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PONY has some pretty insane news that’s about to drop any day now…
There have been plenty of rumors out there but we will put those all to rest
as early as today or Tuesday…
Couple hints…
When a defensive back wakes up in a cold sweat, you can bet that this guy is
the one haunting his dreams. Lean, long and incredibly athletic, this guy
was born to beat pass coverages. He has world-class sprinter speed and
can jump with anyone in the NFL, not to mention the NBA. He is the most
imposing athlete ever to play his position.
Here’s one more…

- Stable

Hey peeps.
Pony’s relaunch efforts are beginning to making some noise and some key tastemakers are beginning to notice. Read, see and hear what former ESPN sports biz writer and current host of CNBC’s “Squawk Box”, Darren Rovell had to say about Pony at http://www.cnbc.com/id/23499766. Darren did his homework as he was the first to break the news of Pony’s potential signing of a particular New England Patriots all-world, all-pro wide receiver!!!
- Asian Thunder

Hey Y’all.
Asian Thunder want to pay his respects to Chocolate Thunder aka Darryl Dawkins and Spud Webb, two of Pony’s Iconic, legendary all-time greats. Darryl Dawkin’s larger-than-life personality was on full display as he recently appeared at the Macy Herald’s Square Foot Locker in the Big apple. Signing photos, memorabilia and his limited edition signature Pony Uptowns, Choc Thunder looked like he could lace up today and throw down some of rim rattling dunks.


Spud Webb, the shortest player every to win the Slam dunk contest was recently back in Atlanta. At 5’ 6’, Spud defied gravity with his 46” vertical and creative style.   Wowed fans lined up to take photos, get autographs and a glimpse of his limited edition signature Pony City Wings Lo – made to the exact specs as the original Pony’s he wore back in the day.

Good to see you guys – and thanks for the memories.
Asian Thunder

I first heard of ‘Iller Than Theirs‘ when rapper Tone Tank hit me with an email saying that both he and Kray, of Brooklyn rap group ‘Iller Than Theirs‘, were huge fans of the Pony City Wing. I thought “Yeah, Yeah,” cause I get tons of emails from people saying that they love our sneakers, trying to get free kicks, but there was something different about this email. As I read on, Tone said, “If you don’t believe me peep our album cover.” Well, I did, and in the top center of the cover of their self-titled ‘Iller Than Theirs‘ album was a drawing of a hi-top City Wing. Within a day I was on the phone with Tone and his thick Brooklyn accent. He was explaining to me things such as the schematics of Iller Than Theirs, which is part of a larger rap group called Nuclear Family, which is made up of Iller, Junk Science, Scott Thorough, Probe, and J. Howells Werthman.

Yeah, I know, it’s a little hard to get your head around. Tone also explained how he stumbled upon the City Wing years back while he was spending some time on the west coast. He brought it back to Brooklyn where he put Kray and the rest of his crew onto it. Before he knew it, he and Kray were in fierce competition collecting any City Wing that even remotely fit their feet. No joke.
By the end of our conversation I felt like I had been along on this journey with Tone and Kray, so I introduced the idea of doing a PONY-ILLER THAN THEIRS-NUCLEAR FAMILY-City Wing. Within two days my email was flooded with designs for the sneaker, all done in Tone’s trademark notebook paper-hand drawn style, using past show flyers and excerpts from his sketchbooks. So, keep your eyes peeled, because we will be doing some special giveaways of this limited edition sneaker, which is in production as my fingers type these words.

