dirtbag crew.

Wednesdays are always our favorite days here at RIF... its the middle of the week and the weekend is fast approaching. Pretty relaxed Wednesday to say the least... a couple of STEALS came in and our boy SWEETS from HUF came by and chatted it up. Here's a recap.

Karl's baby watching service. After Edouche hired a new crew he passed on his babysitting service to Karl...RIF X KARL X Babysitting service.

Get your shine on youngin'

Chillin.

1/1097 guess which Jordans these are.

Our boy MATT from Corporate Cincinatti always makes sure to stop by RIF whenever he's in the city. Good to see you Matt.

The day slowed down a bit so we decided to pay a visit to our boy Sweets at HUF.

Classy.

If you haven't already noticed HUF is taking HUGE steps with their in-house clothing. From making a few shirts and sweaters a season to creating entire seasonal clothing lines from t-shirts, hats, button downs, jackets, everything and anything you can think of.

As you can see moves are being made. One Day.

Cutting out the middle man. Huf brand shoes are the perfect sneaker for casual lifestyle and skate wear.

Your sure to find sneaker that you like with this line.

Dirtbag Crew.

Shirts and more.

If you need New Era Baseball caps, HUF has you covered.

Only if you saw what was in those boxes. HUF is definitely doing it.

Keep your EYES peeled for The HUF Winter Release.

Back home we're trying to make our own moves at our own pace, One needy person at a time.

Before.

After.

Before again, Hopefully he puts them to use. Nice to meet you James stay up man.

Like we say. WE recieve goodies everyday. Thank you ALL.

The bus driver came in with The Fresh Pair of '99 AJ 4's. If you dont remember from our past BLOG entries is was one of his Grails. Its always good to see customers that hunt for their grails then after aquiring puts them to good use.

Too Fresh.

Just like they release in '99

Air Bubbles not too FOGGY.

Within a few hours of wear awwww nawwwww, so it begins.

DAMM. Its alright Chris atleast you wore your shoes instead of keeping them hidden in a BOX.

As you already know our other store is located in Japan. Under the name of LA. Ave. On the right is our good friend RIO. He will be making a trip state side this week so if you stop by the shop make sure to say hi.

more goodies to come.

BOWLS LA visits RIF LA

The Manager "P" from Bowls La swung down over the weekend to add to his tour of Little Tokyo and snapped a few pictures of the shop. Thanks for coming down brotha and welcome to the DTLA Little Tokyo movement! For Bowls La blog post on RIF LA...Click HERE.

Don't forget to pass by Bowls La located literally on the other side of Little Tokyo on 1st St! Dam I wish I was right next to Diakokuya...

PS: I might need a rukkus very SOON ;)

RIF LA Nike Dunk Hi SB "Paul Brown" (vid 6)

The Nike Skate boarding line has come a long way since it's inception in mid 2002. There have been different variations of the obvious, The Dunk. Other models have made its way to the SB line ie. Delta Force,Bruin, Blazer. Even new models were created to cater to skateboarders ie. Zoom Tre, EQUE. But in our opinion the model that started it ALL was the DUNK. A simple and clean model where only the imagination of the designer limits the possiblities of color and texture.

Here we are showcasing the FIRST NIKE DUNK HI SB. The "Paul Brown" enjoy.

The Sabbath Day.

Another action packed Sunday not only did we meet some new sneaker collectors but got re-quainted with some old friends. Some people never get to enjoy thier job, here at RIF we sometimes dread coming to work like everyone else... but by the END of the day realize that the customers we meet and friends we made make it worth opening the doors here at RIF. This is a DREAM JOB

Seeing the latest most rare sneakers pales in comparison to the conversations ABOUT the shoes, latest drops, newest releases. The irony is most of the conversations we have here at RIF begin about sneakers but never seem to end in them. The realization is that shoes/sneaker simply plays as a catalyst to friendships and bonds made here at our simple store front.

It was a pleasure to see our long time friend Simon who's a jet setter flying back and forth from here to the United Kingdom. This man was the person responsible for painting a portrait for Jeff, Ed, and Manny...and last time we saw him he was 30lbs lighter and had a neck brace. Good to see your doing well my friend, take care and we'll see you soon.

Another Stand up Dainty gentleman is our Boy GUY. One of the most humble and generous people that we know. Always giving and never receiving. If you know what type of shoes have passed through this mans hands... any shoe in our shop would seem like GR's

Good to see you GUY and see you this Tues for the meeting. Thanks for the BREW.

Speaking of giving and never taking. Your Boy JEFF. ALWAYS giving away free shoes, shirts, discounts. You know damn well Edouche wouldn't give you sheeet!

Halloween came early for these kids.

We receive goodies EVERYDAY...and we are NOT exaggerating. There is not a DAY the goes by that we are not BLESSED... given things from shoes, cloth's, food. THANK YOU ALL. We are truly blessed.

Its funny because some of the best gifts aren't bought but made like this! It was delicious. Don't worry we make the SUPER INTERNS try any homemade goodies before Jeff and Edouche eat them. Thanks again P!

BlueBerry x Chocolate Chip

Juan was in such a sweets mood that he went next door to Pink Berry

Mango x Almonds

Speaking of next door, we saw this ANIME CLUB posing, why not take a flick. They probably think we're crazy for camping out and buying hoards of shoes. Who's really crazy?

Another day here at the shop. Like they say RIF is the candy store for sneaker collectors.

Meeting of the minds. The powers collide.

GUY X Simon.

Meeting of the Korean minds. Resellers unite.

ALWAYS working.

High school re-union, nice meeting you Frankie. Enjoy those USC footballs games.

Do you see Murad in the back? He's salty no friends visit him... when you come by the shop make sure to say hi to Murad.

"State Birds" by the Hundreds.

A few sneaker shots of the DAY.

ChromeBall lows one of the best dunk lo's to come out his year.

One of the best AM1'a out and one of the best Air Jordans

Atmos Airmax 1 x CDP 3s

Remember when the DUNK craze was in it's infant stages? Around 02'

Stone Mesa Pro B was that HAVE TO HAVE DUNK. I still remember copping my at the local Finishline.

Un-dead stocking right in front of the shop. Now that's a sneaker head.

Karl is one of the nicest workers/person I have met. Not only laid back but with his OFF-humor it makes working at RIF more enjoyable.

Karl in some HEATERS..that's right. He wore these in the SHOP ALL DAY. Russell Simmons/Phat Farm exclusives.

Here's an OLD picture of Karl in his Larry Perkins dunk low.

Tiffany dunk lo SB's came out around this time 5 years ago?

Supreme Bruins. Such a clean silhouette thank GOD there is no HYPE on these shoes. I can keep buying them for less than $160.00 a pair.

WTAP Chukkas. Guess who this is?

Juan never not working...

Murad never working...

Enjoy your week and thank you again for being part of RIF. If not for all of you sneaker aficianado's big and small RIF wouldn't be here.

"Good people supporting Good People"

RIF LA Nike Stash Dunk Low Limited to 55pairs (vid 5)

At one point the Stash DUNK was the most EXPENSIVE and sought after sneaker in Japan from '02-'04 with prices ranging from $2500-$6500 at one point. To say the least, thats peanuts in comparison to the rarity of these sneaker. SIGNED and NUMBER to only 55 pairs WORLDWIDE the $4500 hundred dollar price tag is a deal to those that can afford them.

In actuality, this shoe is better than 45 pair's of purple box SB's all valued at $100.00 (dont you think) BTW LA AVE/RIF had 20 pairs google it.

Thanks to our good Friend B Surf the C we are making our videos with a little extra kick.