Swoosh Country...

I finally had the chance to get into NIKE HQ in Beaverton,Oregon.

Meeting up with some NIKE SB peeps and some good friends from NIKETALK.

I was gonna take a 2 hour plane ride but for some reason sticked it up with a 15 hour drive. Might be a good chance to see the California countryside. And found about 20 SUBWAY outlets along the way.

8 hour mark... should have made a stop!

Finally.... 14:30 hour mark.... Got some sleep and some burgers and took a loooong nap.

Welcome to SWOOSH LAND...

Our boy PACMAN greeting me with a punch.

Where in the world can you find an office lot with their own soccer field... I mean tell me.. Named after the great RONALDO. Lunch breaks are fun here... They got everything from a pool,gym, basketball court, tennis court, and even a freakn' wall climbing wall...And did I say a "NACHO BAR" at the SB office...?

P-ROD doing the nose blunt... backside that is...
Went inside to check out NIKE's history...

One of the first waffle mold.

The mexico a.k.a cortez shoe...
Can't go no O.G.'er than this...
It's all about the PREFONTAIN's... (Im sorry I'm not here to educate you since this blog entry got like 30 pictures in it... Please wikipedia things... thanks).
The only Bldg. I really wanna get on...

My heart did pound when I saw the name...

Thanks Kevin for showing me around, Kevin is the main PR guy for SB and 6.0 and I would say one of the most important person for the NIKE SB BRAND.

My hands started to sweat...
Shaking...
and can't gasp for air...

These right here were all signed by the man himself.

How to make your own Jordan 1's...
Them 1's...
The only sig I see is Phil Jackson's... can you spot the other one's..?
Fiya...
I tried not to spend more time in there... I just took a peek and got out... I had my heart pounding fast... hahahahaha all these J's man... Gets you crazy...

Nike's TIME CAPSULE... it's gonna be opened next year... WHAT's INSIDE...? We don't really know for now.
Had some quick nacho (thanks NIKE SB)... tour ended got some good talks with kevin and it was time to get out.... And I thought it was over...

Saw this parking space earlier, and it was EMPTY...

By the time I came back...

an AUDI R8 awaits...

Talk about a dilemma. Now, I really don't know who this was... Some peeps say it was Mike or Phil Knight... Hope some people out there can clear this out... I waited 20 mins. on the curb to know... and nothing...

Met up with Krux's friend and a fellow Nt'er Ian Williams, got into downtown portland and went to this place.

Got some crab cakes and them potato/sweet potato fries...
And for our main dish... LOBSTER MAC n' CHEESE... there were three of us and ordered the same food. It turned out it was a CRAWFISH Mac n' Cheese...

And that's Ian right there... the guy responsible for the WETFLOOR NIKE SB DUNK Hi's...

Finished up and decided to walk around...

This chinese joint got a little sketchy...

Lights up...
Got tired and ready for some more food and drinks.. and they say this place has the best wing joint in the area.

Dead chickens...
And of course FRIED TWINKIES....! The twinkie alone has like 8 oz. of oil in it. I looked sketchier after.

Ian high with the twinkie oil... That's Amir right there, he works at the NIKE kitchen, where a few has gone and never talked about it or they die.

If your in Portland I would really recommend this place for you to get drunk and get your chicken wings on.
Day ONE is a wrap... I had a freakn great time.

I wanna thank Jiggs for basically making this trip possible, Dennis for hooking people up.

Kevin for the great time...

Ian and Amir for the great laughs... ( I hope Amir already saw a link to the OTIS song, he had great troubles that night in getting one...). if not... here's the vid AMIR.