The much anticipated Nike Dunk Gyrizo BMX has finally been released. First we presented it to you last May, during the presentations by Nike in Beijing. Now with the release, overall 4 colorways have come out, with the white/blue star colorway having been designed by Tet from WTAPS and the red/yellow Chinese colorway having been designed by Michael Lau. Furthermore they also present a black/gold and a white/red colorway.
All 4 are now available at Nikestore and go for 100 USD.
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That BMX is now an official discipline in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, you should know at least since we launched our Micheal Lau Interview, where the HongKong based artist talks about his role in designing the Chinese BMX team jerseys.
Today we can show you the Japanese jerseys, which were also designed by somebody that should be quite familiar to you – Tet from WTAPS. WTAPS designed the jersey and it is made by Nike.
Check out more images of the Japanese jersey after the jump.

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Nike worked together with Bob Haro on recreating his original BMX number plate as an artist canvas. The number plate was then given to several artists, including Michael Lau, Tet from WTAPS, Greg Higgins, Lee Basford and others to create their version of the plate. The final BMX number plates were exhibited at the Nike Beijing BMX event a couple of weeks ago.
The Shadow Conspiracy crew also participated and now put a nice feature on the exhibition online. Check out the feature here.
Check out our Michael Lau Interview feature at the same event here.
And have a look at some of our favorite number plates after the jump.

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Along with its apparel and footwear for overall 22 sports, Nike also presented in Beijing the Olympics version of their newly developed Hyperdunk. 
Nike’s lightest and strongest basketball shoe owes its existence to Nike’s revolutionary Flywire technology as it made its transition from track spikes to basketball. Flywire is the innovation driving Nike’s strongest and lightest footwear. Super-strong nylon filaments provide precise support akin to the suspension cables in a bridge, and allow a radical reduction in weight with material only where it’s needed for structure.
For the special occasion, the Chinese team got their very own version of the shoe in their team colors.

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Before we showed you the new Nike Air Max 90 Current, a fusion of the AM90 and the Free. Also part of the Nike Sportswear Fall ‘08 collection is the new Air Max 90 Flywire.
The Flywire technology was just recently introduced with the Hyperdunk and uses a wire technology that gives the shoe stability and makes it at the same time very light. Overall a groundbreaking technology that has now also been incorporated into the Air Max 90. The upper is seamless and one can see the wires going over the sneaker. The Air Max 90 logos that usually sit on the rubber parts of the shoe, are now in the same spot, but printed. Also it features the Nike Free sole just like the Air Max 90 Current.
We present you a black/yellow and black/green colorway, which is a special for the Beijing Olympic Games.
Images after the jump.

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Stussy also got together with Hong Kongs Milk Magazine to work on some t-shirts commemorating the Beijing Olympics. The t-shirt is available now in two colorways at Stussy Direct.
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With the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, Nike presents their newly developed Rejuven 8.
The development of the Air Rejuven 8 has come under the close scrutiny of some of Nike’s leading designers and the world famous Innovation Kitchen.

A pure mix of comfort of the Air Presto, the aesthetics of the Zvezdockha, and the likes of the Air Kukini, Sock Racer and Air Huarache. The Rejuven8 is the culmination of many years of Nike innovation which provides users with top breathability, fit and performance benefits.
Bottom line, its an interesting looking, light summer shoe. The sock liner features the Olympic colors and they also come in a special carrying bag.
Sold Out got them in in two colorways – black/black and black/blue, both featuring a sprinkled midsole.
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On April 19th Comme des Garcons has opened their latest retail location, in Beijing at Seasons Place. The store has a very minimalist design and also shows hints at the recently opened Hong Kong location in terms of looks.
Comme Des Garcons Beijing
Seasons Place, No. 2 JinChengFang Street, XiCheng
District, Beijing
Tel.: (86) 10 6622 0135
Via I.T.

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Several Chinese contemporary artists got to work on the 1000% Bearbrick and the results will be on display soon at an exhibition in Beijing. Some of China’s best known artists participated in the initiative. TK from Silly Thing also participated.
The exhibition starts April 25th in Beijing. Should you go out there for the Olympics, this is one other thing that you do not want to miss. Via O’logy.

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We already reported about these a while back, but now we can give you a look at the complete Nike Olympic Pack, which overall consists of 5 sneakers. With the Beijing Olympic Games in sight, Nike releases a Tier-0 pack commemorating the event.
Undefeated will be releasing the pack at their LA and Santa Monica locations tomorrow, February 23rd. Check out all sneakers of the pack after the jump.

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Chinese sports goods giant Ni-Ling has invited some of your favorite artists to participate in their “Say No To Limits” campaign. With the Olympic games coming up in Beijing in 2008, the brand has already started now celebrating the occasion.
Participating artist are Kuntzel & Deygas, Kaws, Delta, James Jarvis, Mr. André and Hidekichi Shigemoto. Each artist created a track jacket as well as a t-shirt. The exhibition of the pieces just recently took place in Beijing and for the occasion Ni-Ling had invited many more artists from around the world to also include their artwork on t-shirts. The main artists get the trackjacket and many others get to contribute only t-shirts.
All in all a nice project and the releases are certainly something to look out for. On the “Say No To Limits” website there is also a countdown to the Olympic games.
Check out the trackjackets and many more artworks created for this initiative after the jump.

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The next Olympic Games will be taking place in Beijing. For the occasion artist Kaws teamed up with Chinese sports goods company Li Ning. Li Ning is actually a famous Chinese sportsman, that won many medal himself at Olympic games and after he ended his sports career founded the Li Ning company. Li Ning is in China more popular than Nike and Adidas, also due to endorsement contracts with the likes of Shaquille O’Neal and Damon Jones.
This Kaws collaboration will be dropping some time next year around the Olympic Games. The trackjacket comes in white with the Olympic rings replaced by Kaws’s iconic crosses. We expect more to come out of this collaboration. Via Kidulty.
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