Category: Nike Tees and Sneakers

From the ACG special on Sneakerfreaker “Geoff Hollister is a genius. He was one of the original Nike employees and although he was not a trained designer, he was a very clever guy. He was one of the people at Nike who would go out and help sign athletes to wear new Nike products. He is still a sailor today and he had an insight that was a major breakthrough. Our Sock Racer shoe was this stretchy-upper, very minimalist running shoe that was worn by Ingrid Christiansen (Norway) who set a world record in the women’s marathon wearing them. Jeff ... Read more

My 1987 collection… Nike Air Ace 3/4 Nike Air Revolution red-white Nike Air Revolution blue-white

Found a picture of this display on the net, representing the pump system on the force’s 180 pump:

These are, unfortunately, not my shoes. I saw these pictures on Niketalk, and they illustrate very well the huge air units in the first edition of the vintage Nike Air Max in 1987 (designed by Tinker Hatfield) I even have heard of stories that Nike had to recall some of these shoes because the air units exploded during use.

Random selection from my collection of vintage Nike: