THE OFFICIAL KOBE 9 THREAD ****** WHAT THE KOBE RELEASED ******** BHM RELEASE 1/19

[mister friendly]

Damn I'm really liking this shoe, so far I haven't instantly liked to a Kobe this much since the Kobe IV.

I'm skeptical about how the traction may work and I don't like the removable insert being used again especially a pure Lunarlon insert

Wheres the Carbon Fiber or TPU in the sole?

 

[kingkhalifa]

Bigger pic:

 

[Rambo93940]

Looks like a Kobe Lite-Brite on feet. 

 

[jada2001retro]

The Kobe 9 is beautiful.

 

[Gordonson]

Not sure where to post put TLO for Prelude 1. Limited!

The Kobe Prelude Pack thread in the Nike Retro section is what you're looking for.

 

[bdrake823]

First Colorway is officially called "Masterpiece"  (IMO i agree)

#Kobe9 outsole is based on the pressure mapping of Kobe’s own foot

 

[senorroboto2k5]

By the press release and this whole event they are positioning the high as the main version... JM said all high flyknits will be limited but I hope not TOO bad.

 

[ddash]

Amazing looking shoe.

BRILLIANT!!!

 

[leonkovetchkin]

Love the shoe. I for some reason really like these high top set ups in shoes. Looks great design wise, doubt many will cop in my area. Price is too high, so I guess I'll wait impatiently for the lows. Preludes are out of my range also...

 

[ultimatecam]

No low top smh

 

[ultimatecam]

So no price?

 

[joulze]

Put me down for a pair!

 

[thapointguy]

Doesn't look as bulky as the pair he wore in practice today. The 9 are so revolutionary. I'm on board.

 

[xplosivejeff]

Kobe made the low-cut popular to the masses, if anyone can pull these boxing boots off it's the Black Mamba. Once he wears them on court minds will change. Question is, will mine change? Only time will tell

 

[ValarMorghulis]

Art is subjective. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.


With that said its DEFINITELY a work of art.

 

[CHAOSE57]

Feb. 8 for the Masterpiece huh? Lots of time for me to save up

 

[ultralightbeam]

No idea why, but I love these. The FK pattern is

 

[leonkovetchkin]

That's actually exactly what I want, I wanna be able to be responsible for my own money and buy what I want from what I earn and not hit up "mom n pop"

im not gonna go ask my parents to drop 400 on me for shoes

That teenage struggle. Lol I feel ya

 

[hypebeast5]

Man these may be my favorite Kobe ever topping the 6 in my eyes im messing with these oh so heavy

High top that plays like a low flyknit may be my favorite material if these feel like the 8s or better

Edit: are the flyknit highs still gonna be scarce?

 

[tatetm4]

I'll wait for another color

 

[catt11]

I will have these.






..hopefully.

 

[palanilopez12]

why Lunarlon?! zoom and herringbone please

 

[werallequal]

250 for the flyknits i bet

 

[winzz]

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this colorway remind me of flyknit trainer lunar HTM
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[senorroboto2k5]

Edit: are the flyknit highs still gonna be scarce?

I hope not as bad as we think. But they threw that Elite tag on there, so they can charge $200+ right of the bat and probably make them somewhat scarce. Hoping they'll be like the past Elites, worst case like the XX8s

At least they did away with the System thing, though it didn't really have an affect on the 8s