The Sneak Of The Week is the Pro Keds Royal Flash by the legendary graffiti artist Haze, for Stussy. Recently Haze has played a hand in designing a large capsule collection for Stussy’s 2010 line including shirts, bags, hoodies, and shorts. The latest release from this collection includes three colorways of the classic Pro Keds Royal Flash; olive, grey, and black. The upper features a camouflage pattern featuring Haze’s signature asterisks, and the Stussy label appears in his signature font on the tongue. The shoes are available now for only $75 at Stussy flagship stores. To hear more about The Sneak Of The Week tune in to The Houston Sports Rapp. Photos: NiceKicks

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The Sneak Of The Week is the legendary classic Air Max 95 Neon. This is a retro or rerelease of the original colorway that premiered as the 1995 edition of Nike’s popular Air Max line. Many aspects of this shoe revolutionized running sneakers, and won the hearts of sneaker enthusiast the World over. With an upper designed by the legendary Tinker Hatfield, and the first model to feature a visible fore foot air bag, the shoes were destined to be a classic! To this day many hold the Nike Air Max 95 as their favorite shoe of all time. Over the years this particular popular colorway has become something of a staple similar to the white on white Nike Air Force 1. Yes, they rerelease often, but due to being a fan favorite, you need to catch them while you can. The Air Max 95 Neon will release Saturday, February 27th at select Nike accounts. To hear more about the Sneak Of The Week tune in to The Houston Sports Rapp. Photos: NiceKicks

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The Sneak Of The Week is the Black History Month 2010 Air Force 1 by Nike. For several years Nike has been making a special Air Force 1 to commemorate Black History month, and usually they are very hard to come by if they are even made available to the public. This year select Nike accounts such as Premium Goods and House of Hoops will be receiving limited amounts of the Black History Month 2010 Air Force 1 on Thursday, February 18th. This years release comes in all black premium leather upper laser etched with the message “The definition of a renaissance individual: one who possesses a multitude of skills, talent and a broad base of knowledge”. Red, Black, and Green accents can be seen over the rest of the shoe including the custom insoles and tongue tag. A green pinstripe traces the top of the black misole that rest atop the shoes red outsoles. The shoes also comes with a custom engraved medallion and lace locks honoring Black History Month. To hear more about the Sneak Of The Week tune in to The Houston Sports Rapp. Photo: Nice Kicks

The Sneak Of The Week is the Copper Nike Air Foamposite. One of Nike’s most popular and most expensive basketball models ever produced. Originally worn by Penny Hardaway in the prime of his career, the new Penny line of Nike Basketball shoes would arguably challenge the champion Air Jordan line for high tech basketball sneaker supremacy. The shoes even had their own line of memorible commercials with a fan favorite mascot and mini me, ‘Lil Penny’. Within the last year Nike has been retroing much of the Penny line with great success. The latest installment is one of the most popular models the Foamposite, and it derives its inspiration from the color of a penny, copper.  The Nike Air Foamposite will be releasing in limited quantities at select Nike Basketball accounts this Saturday, February 13th. For more information on the Sneak Of The Week tune in to The Houston Sports Rapp. Photos: NiceKicks

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The Sneak Of The Week is the Air Jordan VI Retro Motor Sports. Everyone knows Micheal Jordan’s passion for the game of basketball, as he was well known for leaving everything on the hardwood floor any given night. What some may not know is after retiring from Basketall, Micheal Jordan found a new passion in motorcycle racing. When these shoes originally surfaced as exclusive footwear for the Jordan Motorsports team, many said they would never be released to the public. Finally after months of speculation and anticipation, the Air Jordan VI Retro Motor Sports will release Saturday, February 6th at select Jordan Brand accounts including Premium Goods, Active Athlete, Politics, and House of Hoops. To hear more about the Sneak Of The Week tune in to The Houston Sports Rapp. Photos: SneakerNews

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The Sneak Of The Week is the Converse Poorman Weapon by Undefeated. These shoes had a widely popular debut last year in two colorways; olive and black. This time around the shoes return featuring a brand new blue nylon upper. For those looking to accessorize, they will also be sold along side a matching flight helmet bag and military jacket. The Converse Poorman Weapon by Undefeated will release in a limited amount Friday, January 29th exclusively at all UNDFTD chapter stores. To hear more about the Sneak Of The Week tune in to The Houston Sports Rapp. Photos: NiceKicks

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The Sneak Of The Week is the Nike Zoom Kobe V in two brand new colorways. Once again the Kobe signature line drops some movie themed inspired kicks. Remember when the original Zoom Kobe 1s dropped in a yellow and black ‘Kill Bill’ colorway? This time around the shoes are inspired by two more vigilante crime fighters; The ‘Dark Knight’, and ‘Bruce Lee’. Each of these colorways grace the controversial extremely low cut and light weight Kobe V silhouette, said to be inspired by the Champion European Sport, Soccer.  Kobe will be on site for the release of the ‘Dark Knight’ Zoom Kobe V on Friday, January 22nd at the House Of Hoops location in Harlem. Shortly afterward the ‘Dark Knights’ will be sneaking into the other House Of Hoops Locations to be followed by the ‘Bruce Lee’ colorway later on Saturday, February 6th. To read more about the Sneak Of The Week tune in to The Houston Sports Rapp.

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