Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Tinker's Shoe for Nike IT

Made in Vietnam,  Nike Rosherun, Size 10.5.
Tinker Hatfield designed a shoe on-stage at a 2013 Nike Tech event in probably less than 30 minutes with his iPad which was projected onto a screen.

Monday, November 20, 2017

Elite Green/Yellow with a Shoe Bag

Elite Vintage NRG, Pine Green/Volt-Lucky Green, size 10.5, Made in Indonesia 4/25/2012
I can't remember how I received these shoes.  I never wore them.  This blue Nike bag was inside the shoe box and I assume came with the shoes.

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Early Free shoe

Early Free   Made in China   2/14/2007
The Free shoes have come a long way since this early version.

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Max Air Green/Yellow

Max Air   Made in China   9/16/2005
I probably received these as a gift from someone who knows me as an Oregon fan and never found the right occasion to wear them.

Friday, November 17, 2017

T-Wrecks Pegasus

Pegasus   Made in Vietnam   4/20/2002
Our T-Wrecks team entered a Nike Hood to Coast / Portland to Coast contest and won a pair of shoes for each of us!

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Sertig (our Future Vision pilot project)

Sertig   Trail Running Shoe   Made in China   971202 LN2   Size 9   Zoom Air
I think I have the year correct. In 1997 we tested the concepts from Future Vision I. An elite product creation team was allowed to focus on one trail running project which evolved into two shoes, the Sertig and the Albis. The shoe pictured above is the Sertig.

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

30 Years Nike in Korea Anniversary Shoe

1977 Oceania and 2007 Free 7.0   Size 10.5   770507 CS
As I remember, Jeff Johnson (not JOJ but Harry's son) developed this shoe for the 30 year Korea anniversary.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

"Shark Skin" Bottoms

Test Prototype   Artificial Shark Skin outsoles   No inside shoe markings
As I remember, this was a prototype of an artificial shark skin outsole. I tried them out on an artificial track surface. The idea was to get the needed traction without using the conventional metal spikes.

Monday, November 13, 2017

Free Cross Trainer

Free Cross Train (a relatively early version)   Made in Taiwan
Cross Trainers were designed to be a single workout shoe that you could put in a suitcase. You could run in them, work out in the gym, and probably play basketball or tennis.

I didn't Cross Train so they got very little usage. I wasn't a fan of the strap for the activity that I did.