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Nike Shoes, Cute Girls, and Sports Cars Blend For Youth Blog

When Sneaker Collectors want breaking news on shoes, they check NikeTalk, NiceKicks, or FemaleSneakerFiend. When a web surfer wants cute girls or sports cars, they may check FastCoolCars or MotorTrends. This week, new Youth blog launched to combine the 3 subjects with health, and kids love it.

"Ladies and Gents love to look at cute girls, sneakers, humorous videos, and cars. Health was added to promote a positive lifestyle.youth blog will mainly showcase the trending pictures that high school and college students are spreading on social media." says blog founder Rodrick Rainey.

Kicks and Chicks is a multi-faced brand that began in 2005 and launched online in 2006.

A few of the internet's most popular social media stars have already began tweeting about the KicksAndChicks.net site, pleased by their feature. Weblebrities such as Cakesterr and India Westbrooks already co-signed the Youth blog by tweeting links to their features.

K-Stew swapped her pumps for sneakers with her glam gowns at both premieres! Is it so cool that she rather be comfortable or do you wish she would keep her shoes on for once?

Kristen Stewart really has a wow factor on the red carpet, especially while promoting Breaking Dawn in gorgeous gowns — but she definitely rather be comfortable! At both the LA premiere and the premiere in London, Kristen traded her Jimmy Choo shoes for a pair of Nike sneakers — and they're the same sneakers we spotted her wearing while dressed down in jeans!

Personally, I wish KStew would keep her heels on for a bit longer. While in this instance we've heard that she is suffering from an ankle injury so I totally get why she pulled the shoe swap, it's one of her favorite red carpet tricks! Sure, some shoes are definitely uncomfortable and it is refreshing to see that even a-lister's like Kristen would rather be comfortable, but I still love the way she looks in a killer pair of pumps!

What do you think? Is it cool that Kristen is so down to earth or do you wish she should grin and bear it?

A year ago, 10-year-old Anthony Roletto wasn't a skateboard fan. He'd never heard of Paul Rodriguez and he'd never been to a skate contest. That, of course, has all changed. And last Saturday morning, silver Sharpie in hand, Roletto sat at a table in the new downtown Portland Niketown store autographing dozens of pairs of the newest P-Rod signature skate shoe he helped design.

One of six pairs of Nikes and Jordans released Nov. 5 as part of Nike's Freestyle program, the Vulc Rod ($65, nike.com) is as much a story of Anthony's life and triumph over a rare genetic disorder called Denys-Drash Syndrome as it is the latest in a line of Nike Skateboarding P-Rod kicks. Now in its eighth year, Freestyle is a partnership between Nike and Doernbecher's Children's Hospital, which is located just down the road from the company's Beaverton, Ore., headquarters. Conceived by Nike creative director Michael Doherty, a member of the hospital's board of directors, the Freestyle program has raised more than $3 million for the hospital and incorporates the work of more than 8,000 Nike employees.

Each year since 2003, six children are nominated by the hospital staff to be paired with Nike designers and create one-off shoes that are released for sale in the fall. The shoes often sell out within days. (The 2011 Air Jordan IV, designed by Leukemia survivor Isaiah Scott, has already done so.) But few folks who purchase these shoes have any idea why they are cool beyond their collectability: They were designed by a young Doernbecher patient.

Like Anthony Roletto. When he was assigned to create a signature skate shoe for Rodriguez, he had to Google his name. Roletto was seven years out from a kidney transplant, continuing to receive treatment at DCH, and able to participate in sports. But his loves were soccer and Oregon sports teams. He never owned a skateboard or thought much about the shoes skateboarders wore. That changed the moment he started working on P-Rod's shoe. He began downloading skate videos -- all featuring Rodriguez -- and teaching himself to skate on a board he convinced his folks he needed. For research purposes, of course.

Over the course of several months, Roletto and his Nike designers created the red-and-yellow-on-gray Nike Vulc Rod. He chose red and yellow because they're his favorite colors. On the sole of the shoes, he included a sketch of himself wearing boxing gloves and fighting off his cancer. On the heels, he drew slashes representing the scars from his kidney surgeries and lined the insoles with tiny, hand-drawn kidneys.

In August, and in a first for the program, designer and muse had the opportunity to meet in person, at the Portland stop of the Dew Tour. Former Doernbecher patient Bryan Myss, who does medical outreach for the hospital, worked with Nike to arrange the meeting. It was the first skateboard contest Roletto had ever attended, and the first opportunity he had to watch Paul Rodriguez, now his favorite athlete, skate in person. "I can't believe I got to see him skate," he said. Roletto also witnessed Rodriguez's first win of the season. Shortly afterward, Rodriguez invited Roletto and his family to his hotel for a short meet-and-greet. "It was so cool he took the time to meet me," Roletto says. "He is awesome. I need to skate more. I want to skate street like Paul Rodriguez."

At the launch party Oct. 8 at the Portland Art Museum, one pair of each Freestyle design was signed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and auctioned off to raise money for DCH. Roletto's Vulc-Rod sold for $8,000. At Saturday's official retail launch, his shoes were one of the most popular in the lineup. He even sold a pair to Dr. David Rozansky, his doctor at Doernbecher, who then stood in line for an autograph.

