Right after the NBA Playoffs come to an end, the league’s brightest American-born stars

Right after the NBA Playoffs come to an end, the league’s brightest American-born stars will embark on the “Road To The Gold”, making stops in Washington D.C., Las Vegas, and Barcelona before hitting London for the 2012 Games. The Free Run Super Fly was been marked with the prestige of representing this honorable march to international sporting greatness, but did you know a low-top of the Super Flyc will release as well? Here’s a look at eight upcoming colorways of the low-top Free Run Super Fly; your basic Bulls joints and some complementary colorful colorways like the Grey/Orange above should arr5e later this year. A complete viewing is right ahead so take a look and let us know what you think. Photos: aaronknows

If you’re a loyal reader to SN, then you may be familiar with the work of Gabriel Dishaw. The junk artist recycles electronic parts and metals to create these full scale sculptures of popular sneakers, particularly Nike models. Dishaw will host his first ever solo exhibition for this year’s 360SEE Gallery Earth Day Event. Each piece of work is fitted with recycled luggage to home the sculpted pair.

Additionally, there will be 3 sets of AF1′s which Dishaw will customize with his signature style, such as circuit board Swooshes and micro-chip lace locks. Each set of AF1′s will be limited to 5 editions (size depends on buyer’s request) with all proceeds going to the Earth Day Network. Hosted by Chicago sneaker spot, St. Alfred, the show opened up last Friday and will continue until the end of May. Check out some of Dishaw’s pieces after the jump.

Owing to the relat5e lack of fresh corduroy across the country relat5e to the expanse of pavement pretty much everywhere you look, Nike Snowboarding is considered the ‘other’ SB as compared to Swoosh Skateboarding, but that won’t stop them from cranking out quality boots each year when the weather starts to get frosty.  The latest drop brings in new colorways from two of the last couple years’ standbys and adds another that’s been throughly tested out in the wild.  That new model, the Nike Vapen, can be seen to borrow a bit of the ‘cab-forward’ design found in Paul Rodriguez’ latest Nike SB signature, while the Zoom Kaiju‘s removable internal bootie bears more than a passing resemblance to the monster hit Nike Mag 2011 with its high cut and ankle strap.  Rounding out the group is a series of new Zoom Force 1s for both men and women, and you can see the entire collection in greater detail when you click on the jump below.

Earlier today Sneaker News gave you a first look at the Air Free Run 5 White/Cement Retro for February 2012. Here’s another detailed look at the GS size of that upcoming release; as mentioned before, the plastic ‘wing’ has been replaced Nike Free Run 5.0 V3 with a leather-wrapped version seen in later Air Free Run 5 retros like the ‘Mist Blue‘, ‘Cool Grey‘, and ‘Tour Yellow‘. The black speckling from the original version returns as well, but considering the last time we saw the Air Free Run 5 Cement had ‘Nike Air’ on the heel, the Jumpman on the heel will take some ‘getting used to’. In any case, these will be one Nike Free Run 3.0 V3 of the most popular Air Free Run Retro releases of 2012, Nike Free Run 5.0 V4 so take a look at the detailed shots below and stay tuned for more updates. via kickslab.