FirstCuts: Design Your Own Chuck Taylors

It’s hard to imagine Converse Chuck Taylors were the standard when it comes to basketball shoes. Seriously, it’s everything I can do to walk around and not roll my ankle in anything that doesn’t have a built in brace.↵↵Although they haven’t stood up as a performance shoe against the new guys, they’re iconic and now you’ve got a chance to make them your own. Converse and Kyle Korver are teaming up with Eastbay for a design contest that will end with one design ending up for sale on the site in January 2009.↵

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↵↵Clearly, after seeing my hack-tastic PS skills on this blank canvas, you shouldn’t be afraid to give it a try. Download your blank canvas at MyChucks.Eastbay.com. For full contest rules, hit the jump.↵

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↵↵The top five designs with the most votes will enter the final round of judging which is determined by the total number of votes, and the judging of artistic ability, creative expression and overall design by a panel from Converse and Eastbay. The Grand Prize will be announced on or about July 11, 2008 on mychucks.eastbay.com. The winner will be flown to Converse headquarters to work with designers and developers and create the final version of the shoe, which will be produced and sold on Eastbay.com beginning in January 2009. To be eligible for the MyChucks contests, participants must be at least 18 years of age, a U.S. resident and enter their design by June 8, 2008.↵

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