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5 kwi 2024 · All the details behind the origins of Nike’s best-selling shoe. Before the AF1 was released, basketball shoes were about as basic as they come. Players were accustomed to wearing three, four, maybe even five pairs of socks to help soften the blow of landing on concrete.
5 gru 2017 · The Air Force 1 birthed collaborations and retros, and pushed many to start collecting sneakers instead of just wearing them (just ask Nelly). The Air Force 1 became a status symbol, for teenagers, athletes and entertainment moguls alike.
11 gru 2015 · As a performance flagship and the first basketball shoe with the Air system, it embarked on the journey that would make it an icon of the street. It was made so - but not by a global marketing campaign, but by the people who showed their affection for the shoe on the courts and in the hoods.
16 lis 2019 · The Air Force 1 was also the first basketball shoe to feature Nike Air technology, which was based on a system developed by aerospace engineer Frank Rudy. Advertisements at the time displayed a cross-section diagram of the Air Force 1, revealing a pocket of air within the sole.
16 cze 2023 · And like many iconic shoes, the history of the Air Force 1 is anything but predictable. The story begins with Frank Rudy, a NASA aeronautical engineer who approached Nike with the idea of a cushioning system that used inert gas encapsulated inside a plastic “bubble.”
28 cze 2024 · Designed by Bruce Kilgore (who later dreamed up the Air Jordan 2), the AF1 was the first hoops shoe to sport Nike Air technology. The original high cut sneaker included a concentric circle outsole — not unlike the first Air Jordans — and perforations sprinkled along the toebox.
In 2009, Nike created Air Force 09, an update of the original shoe. The shoe comes in solid black or white. In 2010, Nike commissioned DJ Clark Kent to design a Nike Air Force 1 Low pack of special limited edition Air Force 1 shoes.
