OFFICIAL PATRICK EWING/ EWING ATHLETICS THREAD. VOL. THEY ARE OFFICIALLY BACK!

rob1ne · Oct 21, 2013

http://theshoegame.com/articles/ewing-athletics-33-hi-purple-suede.html

blacklion23 · Oct 22, 2013

Purple Suedes :pimp:

loskickking23 · Oct 22, 2013

Definatly looking forward to those purples !!

abovedahype · Oct 23, 2013

http://sneakernews.com/2013/10/22/ewing-guard-black-white/

http://sneakernews.com/2013/10/22/ewing-guard-sparkling-grape-scuba-blue-vibrant-yellow/

http://sneakernews.com/2013/10/22/ewing-guard-knicks-home/

loskickking23 · Oct 23, 2013

Wow ! When do the blue ,yellow and grape guards release ?

thefuncooker · Oct 23, 2013

I ordered the white gums from ewingathletics and it was full of loose stitches and glue stains. Happened with the reds i got too.Thought they wouldve gotten qa better but maybe it's just my lousy luck.

rchrstphr · Oct 23, 2013

thefuncooker said:
I ordered the white gums from ewingathletics and it was full of loose stitches and glue stains. Happened with the reds i got too.Thought they wouldve gotten qa better but maybe it's just my lousy luck.

You know, it's weird. I picked up the Royal 33 His last year after people said the quality issues from the first batch of Home Knicks and Reds were corrected. The Royals were great, no complaints at all.

Then when they dropped that limited NY Orange colorway online only, I ended up getting a pair and they didn't hold a candle to my Royals. Materials seemed cheaper, the overall build was off, and the padding in the back was noticeably different. It was strange to me because you'd think with a limited run, there would be more of a chance for quality control/better materials.

That grape/blue/yellow colorway of the Guards is F'ing ridiculous, in a good way. I doubt I'd actually wear them much, but that's a pretty well-done take on a new colorway in my opinion. They're tastefully executed, unlike countless Retro+ Js and the way Reebok butchered the Kamikaze II this year.

dakidlo3 · Oct 24, 2013

Need those purps

luigyvintage03 · Oct 24, 2013

need these!! Also follow this cat on Instagram, has a real nice collection..

The7onius · Oct 26, 2013

Anyone have the previous guards? How do they fit? Do they fit like the 3 hi or the focus?

trethousandgt · Oct 27, 2013

The7onius said:
Anyone have the previous guards? How do they fit? Do they fit like the 3 hi or the focus?

They fit the same as the 33 hi and the focus

mmelton2 · Oct 27, 2013

Just a quick question. The purple suede's are OG right? Im almost certain they are, just looking for some reassurement.

djaygotsole · Oct 27, 2013

mmelton2 said:
Just a quick question. The purple suede's are OG right? Im almost certain they are, just looking for some reassurement.

I dont think so

mmelton2 · Oct 27, 2013

I have three sources though : 1. look at third pic down, third shoe from right under 33 hi suede http://sneakernews.com/2013/05/22/ewing-athletics-vintage-1993-japanese-catalog/

2. 12th picture down, OG pair from someones personal collection http://*************.com/news/focus-blogger-spotlight-flattop-hitop/

3. Scroll to 5th picture. OG pair shown http://www.kicksonfire.com/2012/0**...urns-with-33-hi-retro-for-summer-2012/#page-1

alp · Oct 28, 2013

Gums would be good for customization. Also those purple suedes are fire

mmelton2 · Oct 28, 2013

looks like NT blocked something. Starred part in 2. should be "*************" and starred part in 3. should be "*****"

djaygotsole · Oct 28, 2013

@mmelton2 interesting, I think they may be a "lifestyle/retro +" cw of some sort if that kinda makes sense? Because the I believe the og hi 33s were the knicks home/away & red/blk & blk/wht, correct me if im wrong, but also I couldn't see the other 2 because it's blocked

mmelton2 · Oct 28, 2013

Here we go. I dont know why I didnt just do this to begin with. Is this not an OG pair? Looks the same to me, except the very bottom of this is black, where the new is purple. And of course the tongue is embroidered differently.

djaygotsole · Oct 28, 2013

mmelton2 said:
Here we go. I dont know why I didnt just do this to begin with. Is this not an OG pair? Looks the same to me, except the very bottom of this is black, where the new is purple. And of course the tongue is embroidered differently.

Guess that answers us both, never knew there was that many cw's