nike Air Force 1 '07 WB low flax unboxing flax/light brown

‘Air in a box’. That was Nike’s simple ad campaign slogan when they launched the Air Force 1 in 1982. The first basketball shoe that featured a pocket filled with air in the heel for cushioning and support. When legendary Nike shoe designer Bruce Kilgore created the Air Force 1 he drew inspiration from the Nike Approach hiking boot, which slanted the shaft from front to back, so it angled lower towards the Achilles. This way the shoe provided the same support while gaining flexibility. For the outsole Kilgore wanted something completely different. Up to that point most basketball shoes, most shoes for that matter, stuck to a traditional herringbone traction pattern. Kilgore came up with a circular outsole pattern given basketball players’ use of the pivot move in the post. This made the Air Force 1 a true hoops shoe, which was then given to basketball playing wear testers. Although the Nike Tailwind - the first shoe with ‘Air’ in the sole - debuted three years earlier, getting ‘Air’ into a basketball shoe was not an easy transfer. Nike was fairly new to basketball. Running was what the company was founded on and where they had the most experience. And of course those two sports are completely different from each other and demand different things from their athletic shoes. After all, running is a heel-toe, straight line activity, while in basketball there are more cuts, heavy landings, jumping and instant re-jumping. PLEASE HIT THAT THUMBS UP BUTTON, COMMENT, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!!! Add me on social media and let me know you