Sneaker Freaker - The Ultimate Sneaker Book

The first and only publication of its kind, Sneaker Freaker, has been at the forefront of the global Sneaker-Scene for almost two decades. With over 650 newly designed pages, fresh photography, insane historical detail and details at Otaku level combines this monster anthology magazine's finest with content created exclusively for Taschen, for an epic celebration of sneakers.

Back in 2002 Simon “Woody” Wood dreamed about plans to get free sneakers. Two weeks later he was the proud owner of Sneaker Freaker, and his life was never the same.

From the early roots such as a punk style Fanzine to today's super smooth print and online operations, the highly independent publication has documented any collab, custom, limited edition, retro re-release, quickstrike, hyperstrike and tier zero Sneaker Published over the past 15 more years.

Woody's original prerequisite that Sneaker Freaker would be "fun and serious, meaningful and meaningless at the same time" has definitely been justified in The Ultimate Sneaker Book. With more than 650 pages filled with insider knowledge and his own reverential observations, the insane historical detail and the details of Otaku level are out of obsessive.

In each chapter, a rolling image is drawn of the development of the sneaker industry. Air Max, Air Force, Adi dassler, converse, kanye, dappe dan, dee Brown, Michael Jordan and Yeezy - Together with obscure treasures like Troop, Airwalk and Vision Street Wear? Are all exhaustively documented.

This is an endless source of knowledge. This is The Ultimate Sneaker Book!