#29 – RONNIE FIEG x ASICS GEL LYTE III ‘THE COVE’
For runners around the world, the phrase “Anima Sana in Corpore Sano” serves as a holistic reminder that pounding the pavement in your Gel Kayanos is a direct path to longerm health and happiness. Asics promotes the “Sound Mind in Sound Body” philosophy, and while they rack up sales in the wrestling market plus a few others, the Onitsuka Tiger is no doubt regarded as a ‘running’ brand. And aside from their aforementioned flagship performance runner, their reputation is something that has been created through years of excellent releases, of which number 29 in the 2010 Sneaker News Top 30 might be their most familiar. The Asics Gel Lyte III enjoyed
a particularly strong year in 2010, hitting hard with OG retros, inventive new colorups and a variety of interesting collaborations. Nobody has played a bigger role in these team efforts than Ronnie Fieg, and we found no single pair better than his Gel Lyte III ‘Cove’. Fieg’s Coves were cast in an array of ocean blue tones that offered some deep unspoken satisfaction in having gotten water and suede about as close together on a shoe as a sneakerhead could ever handle. The Coves killed it in executing this concept and that’s why they outpaced other notable GLIIIs like Fieg’s ‘Super Red’ or the Slam Jam and Sneaker Freaker collab that also made some noise for Asics’ classic Gel Lyte III in 2010.
I'm proud to say I own 4-2 deadstock might actually rock em in summertime
No other site does what sneakernews does!!! Kudos to you!!!
i agree with eazy, where flints are?
nike did pump shoes before reebok. other than that great list. one of the best ive seen actually.
theres also an ajko II. but its about as hard to find a picture of them as it is to find an og pair of ajko 1s
Honestly, i thought the Flint 13's were gonna be #1. But I guess the Parra's are iight (:
hold up why tha hell is kobe's shoe in front of tha coppers.??? smh
Damn…. now allem shoes are scuffed…
where ARE THE FLINTS
No Jordan Spizikes?
I don't know that retro's should be on the list, maybe on a different list or something. I love retro's as much as the next sneakerhead, but they aren't NEW RELEASE's really. And I think putting them on that list takes attention away from smaller company's or designers trying to do something NEW.
LOVE THE ASTON MARTINS they to cool
Hyperdunk 2010??????
I got 22/30 of these thats awesome!!
4 me the best shoes of whole time is MJs jordan classics from 1987 no 1
Am i the only person who thinks the Grey/Teal Griffeys shouldve made it. There werent even that many retros on this list…
Got #3 Lebron 8!
how the fuck can you leave the Retro XIII's Flint Gray/French Blue off the list??
where the hell is the list