Sneaker Store Spotlight: No Boys Allowed

On our trip to Holland, there was no way Lori, JenJen and I could leave without visiting the world's only female sneaker store! We caught a train from Rotterdam to The Hague and made our way down the windy, cobblestone streets to meet with the lovely owner, Cim Froeling. 

No Boys Allowed stocks exclusive sneakers from Nike, Adidas, Asics, Vans, Supra, Puma, Alife, Onitsuka Tiger, New Balance, Timberland and Clarks and apparel from No Boys Allowed, Roxy Heart and Made Me.

In case you missed it, check out Lori's "In Our Words" interview with Cim. To stay in the know, follow No Boys Allowed on Twitter, Facebook and check their website/online store!

Keep up that female sneaker hustle, Cim! Much love from the FSF Crew!

International Hip Hop Festival & Holland

I can't believe a week and a half has already passed since I got back from The Netherlands. I feel like it's actually taken that long to let the whole experience soak in. From start to finish, it was amazing. I'll never forget all the dope heads we met, the places we saw, the conversations we had. Every time I'm in a foreign country, I'm torn between 2 ways of experiencing it. #1 being as a Photographer - shooting non-stop and coming home with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of visuals to show my family and friends. #2 is the senses-all-in way. By this I mean, not looking at anything through a lens but only through my eyes and really, really soaking everything in.

On this particular trip, I was able to find a perfect balance. I came back to Toronto with some incredible memories - a lot of those really laugh-able ones. You know, when you're sitting on the subway or walking down the street and you get your L-O-L game up, just thinking about a particular conversation or something that happened. Mad shout-outs to my travel sisters, Lori and JenJen. xo

Let's get to the goods though, right? I've posted 102 shots in a public Facebook album that you are more than welcome to check out. These are some of my personal trip highlights. Everything from the food we ate to the ill fiends we rolled with.

Recommended listening: Jazzy Ivy, the Korean emcee/producer who hosted the World BBoy Classic.

Much love,
L

Amsterdam

Hey, Its your girl Jen again.. like Loni said we've kinda teased you with a little bit of pictures while our cameras & laptops are about to blow up with all these new images so I thought I'd post some more. I have a couple cool videos & some more photos from our first day in Amsterdam when we went to the parade!

xoxo

-jen

World Bboy Classic

Yesterday we attended the World BBoy Classic battle. BBoys & BGirls from all over the world came to Rotterdam to battle! It started with about 100 contestants from all over the world that got matched up randomly in pairs, then the final rounds with 16 teams, that led to 2 teams reaching the end and going 5 rounds each. The winning team ending up being from FL!!! One of the guys is even from Orlando just like me. :) Over all it was such a crazy event. I never experienced a bboy event that big. Glad to know it's such a great movement.

More pictures coming soon!

xoxo

-jen