It was the next logical step in asics running trainers womens the evolution of a fully-explosed Air unit, which would've been a major improvement on what many brands saw as the biggest weakness in running shoes  the midsole foam material itself. So not only did Nike enlarge the Air Unit, it decreased the amount of midsole foam (the single-density polyurethane used by Nike was already very lightweight). Additional structural cues to the Air Max2 was the inner sleeve that was first introduced in the Air Huarache series, which minimized the amount of stress on the foot, and a forefoot embedded Tensile Air unit (later named  Zoom').

While the Air Penny III didn't see a whole bunch of colorways in its original run, Nike did flirt with this white colorway that actually never went beyond the  Sample' stage. Nike never brought it bought in the following  Retro' and  House of Hoops' releases, making this unreleased White Sample one of the most obscure and rare Air Penny productions ever.We continue our week of Air Penny classics by pointing mens asics running trainers to the most obscure of the Air Penny signature line  the Nike Air Penny IV. The relatively  overlooked' nature of the Air Penny IV falls within reason; it arrived after Shaq broke up his exciting yet unfruitful partnership with Penny, who fell into a state of nagging injuries that proved to be invulnerable to recovery.

The Nike asics gel contend 6 Air Solo Flight '90 was the weapon of choice for many NBA swingmen of that year, and today, the classic Flight shoe has firmly established its place in Nike Basketball history.Back in the early to mid 90's, there were a lot of Nike Basketball shoes that were closely associated with a particular NBA star, but only a handful of players like Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and Penny Hardaway actually had their models named after them. If someone brought up the David Robinsons or the Jason Kidds or the Gary Paytons, you'd probably know that they were likely talking about the Air Command Force, the Zoom Flight 95 or the Zoom Flight 98 even though they don't have the asics s players' names officially indicated.

Scottie Pippen is another player that falls into this category. Before he was given his own signature Nike model in 1997, he was best known for rocking the Air More Uptempo, but prior to that, there was another shoe that was unofficially dubbed the Scottie Pippens.The Nike Air Swift was a Flight model worn by Scottie for the better part of the 1993-1994 season and it may have captured his style on the court better than any of the Air Pippen designs that followed it. A sleek, lightweight shoe that mirrored the versatile small forward's slashing mentality, the Air Swift sported a undeniable Bulls color scheme with a combination of nubuck and smooth leather on the upper and cut-out areas that revealed the neoprene sockliner underneath.

The streamlined upper sits atop a fresh midsole design featuring a small Flight logo and a visible Air window. Definitely an underrated classic from the Nike b-ball archive, check out a thorough look at the Nike Air Swift in crisp SneakerNews HD style.The 2010 U.S. Open in Flushing, NY began not long ago, so in keeping with topical sports news, this week's Sneaker News Classics Revisited features the Nike Air Tech Challenge Future of 1993. Back in the early 90's the sport of tennis was electrified by Andre Agassi, who stuck out like a sore thumb with his long wavy locks, bright tennis gear, and of course, his Nikes.

The Nike Air Tech Challenge series featured a number of tennis-court specific designs, with a Mid cut, asics glideride visible Air cushioning, and most notably its super-bright colorblocking, but the Air Tech Challenge Future was a clear aberration to the historic tennis/trainer line  perhaps an explanation of the inclusion of  Future' in the already proud Air Tech Challenge name.The Nike Air Tech Challenge Future was unlike its predecessors in that it featured a higher cut with Huarache-like windows like the Nike Flight Huarache and Direct Flight of 1992. Also added to the ATC Future was the in-step strap and the multi-colored sock-liner  much like  the Nike Trainer Huarache that released in a similar time-period.