John Kim 
Touted as the lightest, most breathable basketball sneaker ever devised within the Beaverton, OR walls, the Nike Zoom Hyperfuse, which debuted in 2010, changed not only the standards of the ‘lightweight’ Basketball shoe, but permeated into circles of a number of other sports as well as the lifestyle-driven Nike Sportswear sector of footwear products. Although the Zoom Hyperfuse isn’t the only basketball model to use the material these days, it certainly deserves the credit for opening the door and re-routing Nike Basketball design to what we have today – the unparalleled best of basketball performance footwear. This first look at the Nike Zoom Hyperfuse 2012 shows an emphasis on design; while the previous two models focused more on function, the third adds in some design flair, using sleek curves and a ‘carved’ out midsole. We can expect a library of team-based and energetic colorways of the Zoom Hyperfuse 2012 later this year, so check out the detailed angles of this upcoming anchor and let us know where it ranks among the three flagship Hyperfuse models that we’ve seen thus far. Photos via dino410
