Eric Avar

Eric Avar

20 Years Of Nike Basketball Design: Air Flightposite (1999)

After a fairly thorough excavation of the legendary 1995-96 season and its immediate followups, Nike Basketball continues its journey through the past two decades of...

By Aaron Hope August 1, 2012
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20 Years Of Nike Basketball Design: Air Foamposite One (1997)

We’ve chronicled Nike Basketball’s trip back through the past twenty years over these past couple weeks and today we encounter the design that’s made more...

By Aaron Hope July 31, 2012
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20 Years Of Nike Basketball Design: Air Max Penny (1995)

Today’s chapter in the Nike Basketball history book is a discussion of one of many models that makes 1995-96 arguably the best season on record, but...

By Aaron Hope July 27, 2012
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20 Years Of Nike Basketball Design: Air Flight Huarache (1992)

Following up on yesterday’s debut, we see the next entrant in Nike Basketball’s ’20 Years’ retrospective pick up right where the Air Force 180 Low...

By Aaron Hope July 24, 2012
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Nike Zoom Kobe VI Wear-Test Sample

Of the lengthy sneaker-design process, the Wear-Test stage is a make-or-break affair; it doesn’t matter if the shoe looks amazing – if it doesn’t perform...

By John Kim May 15, 2012
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Nike Zoom Kobe VII System: Shoe Science – Attack Fast

“The system and the way I perform – they go hand in hand.” – Kobe Bryant There’s a lot of science and engineering behind the...

By John Kim January 13, 2012
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