The Worst Sneaker Ripoffs Seen At MAGIC
Nas said it best: “No idea's original, there's nothing new under the sun.” But when we hit the upstairs portion of MAGIC in Vegas last week to browse sneaker brands on the come-up and potentially find a diamond in the rough (didn't happen), we saw an obnoxious amount of biting going on.
All the majors'Nike, adidas, Creative Recreation and the newly-popular Supra'fell victim to indie brands jockin' their fresh. To show what goes on in the underworld of sneaker culture, we compiled the silhouettes that were most flagrantly bitten. Shit's despicable.
slim September 2, 2008 at 3:20 pm
LOL! Great feature…but how can you call anyone out for biting Bape?
A September 2, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I agree with slim. All of Bape’s sneakers are ripoffs of other sneakers, wether it’s a ripoff of the AF1 or the AM90, all bape sneakers suck.
dazlm September 2, 2008 at 4:26 pm
man MAGIC this year might have a flood of copykicks this year. (shouts out to Gustav for going easy on the Big Easy)
gameface1326 September 2, 2008 at 4:45 pm
How come we dont see Gourmet kicks on their? They ripped off Jordans designs.
JC September 2, 2008 at 4:58 pm
fuck fakes!
LA Nice September 2, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Gourmet got hit with a cease and desist so they won’t have anymore Jordan vulcanized sneakers but they still other joints dropping.
brentk September 2, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Troop is kind of a real brand. The shoe is definatley air force 1-esque but its not nearly as bad as other air force 1 rip offs and troop has been around since the 90s.
brentk September 2, 2008 at 5:48 pm
oh and that creative rec shoe is rediculously close to the puma sky hi so…. A rip off of a rip off doesn’t count to me.
brentk September 2, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Keep having more to say lol.. Last one looks like a dunk rip off to me. Oh and the one you said ripped off the roadsta… It really is more of a cross between an af1 and a dunk than the roadsta. Even if it was a bape rip off, I dont care about rip offs of rip offs.
camthrax September 2, 2008 at 8:21 pm
AF1 was a rip off of a Reebok shoe anyway. The lines on this thing are completely unoriginal, but not derivative of any one shoe.
LTN September 3, 2008 at 10:18 am
Just another hater please move along.
anj September 3, 2008 at 10:38 am
Yeah, why you knocking Troop? They were dropping shoes in the 80s! Sneaker Freaker featured them last month. Homework, son!
Big Cook September 3, 2008 at 10:42 am
as whack as the troops are, they had that style out in the mid 80’s along with a leather jacket. looks like adidas, but if im correct this bite was done over 20 years old
The 5th Ultra September 3, 2008 at 3:34 pm
hmmm,im thinking you cant diss the Troop joints they been around b4 the 90,the slick seris,lambo,hmmm cant think of the rest but troop shouldnt be lumped in with those othe Low-budget joints..
The 5th Ultra September 3, 2008 at 3:36 pm
damn my comments all messed up,i guess i should be working instead of surfing…
brentk September 3, 2008 at 5:57 pm
What reebok shoe did the air force 1 come from? I have never seen any reebok shoe in my life with a midosle/sole like the air force 1. Back then paneling could end up being similar, but there were always at least slight differences in the design.
Seriously, name a shoe the air force 1 came from by reebok, if that is real I’m very interested to see it. If it’s not, stop making false claims.
chiney September 3, 2008 at 9:31 pm
all i can really add to these comments is that all these shoes suck (minus troop, O.G.s til death). All them shits look like they would fall apart after a day of wear anyways…
mac435 September 5, 2008 at 3:56 pm
1wurd..LAWSUIT creative recreatio dirocco imatatator was a blaten rip off
Cagey September 11, 2008 at 10:43 pm
All ugly trainers. All. Get over yourselves. No style wearing muttonheads.
martha September 30, 2008 at 8:56 am
this shoes are hot like firey………..
martha September 30, 2008 at 8:56 am
this shoe is on firey
Mayor the real mayor March 2, 2009 at 7:52 am
no heat at all