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11 - It's time to create your own custom shoes

11 - It's time to create your own custom shoes

Design your own shoe shops trending

Bryan Roberts
February 22, 2023

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It's time! The time we have all been waiting for. The time to wear truly customised shoes. The rise of the custom shoe market is astronomical and there are plenty of brands to choose from:
Alive Shoes - gives talented and creative people all over the world the professional resources to design their own custom shoes and launch a shoe line from scratch - Link
Shoes Of Prey - Design your own shoes online & have them made to fit your exact measurements - Link
Diverge - Customizable sneakers ethically made to order - Link
Mrs Kicks - Dive into the creative world of custom sneakers - Link
Bullfeet - Customize sneakers online - Link
Drippy - Unique Personalized Air Force 1, Nike, Adidas sneakers from verified artists. - Link

Alive Shoes 1

Alive Shoes 2

Crowdfunding Now

ST@TEMENT - Transformable, Durable & Sleek Bag for holding all your stuff together - Link
Aintro Handlebars - Harmony meets elegance in cycling - Link
Grow Blanks - Providing the surf industry with a sustainable plant-based eco-alternative to surfboard foam - Link
Outdoor Camping - 6 in 1 Kiln Cooking in a Fire Pit! - Link
Uncle Luca Studios - 3D Printable Football/Soccer Legends of all time. STL files. - Link

Statement Bags

Aintro Handlebars

Body / Mind / Nutrition

Did you know only 5% of Americans get the recommended amount of dietary fiber in their diets? Metamucil Fiber Gummies are a delicious and easy way to increase your daily fiber intake while also nourishing the good bacteria in your gut. Metamucil is one of the rising brands and it appears fiber is the new supplement to take.
A popular word being used by new supplement start-ups is Bisglycinate. Honestly, this is a very hard one to understand, easy to describe but difficult to digest (yes, that was a bad pun!). The best article we found was this one by 88Herbs, but we have seen Iron Bisglycinate, Magnesium Bisglycinate & Zinc Bisglycinate - we are not sure if it relates to all types.
Wet Hydration are a new stylish beverage brand creating the ultimate hydration made from curated nutrients and unique flavors blended in perfect harmony.
Nix’s Hydration Biosensor gaining all the headlines with their pod-and-patch combo that alerts endurance athletes when they should hydrate during a workout. Here is a review by The Verge
Bit gassy? You might need an enzyme syrup. Unienzyme Syrup 200 ml helps in relieving digestive disorders like indigestion, heartburn, gas, and abdominal discomfort. It contains two digestive enzymes, namely: Diastase and Pepsin.

Wet Hydration Beverages

Nix Sweat Biosensors

Sports Science

Ball possession significantly scoring. Scoring chances created at each entry in the opponent's last third were higher in winning than losing and drawing. The efficiency of positional attacks was significantly higher for winning teams than losing ones. Entrances on the third half of the opponents half showed no differences. Ball interceptions were significantly higher for winning teams than losing ones. No differences were found

for high pressing, ball recoveries in the opponents, and challenges in defensive half.

Pinheiro et al., 2023 - Match performance parameters distinguishing winning, losing or drawing in Brazilian elite football - Link

We were reminded about our sports data lessons in Sports Technology and the fact that few actually know what makes a difference in soccer. Plenty of books have been published trying to tell soccer coaches that corners don't matter, and that defence is more of an important factor in winning a league than attack.

But it appears none of us listen.... I think that is why it is called the beautiful game, because it looks like a Jackson Pollock that we just don't understand with the naked eye.

Technology (AR, VR, AI, E-sports, etc.)

How The Edit LDN plans to take over the world of sneakers, resale and NFTs - Link
Get your unique sneaker design with this AI tool - Link - this is a coders way of tackling this task with links to code in GitHub
Europe’s first NFT vending machine to launch in London. Some of the purchased tokens have a potential value of up to £1,000, myNFT says.
Move to earn market growing with a new entrant from Limoverse, a blockchain-based health and wellness ecosystem and metaverse, has launched HealthFi and Partnerverse. While most people want to stay fit and healthy, sticking to a fitness or wellness regimen has always been difficult," said Sajeev Nair, Co-Founder, Limoverse
We seen this great article on "Creative ways to use 3D printing" and came across cool new shoe designs with cool names: Cryptide Sneaker and Weaver+ Shoes