Awesome Shoes

Weird-wonderful combo: a secret live performance in Tokyo from Japanese breakbeat maestros Hifana. In the video they’re playing music with Nike Free Run+ shoes. Dig those shoebox speakers.

Add this one to your collection of well-loved Chucks. Converse and Barneys New York teamed up to create the Nylon Ripstop Low Top, named after its super lightweight upper.

Talented tattoo artist Jun Cha has created the stylishly minimal Black Tear, a limited edition of 100 pairs of shoes exclusively for the C1RCA skateboarding company, arriving later this month.

Designer Ann Demeulemeester’s latest creation is this pair of uncanny leather boots. The all-white leather and low-cut tongue stand out against the shoes’ otherwise conventional shape.

adidas Originals is ready to rave with these Campus 80s shoes infused with a phosphorescent dye which lets them glow in the dark. They’re available starting 4/10 at Germany’s No74 Berlin.

With myriad customizable options, patented sole technology and claims of up to 20% reduction in wear and tear in key leg muscles, Reebok’s ZigTech shoe is sounding pretty good right now.

Athletic Propulsion Labs Concept 1 basketball shoe is made from space-age materials, including a special technology designed to give your vertical leap an instant boost. Up, up and away!

adidas Originals drops a two-in-one for S/S 2010 with this Stan Smith 80s TF; it sports an unzippable upper that can be transformed from a high-top profile to a low-top with a different color.

Supra’s Skytops rock the near-disintegrated look with the Acid Wash edition; it features a distressed denim upper outside but still packs a SupraFoam midsole and sock liner inside.

New Balance revamps its durable Gore-Tex kicks for summer with a sweet military colorway: the MA-1 flight jacket-inspired MTG580 includes two Velcro N logos and is available 7/2010.

Available 3/20/10: adidas Originals and Star Wars’ collaboration adds CLOT to the mix with Hoth-inspired Skate Highs that sport a rebel uniform colorway, snowy lining, and quilted upper.

Palladium honors its roots for its 2010 Spring/Summer line; both its Pampa High and Baggy boots sport colors worn by the Foreign Legion in ’47; also new: boue and chestnut canvas.

DC LIFE’s Admiral high tops get a Native American-inspired colorway; it sports a two-toned Fire Red toe and tongue with Violet upper and an American Indian patterned liner.

Bodega and Converse join forces for a high-top roll-down version of the Poorman Weapons that are decidedly not poor: they sport a waxed canvas upper with deerskin lining.

A track is hallowed ground for NASCAR fans, but RacerTreadz’ Sandals let you burn rubber without swapping paint: each is made from actual Goodyear tires used during NASCAR races.

Nike’s Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II is designed for greater speed and less slippage on the field; it features Flywire tech, an adaptive stud, directional blades, and a carbon composite chassis.