Ego Expo, Australia’s largest street wear exhibition has once again opened its doors to Melbourne.
As soon as you enter the hall, the Miami nights vibe can be felt in its full effect.
Ego Expo 2019 Highlights
Turquoise and purple motif adorned the displays and the staff’s clothing. (Editor’s Note: we’re trying to track down those dope Ego Expo Jerseys)
Ego Expo highlighted a multitude of established streetwear brands of hot new up and coming independent designers. A live and vibrant runway provided the perfect platform to showcase their latest designs for the coming year.
70 hot streetwear brands that include Super Dry and Volley had their own pop-up booths. Attendees had the opportunity to directly purchase ready to wear clothing and gear from the brands. This also gave the guest an up close and personal experience with the brand managers and designers.
And while the focus was on the streetwear, punters were
treated to a multitude of activities.
Industry titans from established brands, independents and social media moguls were all too eager to drop knowledge and their secrets to the scene.
You could say there was something for everyone that came. From the indoor basketball half-courts sponsored by NPX, artworks, tattoo booths, live dance and rap performances from the hottest acts in Burn City, and down to the variety of food trucks available, everyone had a chance to truly enjoy this 2 day event.
Ego Expo was a huge success. We look forward to attending the next big event from Australia’s premier streetwear expo!
Don’t forget to check out our upcoming IMTJS event in Adelaide March 9th. http://bit.ly/2T50sAw
After taking a 6 year break from the scene and the lime light, one of The Kickz Stand‘s closest and good friend Tommy Le aka DJ Ace is back! DJ Ace returns with his 20th mixtape “Life After Dex”.
For all you millennials out there or just didn’t know who DJ Ace was, it’s story time. DJ Ace was one of the pioneers of the Sydney club scene and headlined many clubs not just in Australia also overseas.
His mixtapes spread like wildfire in Australia and also overseas. DJ Ace is known for his Spiderman and movie references on his mixtapes, with a twist thrown involving himself and his friends.
Head to www.mixcloud.com/djacemusic to check out all DJ Ace’s mixtapes including his latest one “Life After Dex”.
Another project idea finally made into a retail product for all of us to enjoy from young to old. A new set imagined by Andrew Clark, who has also been responsible for the previous LEGO Idea set Dr. Who (21304).
Together with LEGO they have jumped into a new franchise showing off yet another set turned into LEGO form for us enthusiasts to enjoy. Boasting 748 pieces, the Flintstones set includes your Minifigs: Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Betty Rubble. The Iconic car you often see in the ever popular show plus their family home.
Official release is March 1st 2019 but LEGO VIPs are able to purchase as of today. LEGO VIP is free to sign up enjoy some benefits. Retail Price – $99.99
Another 2 exciting sets are on the way. Check them out here @TheKickzStand
Autobots or Decepticons? The eternal battle between Good and Evil. Where does the War for Cybertron take us?
Netflix and Hasbro have recently announced an animated movie trilogy taking us through the Transformers: War Of Cybertron releasing in 2020.
Netflix and Hasbro have partnered with Rooster Teeth to bring War For Cybertron to Netflix members around the world in an all-new original series to launch in 2020 – complete with a new animation look and style that presents the Transformers like you’ve never seen them before.
Rooster Teeth will be producing the series while Polygon Pictures will be the main animation studio.
The trilogy will delve into plenty of origin storylines and will explore the ever expansive universe. Looking to the future and hopefully cementing the Transformers legacy is in the hands of FJ DeSanto the showrunner with several contributing writers, including GeorgeKrstic, GavinHignight, and BrandonEaston.
Hopefully this also means a future toy line so stay tuned.
This season the accessories are just as outrageous as the last and no doubt they will sell out. Amongst the accessories is a snorkel, band aids, directors chair, water gun, hot wheels model truck and a Pearl drum kit just to name a few.
There are a variety of bags being released. Ranging from duffle bags to fanny packs and loads of sizes in between. The bags will be released in a few colours including red, army green, black, pastel blue and camo.
The SS19 collection also has a load of jackets, tops, tees, hats and pants. Take a look through some of the accessories and lookbook below. Head over to the Supreme website to check out the rest.
Now that the dust has settled from the NBA All Star weekend, we at The Kickz Stand would take this time to recap from the intense weekend.
The weekend kicked off with the All Star Celebrity Game which saw the Home Celebrity take the win 82-80. The star-studded show was stolen by Famous Los, the viral comedian whose basketball videos are popular within and beyond NBA circles. He scored 22 points with three assists to lead the Home team over the Visiting team 82-80 and, of course, won the loyal crowd at Bojangles’ Coliseum. Famous Los was named the MVP for the Celebrity Game.
Famous Los goes toe-to-toe with NBA Hall of Famer Ray Allen
Next up we saw the NBA Rising Stars game with Team USA taking on Team World. Team USA snapped a 2 year losing streak to beat Team World 161-144.
Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma took home the MVP honors with 35 points for Team USA’s squad of first- and second-year players. With All-Star Kyrie Irving pacing the sidelines as honorary coach, Team USA led for the majority of the game and outscored Team World in fastbreak points, 48-26.
Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons led the way for Team World with 28 points on 14-for-17 shooting and six assists. Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic added 13 points and nine assists in front of his teammate and All-Star Dirk Nowitzki, who served as honorary coach for Team World.
Aussie Ben Simmons takes it to Team USAKyle Kuzma holds the MVP trophy after the NBA All-Star Rising Stars basketball game
Next up we head over to the NBA “State Farm All-Star Saturday Night” which holds the Skills Challenge, 3-Point Shootout & the Slam Dunk Contest.
The Skills Challenge saw 8 of the hottest players run through a course to see who would hold the hottest skills. Round 1 saw Nikola Jokic (Nuggets) beat Nikola Vucevic (Magic), Jayson Tatum (Celtics) beat Mike Conley (Grizzlies), Trae Young (Hawks) beat De’Aaron Fox (Kings) & Luka Doncic (Mavericks) beat Kyle Kuzma (Lakers). The semi finals saw Tatum take out Jokic to setup a showdown with Trae Young who took out Doncic. Tatum ended up beating Young with an incredible half court shot to win it in style. See video below of how it all unfolded
Next up saw the 3-point shootout with 10 of the games best 3 point shooters going head to head. In this challenge we saw the reigning 3-point champion Devin Booker (Suns) take on Seth Curry (Trail Blazers), Stephen Curry (Warriors), Danny Green (Raptors), Joe Harris (Nets), Buddy Hield (Kings), Damian Lillard (Trail Blazers), Khris Middleton (Bucks), Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks) & Kemba Walker (Hornets). The Top 3 would then fight it out in the final round. The Top 3 shooters from Round 1 were Stephen Curry (27), Buddy Hield (26) & Joe Harris (25) move onto the final.
The finals came down to the final shot by Curry to tie it with Harris but unfortunately he missed handing the 3-Point Champion to Brooklyn Nets Joe Harris. See video below of a recap
For the final part of the Saturday night event saw the Slam Dunk Contest showcase some crazy dunks featuring celebrities and past stars. This year we saw Miles Bridges (Hornets), John Collins (Hawks), Hamidou Diallo (Thunder) & Dennis Smith Jnr (Knicks) with Diallo taking home the silverware.
Diallo brought the house down with his second dunk of the first round, calling out and jumping over Hall of Fame TNT analyst and original Superman Shaquille O’Neal to net a perfect 50 from the judges. After clearing Shaq, Diallo stuck his elbow in the rim, a nod to dunk contest icon Vince Carter, and snatched open his Thunder jersey to show off the Superman shirt underneath.
Then came the main event. The All Star Game seeing Team Giannis taking on Team Lebron. Team Lebron is undefeated in the All Star competition coming from behind to beat Team Giannis 178-164.
Team Giannis took early control with a 53-37 first quarter, featuring a combined 28 points on 12-for-13 shooting from Bucks teammates Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton. Team Giannis led by as many as 20 points, but Team LeBron made it a game with an 18-4 run, fueled by Damian Lillard and Bradley Beal, in the third quarter.
The teams traded leads early in the fourth and it was a three-point game with 4 1/2 minutes to go, but Team LeBron put it away with a 10-2 run featuring five straight points – a step-back 3-pointer over Joel Embiid and an alley-oop dunk from former teammate Kyrie Irving – from LeBron James.
Kia All-Star MVP Kevin Durant led Team LeBron with 31 points on 10-for-15 shooting, scoring 11 (on a perfect 4-for-4 shooting) in the fourth quarter. Nine other members of Team LeBron scored in double-figures.
While there was alot of highlights to report on, its best to check out the video below with some of the best!
Frozen! Only one of the most popular Disney titles to ever release. Now to finally see this trailer for the anticipated sequel to the ever popular film and seemingly stunning and catchy soundtrack. Is it gonna live up to the original? You be the judge… Most exciting for most of the 11 million views so far are raving about the unknown new female character the mystery redhead who is supposedly Elsa’s girlfriend. What can we expect? Only time will tell and expected Australian release date of November 22, 2019
Nintendo hasn’t stopped with the surprise announcements from its latest Direct presentation. A new, 3D remake of the Game Boy classic The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening which will be out on Switch later this year. This is announcement cannot come at a better time to cement Nintendo strong release calendar as Link’s Awakening is ONE of the best Zelda games that’s ever to be made. With Nintendo not providing much information at this stage but a very fluid trailer to show off the remake, where we get to see the GameBoy graphics remade in vibrant, colorful, and amazing looking 3D style keeping the feel the same but bringing it into this generation. I know we are excited but plenty of people out there who haven’t played this hit from the early 90’s will be sure to pick this up later this year.
The good people over at Butter Sydney are celebrating their 3rd Birthday this Sunday 17th February, 2019 by giving away 500 Donuts!
Both their Surry Hills and Parramatta stores will each have 250 Hot Cinnamon Donuts to give away with any meal purchased in-store. Plus they will have $10 Classic cocktail specials all day and night.
Head over to their website for locations and opening times.
