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It’s already been well documented that the new Nike Zoom Kobe V is pretty innovative in its design, specifically its amazing 10.6 ounce weight. Nike’s lightest basketball model ever owes its feather-like weight to a super streamlined and stripped down construction. You may have already seen our thorough Zoom Kobe V tech breakdown, and here we take things a step further with a look at a dissected Kobe V specimen that shows off each individual component of the shoe. The philosophy here with the extra-low cut and the bare minimum materials seems to be ‘less is more,’ and that means that what little you do see making up the shoe has been proven to be extremely durable despite the minimalist appearance.
As you can see, the entire upper is pretty much a one-piece Flywire-infused shell using heat-bonding technology to apply the overlay sections. You can also get a great look at the perforated mesh tongue and the cap and ankle wrap sections of the sculpted heel, as well as the layers of the midsole and outsole. Keep reading for a detailed look at the Zoom Kobe V, stripped down to each individual element for your viewing pleasure. Via HK-Kicks.
| Page 1 | 2 |10 Responses to “Nike Zoom Kobe V – Deconstructed”
December 16th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
cant wait for these to hit the courts 1st
December 16th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
OMG! The material look so cheap to me, & it cost 130?
December 16th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
these are today’s “spacejams”
out of this world innovation wise
@ts that’s what your paying for
can’t wait for these to drop,look at the size of the heel zoom air bag… damn!
December 16th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
the cutout looks like a face.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:20 am
hahaha. nice “boss”.
these are sick. gotta get the white/yellow/purple colorway.
GAME WINNING SHOT TODAY FOR KOBE! WOO!!!
December 17th, 2009 at 12:38 am
man u know everyone is going be like “thats it? i have to pay 130 for those cheap materials?” well check it, u buy a painting for a thousand dollars lets say. u just paid for 1000 for paint and a big canvas. same thing for shoes. u pay for the style/technology.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:59 am
the only thing is that it isnt cheap material, its high quailty material but less of it… sometimes less is more u pay for quality not quantity with these
December 17th, 2009 at 2:30 am
the cutout actually looks like a snakes head..”black mamba”..what a coincidence.
December 17th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Don’t be naive, the idea IS to be as cheap as possible. from a physics standpoint do you really think things like “flywire” can do that much? this deconstruction proves what we all know to be true, yes lighter is better, but cheaper is well, just cheaper.
December 18th, 2009 at 6:38 am
these = fail