In the meantime, get yourself acquainted with ILLER THAN THEIRS by downloading their song ‘The Same‘ featuring Masta Ace.
check them out @:
www.myspace.com/illerthantheirs
www.myspace.com/nuclearfamily
and peep their blog @: illerthantheirs.blogspot.com
Photos by Patrick DeVine
- Stable

Hey Pony Peeps!
AsianThunder here (aka marketing dude). Wanted to share some cool stuff with you guys. Check out our new tv spots - Pony’s first in nearly 15 years. Hopefully, you laugh at the right moments. Heck hopefully you will just laugh. Pony is trying to keep it real and we want you to know that we are back – and we are here to compete with the Big 3 again in the athletic shoe market. We also want you to realize it’s just shoes, not life and death so we wanted to have some fun and poke some fun at some of the most recognized TV spots created over the last couple years. Check em out – and let me know what you think.
Our spots were shot in a sound stage in LA over the course of 12 hours. JAY BRANTLEY: Jay (’Boogie’) and DOUG TAIT started off the day warming up and showing off some serious hoops skiills. Jay Boogies’s handles were off the hook. I tried to show off my own skills and Jay Boogie was impressed. I think he was being kind. Doug Tait was quite the trooper as we dumped over 300 paris of shoes on his head. That was not special effects. And we did more than one take. He had hair when we started.

Willie Warren, our football guy, actually played for the University of Miami Hurricanes as a D1 wide reciever. He worked up quite a sweat as we put him thru 4 hours of running, jumping, catching balls, taking Pony shoes to face. Yours truly, AsianThunder, even had the chance to catch a few balls from the Jugs machine himself. Way cool.
The day finally ended with ADAMO PALLADINO, our soccer guy writing “determination” on a glass backboard for about 2 hours. Who said making tv commericals isn’t exciting and glamorous. These spots will air on stations like Fox Sports, ESPN, MTV, BET, VH-1, TNT, FX, Spike, MSG just to name a few in March/April.
Oh – and be sure to check the “making of” to see some of the fun behind the scenes activies that went on during the shoot. It’s all on PonyTV!

>> AsianThunder

Pony is the old-school bringin it fresh to the new school. In SLAM this month, we got out our LE Darryl Dawkins Uptown in The Purist givin love to the best of yesterday. We also have our Vintage Top Star Mids, LE Flint Tropics representing the Kicks section.

And if you check out the Jimmy V tribute “Don’t Give Up! Don’t Ever Give Up!” you can see some Uptowns stylin on the rim in a vintage photo. Such an ill photo. The spread is dedicated to the NC State Wolfpack that pulled off an unheard-of tournament run! Pack Power! Most of the players from that team
were running the floor in Uptowns.

Oh, and not to mention, Eric Gordon is on the cover… Kid is ridiculous!

www.slamonline.com
- Stable

Who would have ever thought that funny-man Will Ferrell’s name would be on a HOOP’s cover with the likes of Carmello Anthony, Tony Parker, Steve Nash?

Crazy world we live in.
HOOP Magazine, the official magazine of the NBA does not only cover the NBA and the game itself, it reports on the fan’s lifestyle with fashion, entertainment, style, and health. Not only is Ferrell in this month’s HOOP, but we are ballin’ with some kicks from our hoop dreams Check out our brand spankin new Starter Mids, Vintage Uptowns, and our ever popular vintage Top Stars in the mix with all sorts of other shot-callers picks.
       
www.HOOPmagazine.com
- Stable

Hypebeast is one of THE sneaker blogs on the Internet and has become one of the major sources for daily updated news about sneaker, urban clothing and street culture. Basically.. Its were everybody goes when they hit their work cubicles and bosses aren’t around to see what’s droppin next…
Not sure how…but Hypebeast got their hands on a pair of the ultra limited Flint Tropic Top Stars and leaked them on their site. Stay tuned to see if we flip a few more pairs as we have gotten tons of requests…
- Stable

Check it. YRB was created by none other than Mark Ecko and has grown into a mag with a bold approach to combine all aspects of the urban scene with a ‘lil bit of humor. These dudes have got it goin on and threw some props to Pony’s NEFF PALM Limited Edition Series for Zumiez. You can check out his gear at www.neffheadwear.com and you can cop the kicks at www.zumiez.com on April 1st. Don’t sleep on dees!

Check out YRB at www.yellowratbastard.com
- Stable

Hey Peeps -
Click here to check out our man Wilson – bending iron in the Garden.  Quix in the Mix.
- Stable