the newest issue of basketball lifestyle magazine dime features ron artest rapping about the game, chuck person, jay-z and celine dion (!). read it here…

hola! our good friend and streetball activist kevin couliau recently visited spain, to check out the hoops scene in barcelona. read the interview with “las peladas” freestyle crew local hero joan on asphalt chronicles! check the link to www.asphalt-chronicles.blogspot.com! also, make sure to check this new video featuring bcn streetball on www.streetballstyle.com

it`s been almost two years since left-coast hip hop phenom planet asia teamed up with k1x for the cover of his notorious “the sickness” mixtape. fair enough, but you ain’t seen nothing until you’ve seen p.a. live on stage. teaming up with rasco, the cali agents came thru munich’s (germany) atomic cafe on their european [...]

slam-online’s sam rubenstein is the first to review ron ron’s debut album “my world”, and is betting nba commish david stern will have it squashed by thanksgiving. in terms of controversy, “my world” apparently makes iverson`s “40 bars” sound like a nursery rhyme. read more on “the greatest album in the history of rapping basketball [...]

they don’t call him “homicide” for nothing, that’s for sure. this guy kills competition for a living, kinda like leon the professional. with a little more panache maybe. corey williams (bronx, ny) is what real streetball competition is all about – watch him bust alimoe for 48 points right here!. a loaded offensive arsenal and [...]

remember our limited “white boy with hops” and “brother with range” tees? most of you loved them, some of you hated them…obviously, they messed with two of basketballs favorite racial cliches. we featured the above ad (which pictures team k1x alley-oop monster roberto aufiero and rasheed sparks) in slam magazines 10th anniversary issue, back in [...]

meet the newest version of the k1x strictly business, pure breed on-court performer. this particular white/camo model is part of the k1x fall 06 collection, “step in the arena”. for many pro ballers, “the strictly” quickly established itself as the weapon of choice. its flashy design (for which k1x actually won the “brand new award” [...]

hey k1x warriors! k1x – nation of hoop is all smiles to announce the launch of our brandnew fall collection “step in the arena”! S.I.T.A. is an eclectic tribute to the world’s ultimate arena: New York City. The one place that is source and center court of everything that is hoops and hip hop. These [...]

Critically acclaimed german sneaker-test site www.kicksometer.com just published this review of k1x’s fall/winter 2006 footwear collection “Step in the Arena“. Take a peek… (click on the pic)

Europe’s phattest hip hop mag „JUICE“ just did a feature on our newest fall 2006 collection „Step in the Arena“, take a peek… For more on „S.I.T.A“, see top of page.

The new issue of every footwear-aficionado’s bible just dropped: SLAM presents KICKS (# 42). And we love it! Here’s why…

For those who don’t know, now you know…Here’s a bit of k1x history & philosphy (light version): k1x – Grounded in basketball lifestyle since 1993. The k1x brand (spoken „kay-one-ex“) evolved naturally from the acknowledged basketball & sneaker specialist store „KICKZ“ and the trail-blazing internet site www.kickz.com. Building an own brand was a logical consequence [...]

You came to right place, son! Welcome to the all new k1x blog, fresher than your neighborhood milkman. Yeah, we don’t have one either! Anyway, it will be worth checking up on us daily, to get the lowdown on all and everything that is k1x. Here, we will feature new collections, player & product news, [...]