RIP BRIAN "DJ SWING" DALEY
You are a true Angel sent from God! It was the greatest honour to have met you, and had the privilege to have been in your presence! You inspired me, you directed me, you supported me! You will never be forgotten! You will be in my prayers every day until I die! Your family will be looked after! YOU WERE LOVED BY SO MANY! YOU STILL ARE! AND WILL BE FOREVER! You are in a better place than any of us are!
SWINGAS
MY BROTHER!
WE LOVE YOU PLAYA!
The "Smoking Joints" event will happen bro! Its just a matter of time!
REST IN PEACE BROTHER SWING
Sup people? Slamminkicks in the building! The hottest sneaker store in the world has come to MySpace! Slamminkicks is where its at! History of Slamminkicks
Starting at around 1995 where Magdi Fernandes started his sneaker addiction. Playing for the London Towers and also as an England Under 21 International he always wanted to be the only player on the court with shoes that nobody else had! His love for basketball and kicks inspired him to get very rare and limited shoes for his team mates, but when a knee injury ended the dream of playing basketball as a career, he started to sell shoes to other basketball teams and friends from the neighborhood. Buying kicks from his connects overseas and selling them to shops and to sneaker heads started to gain respect in the sneaker industry. Before long the desire to start his own REAL business was coming in to effect.
Major Flavas
This was the first big step to having his own Slamminkicks store! Ronnie and Jas at Major Flavas records in the West End of London, where Magdi and his brother would buy vinyl. This was the most exclusive store to buy records from, and when offered a space in their store to sell kicks, Magdi jumped at it. Working 2 jobs just to pay his way, he started his mission to be the hottest sneaker store in the country. With regular customers flowing in and our rep growing RAPIDLY, Major Flavas was the sign that showed it was time to move on.
Within 1 year SLAMMIN KICKS WAS BORN!!!!
Slammin Kicks - Beak Street
Based in the HEART of Soho, London. Located just off Carnaby
Street and Regent Street, its the best location that a sneaker store could be
in. Still maintaining an underground exclusive feel, but in the hottest part of
town. Building the store with the intention of replicating the look of a STREET!
With Concrete walls, tarmac-type flooring, Newspaper boards, benches, and even
floodlights. In time the store OUTGREW its position on Beak Street, and we
strived to find a new location that could serve our clientele, but still
maintain an exclusive hot spot. We closed during the Xmas holidays of 2006 and
resurrected in Jan 07. We bring to you............The all new and improved
SLAMMIN KICKS!
Slammin Kicks 2 - MARLBOROUGH COURT
After a month of regrouping, and stock selection from our holding warehouse in Portugal, we have finally reopened the store. The New and improved SK store was reviewed on CROOKEDTONGUES.COM and got a HUGE response on its first week trading. Here is what Crookedtongues.com had to say about us.......
" From its early origins as a wall of
kicks at Major Flavas on Dean Street to a store on Beak Street, Magdi and the
Slammin' Kicks crew have been a big part of Central London's sneaker culture,
even if you just used the shop to harass, or talk to the proprietor about his DJ
Premier fixation and lurk without buying a thing, it's pretty much an
institution. After he closed doors a few weeks back, Magdi hinted at what they
had planned, and on Friday night, Slammin' Kicks' third incarnation, located
next door to Soho's hip-hop emporium Deal Real (which also benefited from a move
a few years back) in Marlborough Court opened.
It's a cleaner layout, with a ton of new pieces, including a variety of Jordan
retros, plentiful supplies of heavily hyped product like the SBTG, plus the
mysterious Dia De Los Muertos SB Dunks, Hyperstrike CLOT AM1s, Foot Patrol Epics
and some Alife Court Victorys amongst other rarities, with plenty of sneaker
standards in the mix too for those looking for something a little less limited.
Obviously, their in-house brand Crossover will be in stock, and it all looks
mightily impressive. It's been a while since we strolled into a store in this
fair capital and saw such an array of hard-to-find goodness that's often
discussed but rarely seen in its legitimate form, so best of luck to the Slammin'
crew from all at Crooked...
Since the store opening, endless amounts of Rap stars, singers, Athletes, and Actors have become friends of the store, and whenever in town, check out SK! Names such as Kanye West, Mos Def, DJ Clark Kent, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Dave Chappelle, Mad Skillz, De La Soul, Lupe Fiasco, Premiership footballers (too many to name), and so many more!
The team consists of
Magdi (Owner/CEO),
Q (Partner/Crossover Design/Partner),
NAZ
Howard
FREERANGE MEDIA (ART DIRECTORS)
Big Marv (Graphics Designer)
PICS TO COME!!!!!
Anyone looking to increase their sneaker collections, come check us out!
NOTE: THERE WILL BE COMPETITIONS SOON UP ON THIS MYSPACE PAGE! KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!
Email me: [email protected] with any questions!
peace