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PORTLAND'S SAVIER FOOTWEAR BIT THE BAG, LEAVING THEIR new extra-weird team (Wilkins, Comer and Eldridge) in the lurch. No news on Rattray (and those fabulous Tartan insoles!), but a man with such cat-like reflexes is certain to land on his feet. Meanwhile, early Savier escapee Tim O'Connor will be skating through 4:20 in his new IPaths. One love! New Jersey native and fellow IPath friend Quim Cardona has also joined the pro skate team.

Thirty-five years of the shell toe finally came home someplace in Florida. Suspiciously in attendance were Kobe Bryant, Missy Elliot, Gonz, the ghost of Adolph Dassler, RUN DMC and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. The Adidas/Solomon corporate liaisons laid back and pretty much stayed clear out of the way of the culturati.

DC Shoes, the Vista-based footwear mega-behemoth, was recently sold to the surf giant Quiksilver for a truly mind-melting $87 million. Oh man, and if you thought it was hard to get Ellis to pick up the tab before.

In another tale of brand expansion and press release gobbledy-gook, 411 Video Magazine, the skate tape innovator, was sold to The Wasserman Group, some business types who do junk and own a bunch of stuff.