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In 1979, PRO-Keds released the Royal Flash model with the “Add-On Bottom” (as my Spanish Harlem a.k.a “El Barrio” sneaker crew back then would say). In my book Where’d You Get Those? New York City’s Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987 (Testify Books) I wrote: “The Royal Flash was the best combination of basketball performance and style [...]

7/5/09 HAPPY FEET @ LE POISSON ROUGE, NYC

This past weekend, I was invited to be the guest performer/coach at the 15th annual Basketball En El Barrio (El Paso, Texas). The camp hosted six to ten year olds, mostly Mexican immigrants, in what is known as the second poorest neighborhood in our country. The EL PASO TIMES wrote an article about me showing [...]

From this Friday to Sunday, I’ve been invited to be the guest performer/coach at the 15th annual Basketball En El Barrio out in El Paso, Texas. The camp hosts six to ten year olds, mostly Mexican immigrants, in what is known as the second poorest neighborhood in our country. The weekend event emphasizes pride in [...]

Last week, a lot of heads in NYC where rooting for EBC @ Rucker Park legend Rafer “Skip To My Lou” Alston to help the Orlando Magic to their first NBA title. Didn’t happen, but it sparked a conversation between www.bouncemag.com frequent visitor Funkalot, who inquired to me about who exactly could claim an NBA [...]

Kurious Jorge “Brand New Day” video featuring Dave Dar and Co Campbell, 2009

Teams Bounce Magazine and Zip City share a moment of silence for Stephen “Zip” Mulderry @ the Ham-Fish opener Monday.
On Monday June 8th, the Ham-Fish Tournament kicked off it’s 18th season down on Pitt St in the LES. The league, run by Bill Lynch, started in 1992, and is one of my favorites to play [...]

Snippets of The Way of the B-Boy documentary/tutorial, featuring Fever One of the Rock Steady Crew, Jeromeskee, and Massive Monkees, will be airing this week on MTV. Peep the trailer below to get a glimpse of the freshness! For more info, check www.thewayofthebboy.com