Tomorrow night will be the release of our shoe with famed Amsterdam skate store Ben G, and Amsterdam's 5 Days Off festival. Here's a little background on our partners for this collab..

The shoe was designed by Benny Komala: founder of Ben-G. Komala has a rich history in the skate scene and 2010 will mark the 5th Year Anniversary of his store ‘Ben-G’. He likes simplicity in a shoe, which you can see in this collaborative effort, which he designed together with Amsterdam based designer VINZ. The shoe will be released in a limited run of 100 pairs, of which only 80 pairs will be sold to the public.

5 days off Festival – (3 - 7 March 2009)

Originally conceived as an off-shoot of Belgium’s 10 Days Off, Amsterdam’s 5 Days Off acts more as a springtime counterpart to the city’s autumn staple ADE with room afforded for more niche programming over a number of days and venues. Focusing on the one-two punch of favored spaces Melkweg and Paradiso, there’s something for everyone: Detroit-influenced tech and house (Redshape, Keith Worthy, Patrice Scott) indie dance (Hot Chip, Bloody Beetroots), dubstep (longstanding local night Oi! with Rusko and Joker), electro (Vitalic, Fake Blood), future beats (Flying Lotus, Bibio, Floating Points), plus the DJ elite (Paul Kalkbrenner, Pantha Du Prince, Dixon) and surprise acts (hip-hopper DOOM, on his first European tour).