of SEMA’s High…

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Otis Lets You Invest in a Portion of Famous Art, Sneakers and Collectibles

While we certainly consider ourselves aficionados and even collectors of contemporary art, music albums and sneakers, we're still regular guys that don't have the kind of coin to outright own pieces like KAWS artwork and Nike Air Mags. Or do we? With the new "alternative investment app" Otis, it's a…

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Motorcar Studio Made Another Pristine International Harvester Scout II

Over the years, Atlanta-based Motorcar Studio has become synonymous with impeccable restorations of the International Scout, particularly the 1976 International Scout II. They turned one into a bright yellow beach cruiser with a soft top. The did another one as a murdered out daily driver. And now, they're back with…

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The adidas Archive

Our first pair of three-stripe adidas shoes was red and white Rivalry high-top basketball shoes, and they were superb. Hell, had we known how legendary the brand would become, we would've saved 'em. The adidas brand has now been around for nearly a century, and its offerings from shoes to…

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