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Nike MAG (1989)

You can’t have a vintage Nike Blog without including the Nike Air MAG! Nike “Mag” because of their magnetic properties and that’s what it says on the back of the heel. Legendary shoe for the older sneaker fanatics… I remember going to the movies with my new pair of Air Trainer SC II.

And we were all so impressed.. seeing them years later they are still as impressive as they were back then…in the eyes of a 12-year old…

The original prototypes (earlier on eBay)

The Tinker Hatfield original drawings of the Air Mag.

and the original “shoe box” for the nike MAG:

The Nike MAG in action:

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  1. bryan

    March 7, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    what is the wire and the “box or whatever” coming out of the shoe? used for?? HUH?? I rember that people in my school(cincinnati ohio area) thought that out in california they really had a hover board for sale or ”in the works” well too bad i always wanted one

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