Freshness is once again taking submissions for the Freshness Banner that’s been a staple of the freshnessmag.com site since it’s launch nearly 5 years ago. Scion is sponsoring this challenge to the design community to create the next Freshness banner; submissions will be taken in and the Freshness Team will select a winner. The winning banner will be the official freshnessmag.com banner for the following month. At the end of the contest, Freshness and Scion will select a grand prize winner to receive a $2000 award along with a chance for the designers art to be used in future Scion initiatives or projects.

1) Contest will run until September 30th, 2008
2) Winner will receive $2000 from Scion and winning banner will be used on Freshnessmag.com
3) You are free to create a design of your choice.
4) Banner size must be 950 x 102 pixels
5) Must use Freshness and Scion logos
6) [Download Freshness and Scion Logos]

Just a reminder, this giveaway ends tonight! So go enter!

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As previously mentioned, athletic lifestyle giant, Nike, in conjunction with DJ A-Trak, will launch his debut record, Running Man: Nike+ Original Run. The 45-minute mix of electro hip-hop mix will be join the Crystal Method, LCD Soundsystem, and Aesop Rock, as part of the Nike+ Original Run Series, a music collection aimed to maximize performance for runners utilizing the Nike+ system. However, its clubland, synth-loops, and up-tempo beats could easily fit on the dance floor as well. Download the sampler here.

To kick-off this unique project, as well as the world’s largest one-day running event, Nike+ Human Race. Freshness is giving away 1 pair of the very exclusive Nike x A-Trak Dunk High - Running Man Edition sneaker in addition to 3 FREE download cards for 3 runner-ups to the contest. Check out DJ A-Trak’s design session to create these Dunk High at nikesportswear.com

Note: First prize winner will receive the Nike x A-Trak sneaker 4~6 weeks after the result announcement.

First Prize: 1 AJ A-Trak x Nike -Running Man Ed.
Runner-Up Prize: 3 FREE Download Cards

> To enter, click here.

More photos after the jump…
> Continue reading…

As previously mentioned, athletic lifestyle giant, Nike, in conjunction with DJ A-Trak, will launch his debut record, Running Man: Nike+ Original Run. The 45-minute mix of electro hip-hop mix will be join the Crystal Method, LCD Soundsystem, and Aesop Rock, as part of the Nike+ Original Run Series, a music collection aimed to maximize performance for runners utilizing the Nike+ system. However, its clubland, synth-loops, and up-tempo beats could easily fit on the dance floor as well. Download the sampler here.

To kick-off this unique project, as well as the world’s largest one-day running event, Nike+ Human Race. Freshness is giving away 1 pair of the very exclusive Nike x A-Trak Dunk High - Running Man Edition sneaker in addition to 3 FREE download cards for 3 runner-ups to the contest. Check out DJ A-Trak’s design session to create these Dunk High at nikesportswear.com

Note: First prize winner will receive the Nike x A-Trak sneaker 4~6 weeks after the result announcement.

First Prize: 1 AJ A-Trak x Nike -Running Man Ed.
Runner-Up Prize: 3 FREE Download Cards

> To enter, click here.

More photos after the jump…
> Continue reading…

Hostile Kicks is offering one lucky Freshness reader a chance to receive $250 off their next Hostile Kicks purchase. With a wide selection of the hottest kicks, Hostile Kicks is one of the webs premiere destination to shop for Sneakers. The next time you shop at Hostile Kicks, enter the words “Freshness Giveaway” at check out and the twentieth (20th) shopper will receive $250 off their purchase..

We will announce the winner in the Forum.

> Shop now @ HostileKicks.com

We have been blessed with a pair of Signed(!) Yo! MTV Raps PUMA x Doug E Fresh Clydes for our Freshness readers! They are a size 9 but you ain’t going to wear them anyway so try and win. The shoes come with a custom PUMA display case so you can show them off to your friends…

> Check out the Full Puma Doug E Fresh Collection
> PUMA X Yo! MTV Raps

Giveaway Starts: Friday, September 11th, 2007
Giveaway Ends: Monday September 17th, 2007 - 11:59 pm EST

Legal Things:
(C) YO! MTV RAPS 2007 MTV Network,
a division of Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Click into the Freshness Forum for more details on entering…

Attn: Sneakerheads, designers, colorist, painters and anyone else who can put some fresh colors on the Hemp Dunk iD. Freshness and Nike’s Member’s Only Store is accepting fresh designs for the Hemp Dunk iD. Two of our favorite iD designs will receive a Nike iD Gift Certificate to design their own.

Contest Starts: June 18th, 2007
Contest Ends: July 1st, 2007 - 11:59 pm EST

Part 1:
Design it: Nike Hemp Dunk iD

Part 2:
Show us: Freshness Forum

Please crop your images to 500pixels wide.

This week’s giveaway is sponsored by the International Sneaker Battle and the Funk Master Flex Custom Car & Bike Show Tour. Both have donated several Funk Master Flex New Era hats and a pair of the Adidas remix series Big Dwag PitBulls EQPT (designed by Mike the Executive). Giveaway runs June 11, 2007 to June 17, 2007 11:59 pm EST.

International Sneaker Battle
Funk Master Flex Custom Car & Bike Show Tour

Location:
The New Jersey Convention and Expo Center
97 Sunfield Avenue | Map
Edison, NJ 08837

Event Date: June 23rd (Saturday)

Click on Comments below or click here to enter the giveaway.

This week, Freshness is giving away two t-shirts, “Bullet Mark” and “Skull”, in several sizes from Japanese brand Killer Bee. Killer Bee is a team of 8 elite MMA fighters - Koutetsu Boku, Akira Kikuchi, Atsushi Yamamoto, Riki Fukuda, Shinsuke Shoji, Michihisa Asano, and Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto, who are currently spreading their names in the MMA game.

Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto is a Japanese MMA phenomenon and icon. He branched out from Enson Inoue’s Purebred stable and formed his own team, Killer Bee. “KID” Yamamoto’s fights are usually quite spectacular, which have kept fans on their feet every time. The Japanese media dubbed him the “Son of God”. One of KID’s the most talked about fights was with fellow MMA fighter, Caol Uno, who weighs nearly 15 lbs more, a huge margin and advantage. The result: KID won in a TKO. [Photos From The Fight]

Thanks very much to the Killer Bee crew for sending the tees!!

> Killer Bee JP (Japanese Only)

Giveaway Starts: June 4th, 2007
Giveaway Ends: June 10th, 2007 - 11:59 pm EST

Click on Comments to enter…