A year ago, 10-year-old Anthony Roletto wasn't a skateboard fan. He'd never heard of Paul Rodriguez and he'd never been to a skate contest. That, of course, has all changed. And last Saturday morning, silver Sharpie in hand, Roletto sat at a table in the new downtown Portland Niketown store autographing dozens of pairs of the newest P-Rod signature skate shoe he helped design.

One of six pairs of Nikes and Jordans released Nov. 5 as part of Nike's Freestyle program, the Vulc Rod ($65, nike.com) is as much a story of Anthony's life and triumph over a rare genetic disorder called Denys-Drash Syndrome as it is the latest in a line of Nike Skateboarding P-Rod kicks. Now in its eighth year, Freestyle is a partnership between Nike and Doernbecher's Children's Hospital, which is located just down the road from the company's Beaverton, Ore., headquarters. Conceived by Nike creative director Michael Doherty, a member of the hospital's board of directors, the Freestyle program has raised more than $3 million for the hospital and incorporates the work of more than 8,000 Nike employees.

Each year since 2003, six children are nominated by the hospital staff to be paired with Nike designers and create one-off shoes that are released for sale in the fall. The shoes often sell out within days. (The 2011 Air Jordan IV, designed by Leukemia survivor Isaiah Scott, has already done so.) But few folks who purchase these shoes have any idea why they are cool beyond their collectability: They were designed by a young Doernbecher patient.

Like Anthony Roletto. When he was assigned to create a signature skate shoe for Rodriguez, he had to Google his name. Roletto was seven years out from a kidney transplant, continuing to receive treatment at DCH, and able to participate in sports. But his loves were soccer and Oregon sports teams. He never owned a skateboard or thought much about the shoes skateboarders wore. That changed the moment he started working on P-Rod's shoe. He began downloading skate videos -- all featuring Rodriguez -- and teaching himself to skate on a board he convinced his folks he needed. For research purposes, of course.

Twice in her 15 years, Keara "Warang" Bells McManus fought and beat cancer.

She'll be the first to tell you that it wasn't her fight alone. In her profile for the Nike

Doernbecher Freestyle Project, she stated: "the life she was given back" is what's most

important to her.

She expressed appreciation for that life and her family in the shoe she designed for Nike.

Born on Guam and deeply proud of her heritage -- she's Palauan, Filipino, Chamorro and

Irish -- the teen said she looked to her roots to create the design for the shoe.

"The flags from Guam, Palau, Ireland and Philippines are on the shoe, and there's turtles,

and other things from my life that I wanted to have reflected in the shoe," said the teen.

The shoe displays a whale tail embroidered across the back seam, a sockliner featuring a

tribal pattern that resembles her brother's tattoo, and a group of sea turtles that

symbolize her family members, who supported her while she survived two bouts with cancer.
Partnership

McManus' design was chosen as part of the Nike Doernbecher Freestyle program, which is a

partnership between the shoe company and Doernbecher Children's Hospital. The program

allows a group of patients who have triumphed over serious illnesses to design authentic

Nike shoes, the website stated.

The shoes are sold on a limited-edition basis at Niketowns and nikestore.com, while the

proceeds benefit the hospital. The program has raised more than $3 million since it began

in 2004, the website stated.

Warang McManus, who turns 16 next week, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in

2009. It was her second bout of cancer, according to her mother Suzanne McManus. The teen

was diagnosed with liver tumor, or hepatoblastoma, when she was 15 months old, back in

1997.
Guam roots

"At the time, we were in Guam. I taught at Tamuning Elementary School and my husband was at

Southern High School," she said. "Back then, as was certainly the case in this most recent

incident, our friends and family really came out and supported us. And we really wouldn't

have made it without them."

In 1997, Suzanne McManus and her husband, Mark, used work leave donated by their coworkers

so they could take their daughter off island for treatment, while still being able to

support their family.

Suzanne McManus said it was very hard when she learned the first time that her daughter had

cancer. But with the support of their coworkers and help from their families who still live

on Guam, the McManuses were able to pull through the first fight with cancer.

"There was so much relief when we found out the treatment worked and our daughter was going

to be OK," Suzanne McManus said.
Devastated

So when, years later, her daughter was diagnosed with another form of cancer, Suzanne

McManus was devastated.

"It's so hard to hear the word cancer," she said. "You think of it and you think of death

and the fight kind of goes out of you. And to have to do it a second time, it was so hard,"

Suzanne McManus said. "You have all of these emotions of your own to deal with, but you

also have to be strong for your child, and you still have to go through the motions of

getting her the help and treatment she needs. It's a lot."

Again, helped by the love and support from family and friends, Warang McManus beat cancer.

And this time, there was something she could do on a larger scale to "give back."

"It was a really cool opportunity to design the shoe. I got to go to the Nike campus and

met with designers and everything," Warang McManus said. "But I did it because this was an

incredible opportunity to give back to the community ... to share my story and how I was

able to get through it. And the project raises a lot of money for the hospital and the

hospital has done so much for me and my family."
Personal statement

On one of elements of the shoe, a turtle-shaped tag, is her statement: "You never know how

strong you are until being strong is all you have left."

"That's the one thing I want other children who are fighting cancer (to do) -- to stay

strong," she said. "Because it gets hard at times (and) you don't want to keep going. ...

But you're not only fighting for yourself but for your family members who are going to be

there for you every step of the way."