Category: Shoes

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

I love how there’s a shoe designed for every activity that somehow allows the user to perform at optimum levels. Whether it’s leisure, extreme or any scenario in between, relax and let the shoe’s ergonomics deal with the situation at hand. My promising breakdancing career ended tragically when I was 13 and it was out of sight out of mind until I found this ad from 1984. Now the nightmares are back and they always start the same way: it’s my turn to represent during a heated break battle. So heated that a real fight almost breaks out… but never ... Read more

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:

Meet DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein. Here he is with Gene Simmons from KISS. Gene doesn’t look very impressed, probably because DJ AM is wearing a vintage Axl Rose t-shirt and not a Gene Simmons one. DJ AM was a member of the band Crazy Town best known for “Butterfly”; and in modern times is world renowned for his abilities on the ones and twos. His talents frequently land him gigs at private parties for celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Leo DiCaprio and collaborations with artists like Madonna and Will Smith. He even guest starred on Entourage, yadda, yadda, yadda. The ... Read more