About K1X
Who are K1X- Nation of Hoop?
K1X- Nation of Hoop brand has been grounded in basketball lifestyle since 1993. Since then, K1X is now the most popular basketball apparel brand in Germany. Yes, they are even more popular than Nike. The K1X brand (spoken “Kay-One-Ex” or “Kicks”) evolved naturally from the acknowledged basketball & sneaker specialist store “KICKZ” (Munich, Germany) and the immensely popular and trail-blazing internet site www.kickz.com . Building an own brand was a logical consequence for an experienced company with a vision and an edge.
The CHIEFGLIDER
K1X officially entered the shoe-making business in 2002 with the release of the Chiefglider, a three-quarter high shoe that provided equal parts style and functionality. After only 18 months on the market, since 2002, K1X has sold about 16,000 pairs of Chiefgliders, which have come in 18 styles so far (K1X never makes more that 1500 of any colourway).
The clean look and comfort of the Chiefglider, combined with its sheer rarity, make the shoe a collectors dream. What's even better is that none of those qualities have come at the expense of the shoe being good to ball in, too. To expose K1X's shoes to real basketball players, in the summer of 2004, K1X teamed up with the legendary and most prestigious street-basketball institution in the world, “The Rucker” to become the official shoe of the Rucker league, held Friday nights at Rucker Park, Harlem, New York City.
