Kobe Bryant Killed in Helicopter Crash

Normally I wouldn't post something like this on my blog, but since Kobe Bryant has his own line of shoes with the sword-in-the-sheath emblem on them, and this blog is about shoes, it is only fitting that I pass the word on what happened to this shoe contributor.  Kobe Bryant has been pronounced dead.  I'm not kidding!  Follow this link for more details.

Even players around the league are paying tribute to them by writing on their game shoes.  In the Spurs-Raptors game today, both teams started off the game by purposely committed a 24-second shot clock violation to pay tribute his #24 that he wore on his jersey during the latter half of his playing days.

Here are some examples of the Kobe Bryant Nike shoes with the sword-in-the-sheath emblem on them, courtesy of NBA TV.

Celebrities in Athletic Sneakers

Check out this Footwear News article to check out who's sporting what shoes.  Taylor Swift's green Nikes are up first.

The Vapormax the Girl was Wearing at the Kawhi-Return Game

I have found the shoes that the girl was wearing during the Raptors-Clippers that featured Kawhi Leonard's return to Toronto since he left for free agency after winning the championship the team.  Apparently, it's called the 2017 Nike "Off-White" Vapormax.  I have added 2 close-up shots of these shoes after the 3rd screencap here.

Comparing Shoe Heel Shock Absorption Technology

This video shows which shoe technology offers the "best" shock absorption technology.  Of course, these types of technology benefit those who are on the heavier side and are heel strikers when they run.  Up for comparison are the Asics Kinsei, Mizuno Prophecy, Nike Shox, and the Adidas Springblade/Razor.

MIZUNO WAVE PROPHECY 9 or CREATION 21

The video is in Portuguese.

https://youtu.be/7UV6Hipe0kw?t=235

Here is the translated transcript of this video:

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at maximum risk the growth of mizumo

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today we have two boxes

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[Music]

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i'm old suzuki and it's just worth melo and

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today we will do 21 boxing here at

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channel I don't remember doing two boxes

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on here

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the first one we will talk about is

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the same number of tests and 9 and 11 of

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june with eide daycare in 2011 let's go

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take from family

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mizumo has two characteristics

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quite important equal durability

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stability this is so characteristic

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from teresa anyway you will buy

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that rode rode hill km from the corridor

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love it right for those who are looking

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durability these here are the themes

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it is important to say that it has a

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big range of models right

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of two models of massimo moratti from

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cement but still have the same on m.star

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3 for those who like in the softer happy and

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some faster models right like

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mizuno webb runner the same year he

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shadow and your sleep in that one that you

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like snack

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the competition ufpi we have

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two ac models of maximum dead and

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cement that there are some experiences

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mostly now in the midsole between

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any room will issue web 2.0 this

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resolution the same the same feature

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is a thermoplastic material that has a

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mechanical damping we can have

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foam cushioning and in the case here

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of systems of it are mechanical this

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material that is quite tough only

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that how can you realize that in

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own if he has the full extent of

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inter sola this team is all over between

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the sole and already in the stretch he has in

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heel but both sneakers they will

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benefit who lands with the

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heel the 23 elected of carlos to

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runners with neutral footsteps and they will

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have 12mm drop you want to talk a

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bit of the next after i talk about the

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customer because the customer and had change

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here in the capital mainly I wanted

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show these models are the most

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sold on my da mizuno so

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start by speaking here of yourself if as

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you can see here he has this person

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higher only the big change is

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in leather leather now one is stirs more

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airy that's this plot that most

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open right

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another very important feature

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here of himself is quoted as strong

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against strong he has enough support to

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who likes mess support the shape of

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st

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here she is average I suggest you buy a

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bigger number

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i'm not from the leather of creation what

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main change here was the leather if

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more breathable cleaner leather

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the plots are much more breathable the

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shoelace changed untreated can get

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more rounded rounded is also

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that kind of sneakers that you go to the store

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you put on him and you will feel good

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comfortable the way we have here is

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average i also suggest you bought a

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bigger number is not to take the pinkie

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it wasn't a nail these two of them are

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cool will also cross out of the race

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for you to use in your gym workout

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can you walk joggers

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beginners who want a lot

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damping they're fine by car

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now let's move to inter only on

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tennis the midsole hasn't changed from 20

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promised not changed and of himself in eight

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evidence in nine haven't changed the two are

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childish and saw what makes the stuffing the

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within the sole are the foams in the foam

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creation shave and an ex fork and no

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case here of the weight in himself this is

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ford oil is a foam she's 36%

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lighter than the traditional event and

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val stability is a feature of

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tennis of the same instability is a one

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characteristic and precisely because so

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mostly beginner runners

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is that there is not much that technique of

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race mainly for those going

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run on the street nefe runs street only has

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hole has a gap in it so it does

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this expected correction to small

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small portions hurt the comeback

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higher power the wave boards don't have

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good impact absorption so by

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lands wing will absorb quite a lot

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impact I do not put isolated in tennis

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a solar one of these two models here is the

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x10 zinc carbon quite resistant

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should last and quite a few miles I

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I even read about that mizuno

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comments that they did runner tests did

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over 600 kilometers had

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durability and even had the same

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performance after 600 kilometers

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wheels and the flexibility of the tennis

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flexibility that our range from 1 to

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3

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it's one just managed to double make a

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little more strength

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is also a flexibility of the cri axis and

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people are curious to know the

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weight don't take here our my

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balance how to weigh both models the

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same year himself 9 is weighing himself

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390 grams then at 41 and mizuno wave

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creation 21 35 feminino 300

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the suggested price of it himself if

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9 is 1,299 reais and ninety-nine

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cents and the wave creation 21 is 799

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reais

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it is important that you shop at a

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trust you sent today we are here

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it was the same along with the netshoes river if

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you have to buy any of these

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models with the link will have in the description

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this video is being careful not to

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buy fake tennis personal

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complementary original and that now with the

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fit take a look at how mizuno wave looked

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prophecy 9 and the 21 axis of our feet

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[Music]

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so you think about the mizuno wave

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prophecy 9 and dominated and created 21 already

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ran from miso doesn't comment there for us

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it will be cool this opinion these people

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I hope you enjoyed more

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a video as if he doesn't want to let that

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play society to have a connection

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do canal

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race thank you so much for being up

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here catching ricardo 10 next

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thanks thanks a hug everyone is right