Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at 6:29 pm  |  10 responses

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Ewing Athletics set to re-release Patrick Ewing’s signature sneaker.

by Peter Walsh / @goinginsquad

Back in the day, it wasn’t all about Nike.

Sure, Nike had the global presence and had a young man named Michael Jordan as its spokesperson, but players weren’t just rocking Nike Airs. There were other brands out there—many of which have dissolved under the power of the aforementioned brands, but live on forever thanks to sneaker heads and lovers of anything old-school.

NBA stars ventured beyond Nike and linked up with smaller brands to drop famous (and infamous) on-court kicks. Hakeem was sportin’ Etonics, Magic and Larry repped Converse, Chris Webber had the CDubbz and Patrick Ewing took it a step further with his own shoe line, Ewing Athletics after he parted with adidas in 1988. Many of these brands, save for Converse, faded out and couldn’t compete with the bigger brands. But that hasn’t stopped sneakerheads from reminiscing and searching tirelessly for a pair of these priceless relics.

Well, this Summer kicks fanatics will have a chance to cop a pair of Patrick Ewing’s signature shoe as it was just announced via Twitter that Ewing Athletics will be re-releasing the Ewing’s for purchase this summer. Except for a tweet from the Ewing Athletics Twitter feed, no other news or release dates have surfaced. But please believe that SLAM will be all over this one and will be bringing you the news as soon as we get it.

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  • str8 from samoa

    only ewing can rock these better than anyone else

  • MikeC.

    I want. I still have my black and teal suede Ewings. Silly cat, wore suede in the rain, swear he put the G in game.

  • http://www.slamonline.com spit hot fiyah

    gangsta

  • http://onthacorner.com/forum Kevin

    Im gonna get me a pair and head out to the nearest court decked out in pads and start sweating buckets…thanks Pat

  • http://www.fabfive24.com Khujo Jacke

    Great can´t wait to get my hands on these kicks. Had them way back and loved them to death. They were so comfy. Had the all red Ewings as well. Are they appearing in Europe???

  • http://www.borntocompete.com Money$hot

    Had me a pair in grade school along with the hightop fade. I think now if I cop those as an adult I would look ridiculous, even If Im going just to hoop in them.

  • http://nyill.wordpress.com/ O

    On the low, these designs and color schemes were hella tight. I’ma def pick up two pair of each design and colorway that i’m feeling. Patrick deserves true Knicks fans support…

  • sophmore

    converse was bought out by nike when they were close to bankrupt so they just got lucky

  • http://slamonline.com tealish

    I love EwingSweat. It could be 22 seconds into a preseason game, and Ewing’s back would still be drenched.

  • Kobester

    My first pair of sneakers in high school was a black high-top Ewing. I remember they weren’t very comfy though but they were one of the least expensive shoes on the shelf and and craftsmanship this time around.

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