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the godfather of dunk, kadour ziani, recently travelled to phoenix to shoot a dvd about his secrets to jumping, dunking and living life in general (those of you who know kadour know what types of unique philosophies we are hinting at). the dvd is produced by sportvideos.com and will feature drills to increase flexibility, body [...]

Kadour Ziani was in Iran last week for the “Nokia Xpress Music – Player All Powerful Event”, a big sport event out there. it was the first event in Iran where they allowed girls to see the show! and “zianimal” delivered in his own unique fashion. just let the pictures below speak for themselves.

The second coming of the k1x Chiefglider is here. The CG 2 was built with the serious indoor/outdoor ballplayer in mind. This shoe takes K1X D.N.A. (an ultra low and wide stance) to the next level, and sports the extended heel sole concept, for maximum cushioning and spring during takeoff. A full inner booty construction [...]

peep this clip of slam nation’s legendary kadour ziani & hervé “mr peps” slammin their hearts out at “tournoi de l’asphalte” in france last weekend. wanna know what they were wearing? here’s a closer look… k1x fam jam wifey k1x 5th element bball shorts and of course, the dunkers’ choice: k1x chiefglider 2

last week slam nation put on a show at the Tournoi de l’Asphalte in france introducing its newest member along the way. hervé fit right in with a series of rim rattling dunks and made his k1x debut a memorable one. kadour ziani was also back in action and obviously doing his thing as you [...]

who really is the number one among all those great dunkers in the world today? watch t-dub, guy dupuy and kadour rise up against the competition and judge for yourself.

here are some pics taken last weekend at a streetball jam in romania that featured international jaw-droppers kevin “golden child” kemp (it’s gotta be the name!!) out of tacoma, “fly” guy dupuy, and yann de blaine of the dunkalicious crew, france… and of course, the godfather of dunk kadour “zianimal” ziani, who was on hand [...]

k1x’s international outlook is backed by a colorful history of ballplaying warriors all over the word. we are the nation of hoop, remember! france has always been a great home for k1x, thanks to guys like streetball activist johnny kilroy, slam nation, kevin couliau, anchor man george eddy, french national ewodo narcisse, streetball wiz 6-kay [...]

watch the slam nation dunking icons go to work in their first show of “the summer” 2008. k1x warriors kadour “zianimal” ziani & “fly guy” dupuy deliver the highlights…

this just in … see k1x fam kadour ziani and guy dupuis of slam nation strut their stuff last weekend in the south of france. watch the zianimal kick the rock off the rim, while guy does all kinds of crazy shit: The famous Kadour kick Guy goes behind his back then off the glass [...]

the newest issue of u.s. “hoop magazine” features our french dunking embassador kadour ziani schooling nba vet bo outlaw in the art of the ziani shuffle …

as you know, russia surprisingly won the european championships in spain 2 weeks ago. and judging by kadour ziani’s recent trip to moscow, there is reason to believe, that there is a lot more to come. young russians love themselves some hoops! kadour “the godfather of dunk” was welcomed like a king and followed like [...]

the european championships in madrid (shout out to russian k1x warrior sergey beykov for snatching the coveted crown!) threw a huge streetball event ouside of the main gym, which drew thousands of spectators nightly, and featured some of the finest international ball handlers, dunkers, tricksters and heads: bobbito garcia, bizz banascus, fabian greiser, yah bakayoko, [...]

for french dunking sensation kadour ziani, the art of the slam dunk is religion, philosophy, language and mantra simultaneously. see the amazing pics and read nima zarrabi’s (shout out!) feature on world’s most slept-on dunker by clicking the images below.

there is only one kadour ziani. and this cat is off the chain. click the image below and understand. it’s 3 a.m. somewhere in the french suburbs and kadour has just one thing on his mind. the 360.

our boy and slam dunk phenomenon kadour ziani claims a new world record by kicking watchamacallit at a jaw-droppin height of 9 ft, 9 inches! watch kadour wow the crowd on fox sports’ “the best damn sports show period”, here:

White men can’t jump, short guys can’t dunk, jump decays with age. These are some of the generalizations we make about dunking, but just about every generalization is shattered by Kadour Ziani. Like wine, Ziani has only gotten better with age, defying injury and constantly striving to new heights. He is recognized throughout the world [...]