The wife and I were fortunate to experience a wonderful trip to Cleveland Ohio back in the winter of 2019. A bit of back story, every year my friend, Matthew Puente and his family, take a trip to a Houston Texans’ away game. This was before we had kids and we had some funds savedContinue reading “Experiencing the city of Cleveland, Ohio”
Author Archives: Chad M. Sanchez
NBA meets AEW
It’s nothing new that sports athletes have found their way inside the squared circle. The earliest memory I have is of Lawrence Taylor facing off with Bam Bam Bigelow at Wrestlemania. “The Mailman” Karl Malone was immersed in a storyline with DDP and the NWO with Dennis Rodman during WCE heydays. While Lebron James hasContinue reading “NBA meets AEW”
A Trip to Dallas
Dallas is my hometown so naturally whenever I go back, I look for fun things to do related to the city. I’m a HUGE Dallas Mavericks fan so it’s been a goal of mine to snap photos of anything Mavs related. Since their championship in 2011, several installments have gone up as a reminder ofContinue reading “A Trip to Dallas”
SLAM Kicks presents: Basketball Sneakers that Changed the Game
It’s been a while since I posted something, and with it already being a year since I started Social Rec. and all it’s pieces, podcast, Youtube channel, social media pages, and this site, I figure let’s keep the momentum and write a piece worth reading. Around late 2020, I got into a frenzy of purchasingContinue reading “SLAM Kicks presents: Basketball Sneakers that Changed the Game”
My experience with the Tom Sachs/Nike Craft WearTesters program
When I first heard of the Tom Sachs/Nike Craft weartester program back in December, I was stoked. Getting the chance to wear test the Mars Yard 2.5 was going to be something great to experience. Tom Sachs (I world renowned artist and big in the sneaker world) and Nike were allowing footwear enthusiast to wearContinue reading “My experience with the Tom Sachs/Nike Craft WearTesters program”
Why Stance masks are a hit
I’ve been a big fan of Stance for the past 5 or so years. When I first heard of them I wasn’t too impressed with their work. They had designed these awkward looking socks with NBA players on them that were cartoonish, and I wasn’t really feeling the vibe with them. Eventually I found myselfContinue reading “Why Stance masks are a hit”
Unboxing the Harden Vol 5.
Watch the video below of an unboxing of the Harden Vol 5: When I got wind of this shoe releasing, I was excited! I’m a big fan of Harden, although he’s gone to Brooklyn and even the way he went about it. However, I’ve followed him closely and really enjoyed his game while he wasContinue reading “Unboxing the Harden Vol 5.”
Nike: Better is Temporary”
When I first heard about this book being releases, I was super excited. I didn’t truly know what all it entailed but it had to be important if it was being pre-ordered and it looked huge! When I saw the cover of it, that also caught my attention. I did a bit of research intoContinue reading “Nike: Better is Temporary””
Nike Mascot T-Shirt Collection
Nike has done it again. With the start of the 2020-2021 NBA season already underway since late December, Nike has created and pushed out new quality, gear for NBA fans and their specific teams. With new NBA city Jerseys, warm-ups, pants, socks etc., be made, Nike decided to take it a step further. This year,Continue reading “Nike Mascot T-Shirt Collection”
Nike X Filip Pagowski NBA team shirts
This collaboration is a couple years old, though when it first released back in 2018, I missed out on buying the Dallas Mavericks shirt because it left the site or showed it as sold out when I checked for it one day. Low and behold two years later, the shirts, most of them, have poppedContinue reading “Nike X Filip Pagowski NBA team shirts”