SOLE COLLECTOR: Sneakers

Issue 11 of Sole Collector is a HUGE issue! 192 pages dedicated to Jordan brand. This issue includes the Ultimate Road Trip, Fat Joe, Chi McBride, Jordan Motorsports, collaboration with Dave White, and of course a detailed look at the Jordan XXI. This is the second issue of SC dedicated to Jordan shoes and this one does not disappoint!

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Departments

Lace Em Up
Letter from the Editor. A few words from our Editor-in-Chief Steve Mullholand on the latest issue of Sole Collector.

Focus Shop: Packer Shoes
Jersey’s Finest! From shoes to law and back again, Mike Packer carries on the family business.

Focus Collector: Brian Apodaca
You know the name, you know the rep, you know him on the boards… Get the real story behind TheShoeGame.

Focus Street
This time, we bring you a little more than usual from the Submissions Department. Air Jordan-centric photos, international presence as well as some well-written words from our readers.

It�s All Good
Dee takes us all the way back to 1990 in his second installment of his new column.

By Any Means Necessary
A very special edition of AG‘s column. This installment? Raheem DeVaughn.

Retrokid Corner
Retro answers the question that�s been plaguing mankind since the �80s: Is it the shoes?

Features

Jordan Brand � The Future is Now
With the Jordan XXI, the future is now.� Brand Manager Roman Vega,
Footwear Product Line Manager Josiah Lake, Footwear Business Director Gentry Humphries and Designer Director Apparel Gemo Wong share their vision for Jordan Brand, including Team, Women, Training, Apparel and Business.

Sneakerphile: Air Jordan XXI
The moment we‘ve all been waiting for: The Air Jordan XXI. Josiah Lake, Footwear Product Line Manager; D‘Wayne Edwards, Footwear Design Director and Josh Heard, Senior Footwear Developer break down every beautiful detail of this latest iteration of the Air Jordan line, from the revamped IPS to the innovative new design strategy and the concept of �Jordan DNA.�

Michael Jordan Motorsports
“He literally put it together in four weeks … Only MJ could pull that off.” Mark Smith shares the story behind the creation of one of MJ‘s newest and unlikeliest ventures: motorcycle racing.

Fat Joe
“Siempre est‘n orgullosos de sus raices.” This man has a swagger like no other. He has a gift, a gift that not many people can identify. Dee takes us on an adventure with none other than the Bronx‘s own Puerto Rican/Cuban hip-hop artist that is Fat Joe.

Comic Book: Let Your Game Speak
Yeah, you read that right. We�re crossing with another collector crowd to bring you a Jordan comic book. Jordan Brand, comics… two great things that go great together. Scripted by Retrokid, with illustrations by Issue 10‘s featured artist (and this issue‘s Arkansas collector) Justin Taylor.

Undercover Brother
Man, this guy is awesome. Actor, entertainer and raconteur Chi McBride drops some knowledge on kicks, collecting and what it‘s like to be friends with Michael Jordan. Seriously entertaining stuff!

One Tree Hill
Carmelo Anthony‘s roots run deep, and Anthony Gilbert takes us back to the early days, before signature shoes, before celebrity and before the NBA.

The Power of XXI
The XXI marks an intriguing if imperfect beginning to the second great act in the Air Jordan story�a story that�s remained remarkably compelling after more than two decades in the telling. Get Prof. K�s take on how this latest act plays out on the hardwood and get the scoop on Jordan�s latest (and perhaps greatest) team offering.

Art Imitates Life Imitates Art: Dave White
The Great Run continues across the Atlantic, as Steve Mullholand heads to Liverpool, England to get up with artist Dave White to create our hottest Showcase images yet. Here�s how it all went down.

Showcase
Talented models, amazing kicks, stellar photography by Kevin Roberts and
the unparalleled artistic talents of Dave White combine to create these amazing showcase images. Fine art never looked so fine!

The Ultimate Road Trip
This has to be the mother of all road trips! 50 states, 50 Jordan collectors. Inspirational, informative, touching and sometimes just plain hilarious, we take you all over the country to talk to every type of Air Jordan collector you can possibly imagine.