{"product_id":"taschen-sneaker-freaker-the-ultimate-sneaker-book-45th-ed","title":"Sneaker Freaker. The Ultimate Sneaker Book. 45th Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/Taschen_Logo_black_f2euvp.png?v=1774562533\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSneaker Freaker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been at the forefront of the global sneaker scene for over two decades. With over \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e500 redesigned pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, fresh photography, immense historical detail, and otaku-level minutiae, this anthology combines the magazine’s finest and content created exclusively for this book into \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone big celebration of sneakers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery Sneaker Story Worth Telling!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn anthology of cult magazine Sneaker Freaker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eBack in 2002,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon “Woody” Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas dreaming up schemes to get free sneakers. Two weeks later, he was the proud owner of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSneaker Freaker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand his life was never the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom its early roots as a punk-style fanzine to today’s super-slick print and online operations, the fiercely independent publication has documented\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eevery collab, custom, limited edition, retro reissue, Quickstrike, Hyperstrike, and Tier Zero sneaker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereleased over the last 20 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWoody’s original premise that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSneaker Freaker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewould be “funny and serious, meaningful and pointless at the same time” has certainly been vindicated in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ultimate Sneaker Book\u003c\/em\u003e. With more than\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e500 pages jam-packed with insider knowledge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand his own irreverent observations, the insane historical detail and otaku-level minutiae is beyond obsessive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraversing\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100 years of history\u003c\/strong\u003e, each chapter paints a rollicking picture of the sneaker industry’s evolution. Air Max, Air Force, Adi Dassler, Converse, Dapper Dan, Dee Brown, and Michael Jordan—along with obscure treasures like Troop, Airwalk, and Vision Street Wear—are all exhaustively documented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a definitive source of knowledge. 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