{"id":108395,"date":"2023-04-20T17:22:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=108395"},"modified":"2023-04-20T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:51:10","slug":"its-more-than-just-sneakers-australia-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/04\/20\/its-more-than-just-sneakers-australia-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s Favourite &#8220;It&#8217;s More than Just Sneakers&#8221; Community Event is Back in 2023!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the world came to a screeching halt due to the pandemic, so did community events across the globe. But despite the pause on in-person mingling, sneaker lovers only continued to amplify their connection and passion through the digital world. And while we&#8217;ll be the first to advocate for the online space&#8217;s calibre (we&#8217;re an app-based marketplace after all!), we cannot deny there&#8217;s just something special about greeting others with outreached hands, rather than with a high five emoji&#8230; Oh, and it&#8217;s always nice to be able to touch and see the sneakers before you finalise a purchase, you get?<\/p>\n<p>If the above has resonated with you, and you&#8217;re located in or planning to head to Australia, then we have some exciting news. &#8220;It&#8217;s More Than Just Sneakers&#8221; lifestyle event has returned to rekindle your physical connection with the sneaker community. Based on their previous stops, you can expect a stellar showcase of rare sneakers\u2014straight from other sneakerheads&#8217; collections\u2014panels with speakers from industry experts, and even the chance of exclusive sneaker drops.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-108631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20172041\/IMTJS23-MELBOURNE.jpg\" alt=\"It's More Than Just Sneakers Australia 2023\" width=\"973\" height=\"1351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20172041\/IMTJS23-MELBOURNE.jpg 973w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20172041\/IMTJS23-MELBOURNE-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20172041\/IMTJS23-MELBOURNE-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20172041\/IMTJS23-MELBOURNE-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20172041\/IMTJS23-MELBOURNE-187x260.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Its More Than Just Sneakers&#8221; is the brainchild of <a href=\"https:\/\/thekickzstand.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kickz Stand,<\/a> one of Australia&#8217;s biggest lifestyle communities. Since its inception in 2013, The Kickz Stand&#8217;s growing following manifested into the physical event that eventually found homes in various cities in Down Under. This year, too, &#8220;It&#8217;s More Than Just Sneakers&#8221; will be making its rounds at these following cities:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Melbourne, 22 Apr<br \/>\n\u2022 Brisbane, 10 Jun<br \/>\n\u2022 Adelaide, 5 Aug<br \/>\n\u2022 Perth, 17 Sep<br \/>\n\u2022 Sydney, 7 Oct<br \/>\n\u2022 Auckland, TBC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For more information on the event, head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/thekickzstand.com.au\/imtjs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kick Standz&#8217;s event page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snkrdunk_int\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22285 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp\" alt=\"Magazine-Bottom-Banner\" width=\"970\" height=\"\u201c300&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp 970w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-768x238.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-282x87.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented by The Kickz Stand, &#8220;It&#8217;s More Than Just Sneakers&#8221; is for sneakerheads across Australia, starting in Melbourne this 22 Apr. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":108546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-latest-news","category-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108395"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108689,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108395\/revisions\/108689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}