An interview with Omar Epps: “The 90s have a special place in my heart” As we were looking for the right person to represent our 25th anniversary #NeverNotBallin Champion Capsule Collection we identified these must-have ingredients: basketball, 90s hip hop & NYC street fashion. We are glad we found Omar Epps. KICKZ: Omar, people […]
If you’ve been to Berlin the last couple of weeks you might have noticed that our store at Torstrasse was closed due to a small facelift. Well, that’s a thing of the past because your favorite Premium sneaker dealer is now open again! A big marble counter, black wooden panels and many small details give […]
TEAM K1X GER WINS JUMP10 WORLD HOOPS CHALLENGE IN SHANGHAI FOR $100,000 USD For the second consecutive year, our good friends at K1X were asked to represent Team Germany at the infamous “Jump10 – World Hoops Challenge Tournament” in Shanghai, China, where the temp exceeds 35 degrees and 90% humidity at this time of […]
The 5-year anniversary of our #SHUTUPANDPLAY tournament will go down in history as the one with the strongest and toughest competition to date. Our mission from the very beginning was to create a true player’s tournament. Let’s forget all the side noise and hoopla and focus what #SHUTUPANDPLAY is known for: Competitive 3on3 Basketball. More than […]
Last Friday, we had the honor to host a meet & greet with one of the NBA’s rising stars in our KICKZ Tortrasse store in Berlin. Not any star though. Ladies and Gentlemen, standing at a towering 7′ 3″, born in Latvia, number 6, from the New York Knicks, the Unicorn, the Porzingod, the one […]
Bismack Biyombo has had a different path to the NBA than anybody you know. His journey from poor upbringing in Congo to the best basketball league in the world is nothing less than astounding. At Quai54 we had the chance to talk to Bismack about his tumultous past, the exciting present and the bright future […]
What a weekend! After a rained out Quai54 2017 finale, the weather gods decided to follow last year‘s thunderstorms with a heat wave. And even though streetball is generally associated with good weather this year‘s tournament – held at Pelouse de Reuilly on the weekend of July 7th and 8th – was blessed with almost […]
Back in 1985, the Air Jordan 1 was the first signature shoe of Michael Jordan, a basketball performance shoe. Throughout the last decades however, the Air Jordan 1 developed into one of the quintessential pieces for sneaker heads and fashionistas worldwide. Today, in 2018, the Air Jordan 1 has reached new levels. That’s why Jordan […]
I literally just started writing this blog post and I’m already frustrated. Compiling Kevin Durant’s greatest moments list now is a bit like writing your memoirs at the age of 25. You know that it’s incomplete and every day it becomes more outdated. Especially when you put a ranking on it, which I’m totally gonna do […]
Basketball is a funny thing. Great moments in this sport are almost always connected to other things and as time goes on you can not remember one thing without the other. Take Michael Jordan for example. His comeback from Baseball will always be linked to jersey number 45. His 1997 heroics against Utah will always […]
