Got an email this morning from my main man Mike at Nike (a quick aside–the following are my main men, in no specific order: Mike at Nike, Fabricio Oberto, Jose Calderon, Olu Ashaolu and the good people at EA Sports), who sent me pics of what Steve Nash will be wearing the rest of the season.
Take a look at the Nike Trash Talk
All-Star edition
Suns away (black) and home(white) shoe
The shoe is designed after Nash’s current shoe, Nike’s Zoom BBII (I have the BBI’s and they’re a flat out amazing guard shoe).
It’s the first shoe by Nike that’s made from recycled materials.
Nash: “Any opportunity to promote the environment and preserve our planet is a step in the right direction. I’m very excited to be one of the first athletes to wear the Nike Trash Talk. I think people will love the shoe, and hopefully by wearing it I can inspire others to try it out as well.”
Some specs on the shoe:
– The upper is pieced together from leather and synthetic leather waste from the factory floor using zig-zag stitching.
— The mid-sole uses scrap-ground foam from factory production
— The outsole uses environmentally-preferred rubber that reduces toxics and incorporates Nike Grind(a) material from footwear outsole manufacturing waste.
— The Phoenix Suns’ colorways will have shoe laces and sockliners which use environmentally-preferred materials and will be packaged in a fully recycled cardboard shoe box.
The red all-star shoe will release in limited quantities at House of Hoops in Harlem this weekend. The Suns colours hit House of Hoops April 22.
Sounds like Canada gets no love on this one.
7 Comments
February 14, 2008 at 4:06 pm
O’Leary, you’re a **** ***
February 14, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Nice guy? Sure I am.
You know how I feel about the sneakers, Rossy. You don’t think a recycled sneaker is interesting info? I do.
February 14, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I think the only sneakers that should be recycled are the ones filling up your closet. Makes me glad I’ll never have to help you move again.
February 14, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Maybe I’ll start living greener the day that you come back to E-town, and park my car when you need a ride from the airport.
February 14, 2008 at 8:13 pm
oh and the shoe collection has gotten much worse since you helped me move. double, maybe?
February 14, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Huh. Interesting. “Trash Talk” might be the ultimate name for a shoe made of recycled materials.
Ross: Seriously, man, even *I* am getting tired of you mocking O’Leary’s shoe collection. Can’t you make fun of him for something else? Like the fact that he’s in Edmonton? Or that his mom has gotten much worse since you helped him move? Or something?
April 4, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Chris! What’s up! I don’t know how I stumbled on this page but I did
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