First Flyknit skate shoe pays tribute to Nike leader
06/07/2021
Sportswear giant Nike has released its first skate shoe made with a Flyknit upper, which has been designed as a tribute to veteran Sandy Bodecker, who died in 2018.
Mr Bodecker joined Nike as a footwear test co-ordinator in 1982, before becoming the first general manager of the Nike SB skateboarding division.Mr Bodecker was behind Nike’s quest to break the two-hour marathon barrier and the subsequent invention of NEXT% running technology.
He believed there was application of the idea to skateboarding, and the Nike SB Sandy ZoomX Bruin (pictured) uses athlete-led insight in its design.
It includes a drop-in midsole combining the Nike ZoomX foam for cushioning and a full-length carbon fibre plate.
The Flyknit upper has been printed with Mark Smith's “Blue Sky Dreamer” portrait of Bodecker, which hangs in The Bodecker Foundation space in Portland, Oregon.
The Nike SB Sandy ZoomX Bruin will be available in a limited release in Tokyo this summer.
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