_ ______________ (_____________ ########### _ ___ ___ _ ___ _ ___ ######### __) _____ _____ (___) _____ __) _____ ### _____ ___ __ _ __ # ___ ! ! ____ __ ! ___ ! +-------------- _______ _____ -------- _______ ________ --+ _ ___ _ ___ ___ _ ____ __) _____pOimp_)_ _______ (___) _ ____ THUGLIFE ORG _ _____ __ _ __ ___ ! ! ___ ! __ _ ! +---------------------------- _______ ____ -- _______ ---- _______ --+ serving the underground #### ascii scene - ascii search - ########### news - reviews - interviews - impure hq ########### ascii forums - 169 + - groups - woezine hq ########### tutorials - ascii@thuglife org retro hq ########### +---------------------------------- ########### --------+ w w w t h u g l i f e o r g _____________ _____________ 2O O5 O4 ( tribe impure presents a small colly made entirely in one evening called sneaker pimps Atleast according to urban myths the Beastie Boys have employed people to buy vintage shoes from various places to them They call these people sneaker pimps which obviously is also where I got the name to this colly I have drawn only eight logos to this colly but each logo is the name of an important sneaker company and I ve also tried to say the most important facts about the companies So please enjoy this fusion of art and athletic shoe history If anyone has any use for any of my logos in this colly feel free to use them ___ _____ ---- ___ _ ------------------------------------- sneaker pimps -- - --- _ ----------------------------------- logo #1 - adidas -- Let s start with the most important sneaker brand of all time In 1920 a man called Adi Dassler built his first pair of shoes in his mother s laundry room in the village of Herzogenaurach Germany After WWII he got a hold of surplus materials from the disbanded German army and decided to change the history of modern sports Their most important shoe by far is the Superstar which was originally introduced in 1969 and was made truly a piece of sneaker history in the 1980 s by Run-DMC As an interesting fact in 1973 New York State authorities began distributing the sneakers to mental institute inmates as standard footwear _____ ______ ______ _____ ___ ______ ___ _______ ___ _______ ___ ___ __________ _ __ __ _ __ _ t01 _____________________ __________________ ____________________ ___ _____ ---- ___ _ ------------------------------------- sneaker pimps -- - --- _ ------------------------------------- logo #2 - puma -- Another important company in the history of sneakers is Puma It was started by none other than Adi Dasslers brother Rudi who left Adidas after years of dispute to start Puma in 1948 Legends of sports that wore Puma sneakers include footballer Pele tennis player Boris Becker and runner Linford Christie Right now Puma is the official sponsor of the Jamaican olympic team ______ _ ______________________ ___________ ____________ ___ t01 ___ ---- __ _ __ PUMA ________ ____________ _____ ____________ ____ ________ ___ _____ ---- ___ _ ------------------------------------- sneaker pimps -- - --- _ ------------------------------------- logo #3 - nike -- Nike (pronounced NI-KEY) a brand that I have personally never been very fond of but that many people seem to love was launched in 1971 after a brief spell of trading under the name Blue Ribbon Sports The swoosh logo was designed by Caroline Davidson in 1971 She got paid $35 for the logo that is now surely worth billions and is practically a symbol of North American culture even to those who are against everything that stands for Their most important sneaker is definately the Air Jordan Introduced in 1985 it began the most lucrative sports-endorsement contract ever eventually worth upwards of $25-million a year for the then-NBA Rookie of the year Michael Jordan ______ _____ ________________________ __ _ _ _ __ ___ ______ n i k e t01 ___ _____ ___ ____ ______ ______ ____ ___ _____ ---- ___ _ ------------------------------------- sneaker pimps -- - --- _ ------------------------------------ logo #4 - karhu -- Being Finnish there s no way I could not mention the legendary Finnish sports brand Karhu Originally established in 1916 with the name Ab SportArtiklar Oy They changed the name to Karhu in the 1920 s and in the 1930 s expanded from training equipment to sportswear including athletic footwear as well Due to technical expertise and partly because of the 1952 Helsinki Olympics Karhu became one of the leading sports equipment producers and earned it s international reputation as the leading manufacturer of athletic shoes Oh and by the way somewhere around the 1950 s Karhu sold it s three stripes trademark to a certain company called Adidas for the price of two bottles of whiskey and about 1600 euros Even though or perhaps because of being immensly popular among finns during previous decades Karhu shoes are right now considered unfashionable in Finland But hopefully that will soon change with their new Karhu Originals Collection a line of vintage sneakers ______ ____________________ _______ ______ _____ _ ___ __ _ ________ t01 _ _ _ ___ ___________ ___ _________ ____ ___ ______ ________ karhu! ___ _____ ---- ___ _ ------------------------------------- sneaker pimps -- - --- _ --------------------------------- logo #5 - converse -- What is the oldest most popular and all time best selling sneaker of all time Nope it isn t the Adidas Superstar nor is it the Nike Air Jordan It s the Converse All Star Chuck Taylor The company was founded in 1908 and the introduced the All Star shoe in 1917 which originally only came in black In 1923 basketball legend Charles Taylor started endorsing the shoes and his name Chuck Taylor was added to the ankle patch of the shoe By 2003 580 000 000 pairs of the sneakers had been sold and every week approximately 30 00 pairs of the shoes are sold And unlike some classic sneakers like the Adidas Superstars the Converse All Star has remained exactly the same ever since 1923 except for the addition of new colors _____ _____ ____ c o n v e r s e _____ _____ __ ____________________ _____ _____________ t01 _____ __ __ _ __ _______ _ _ __ __ __ _________ ________ __ _______ ____ ___ _ ____ _____ ____ ____ _____ ____ ___ _____ ---- ___ _ ------------------------------------- sneaker pimps -- - --- _ ------------------------------------- logo #6 - fila -- Italian sportswear maker Fila entered the world of sport in 1973 initially making knitwear for Tennis A real turning point in their history came 10 years later though when they started making shoes and sandals in 1983 Especially the U S market showed growing interest in Fila shoes which reached a peak in the years 1992-96 with sales of basketball shoes Publicity was guaranteed by connections with big NBA stars such as Kevin Johnson Masburn Webber Stackhouse and Grant Hill Non-basketball sports stars that wear Fila shoes include Jennifer Capriati (tennis) and Sammy Sosa (baseball) _____________ ____ ______ t01 ___ ___ ____ ___ ____ _ __ _ _(___ _ __ _ ___ f i l a ____ _____ __________ _________ ___ _____ ---- ___ _ ------------------------------------- sneaker pimps -- - --- _ ------------------------------------- logo #7 - vans -- Although there are several claims to how the sport of skateboarding came about the best documented was the Zephyr Team in Dogtown USA in the mid-1970 s in California (Learn more about them in the movie Dogtown and Z-Boys) The outfit that the Zephyr team wore was cotton Ts Levi jeans and dark blue Vans Shoes making Vans the original skateboard shoe brand The Vans company also promotes its Made in America policy in response to the public outrage towards other shoe manufacturer s use of sweat-shop labour ______ ____ _______ ________ ___ _______________ __________ _ __ t01 __ vans! __________ ____________ ___ __ _______ _________ ___ _____ ---- ___ _ ------------------------------------- sneaker pimps -- - --- _ ----------------------------------- logo #8 - reebok -- Reebok s United Kingdom-based ancestor company was founded in 1890 and made some of the first known running shoes with spikes in them In 1958 two of the founder s grandsons started a company that became known as Reebok named for an African gazelle Their most important shoe are the Reebok Pumps which came very well known in 1991 after Celtics rookie Dee Brown bent down to squeeze some air into his Pumps at the NBA Slam Dunk contest before winning with his no-look dunk The shoes were pretty damn expensive costing $175 a pair at the time though _____ _____ _____ ______ _____________ ______________________ __ _ _ __ __ _____ __ __ _ _ t01 ___ ____ ____ __________ _________ ___ reebok! ____ ____ ____ ______ @BEGIN_FILE_ID DIZ ___ ___ - -- __-- -- _ -_--- __ --- ___ -- - - -___ ___ ___ ___ __ --- ___ ___ ___ --- -- ____ -------- ------------ _____ ----- _________ _______ )__-____ ______ - - --------- )________ dc ______ --------- tribe impure presents a minicolly called sneaker pimps - impure tk ---------------- 2O-O5-O4 - @END_FILE_ID DIZ Sources (Hopefully I have remembered to include all of them) The History of the Converse All Star Chuck Taylor http www chucksconnection com history html Sneaker timeline by Michael Citrome http www montrealmirror com ARCHIVES 2002 041102 coverstory2shoe html Hip-hoppers steppin out with old kicks by Meredith S Davis http www jsonline com onwisconsin music dec02 103057 asp format=print Karhu history http www karhuoriginals com history htm Nike History and Timeline http xroads virginia edu CLASS am483_97 projects hincker nikhist html JD Sports Nike http www jdsports co uk brands asp id1=3&id2=1438 A History Of Shoes Puma Shoes http www historyofshoes biz puma_shoes htm The Athlete s Foot Fila history http www taf pl athletesen asortyment fila-hist html Sk8 s Shoes http podiatry curtin edu au trasher html Sneaker History http www arch mcgill ca prof adams arch350 fall1999 students jmckim history ht m Reebok - Company History http www reebok com us about history 1890 htm