OFFICIAL AIR FORCE ONE THREAD!!!!!

[mikeylab]

haha i like em

 

[mikeylab]

but you're definitely not sneaking up on anyone in these haha.  I imagine the foam snakes will look similar, others be advised.

 

[bip roberts]

AF1's will never get old for me im 18 now still rockin them white on white mids and lows. None wrong wid it. If you a true sneakerhead you would not buy into all this hype. You should just get what you really like and aint leave in the closet. I cop em to rock em Never cop em to stock em.

Glad you buy what you like - ain't nothing wrong with that. But, here's a little hint - you probably shouldn't be talking about what a "true sneakerhead" should or should not do. At the age of 18, you probably aren't a "true" anything yet. A lot of the AF1 heads are older dudes. Happy to have you in the fold though, if your passion is genuine. Here are some pics of Forces older than you

See but a dope colorway to u is not necessarily a dope colorway to someone else. For instance I'm not particularly fond of the year of the snakes while I think the materials are dope the color placement is off and wouldn't think twice about making a thread on it. But other people seem to love the shoe

Yeah. I agree. That's exactly the problem. A handful of releases you can anticipate that there will be considerable interest (Supremes, Year of the ANYTHINGS) but beyond that, it's pretty subjective.

Maaaan when is Nike gonna re-up on some white/white high tops??? They need to quit playing and drop a pair. Last pair I THINK was 03

I think they did a pair of white on white highs with gum bottoms in like 2009. Could have been '08 or '10 though.

Yikes is right.  Different stokes, different folks though.  

That's the diplomatic way of saying it.

 

[mikeylab]

Yikes!

Although you rarely see a shoe on someones foot from this angle.

 

[mikeylab]

They look like boots.

feel like boots too

 

[mikeylab]

Yikes!

so basically, these AF-1s are ugly?

 

[jasonkicks]

Whats the release date on these????

already released on nike.com

http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/?l=shop,pdp,ctr-inline/cid-1/pid-664260/pgid-664261

 

[jasonkicks]

 

[jasonkicks]

BHM

 

[mikeylab]

BHM

nice!

 

[nawghtyhare]

BHM

Is that a penny foamposite af1?

 

[phreshkidd817]

Yeah i feel what yall saying but dayum mayne wish i was around in those days to see them real af1s man.They waas dope bro.
 

 

[bigj505]

BHM

Is that a penny foamposite af1?

im not 100% but the AF1 Foamposite High had the midsole with the visible air in the heel. The midsoles on these are just plain.
midsoles like these:

 

[phreshkidd817]

These are dope mayne dayum

 

[nawghtyhare]

BHM

Is that a penny foamposite af1?

im not 100% but the AF1 Foamposite High had the midsole with the visible air in the heel. The midsoles on these are just plain.
midsoles like these:

Just saw confirmation that its a copper colored foamposite af1
WTF are they thinking. As an African American male I feel appalled that this would be an example of bhm. I mean the ones in years past actually had things on the shoe relatable to bhm or at least the heritage of African Americans. But this **** right here is just disappointing

 

[jasonkicks]

Just saw confirmation that its a copper colored foamposite af1

WTF are they thinking. As an African American male I feel appalled that this would be an example of bhm. I mean the ones in years past actually had things on the shoe relatable to bhm or at least the heritage of African Americans. But this **** right here is just disappointing

The strap has some writings on it that may have someting to do with bhm,

 

[toughmoney]

If those copper af1 hi's really are a solid outsole....nike can count me out on those. Foam hi's are already heavy as it is. I'm still waiting for Nike to put 360 units on them.
Nike milking to the fullest.

 

[mikeylab]

I really like my foam AF-1s, but the foam around where the shoes bends when I walk is already cracking.  I have only had them since Sat, and only been wearing around the house.  Sucks.  I have an email in to Nike.

.

 

[bip roberts]

Just saw confirmation that its a copper colored foamposite af1
WTF are they thinking. As an African American male I feel appalled that this would be an example of bhm. I mean the ones in years past actually had things on the shoe relatable to bhm or at least the heritage of African Americans. But this **** right here is just disappointing

I hear you.

I'm a white dude myself, but I actually feel a lot of what Nike does around BHM is a bit exploitative. I mean, sometimes they pay lip service to the cause with some reference or whatever, but at the end of the day you are still attempting to commemorate BHM through a request that people be consumers. It's like a guilt trip - yo, you guys care about BHM? If so, you should buy this shoe.

I actually feel that way about Doermbacher too.

I don't need any damn limited shoes - you want to show people you actually care - donate a big *** sum of money somewhere meaningful without asking for anything in return from your consumer base, how 'bout that?

At least with LiveStrong and the breast cancer stuff they put REAL HEAVY DUTY marketing resources behind it so it actually penetrated consciousness and actually helped those causes from a publicity standpoint. ...I mean, it's the same save the world through consumption crap and I'm sure profit was a major motive for what they did, but at least you could argue that additional good came from it. Hard to make the same argument for BHM or Doermbacher.

Just my opinion.

 

[superblytrife]

Yikes!

so basically, these are AF-1s are ugly?

If you like them, no need to worry about what anyone else says.  That's the beauty of sneakers, IMO.  One man's junk is another man's treasure.  Do you.  

 

[mikeylab]

If you like them, no need to worry about what anyone else says.  That's the beauty of sneakers, IMO.  One man's junk is another man's treasure.  Do you.  

Not worried one bit, and I agree with you.  I was just asking because sometimes I get annoyed with the passive-agressive tone that is ubiquitous on these forums.  I mean, people should just say what they mean, hopefully we all know by now that someone else's opinion isn't a personal insult (plus my wife hates sneakers and gives me much worse haha).  We are all adults, and I respect someone who thinks my **** is ugly just as much as someone who thinks my kicks are the best.  In fact, one of the posters was right, my cuffs were huge and sloppy in those photos.  I appreciate the advise and it always helps to get a second opinion- no need to pull punches.  And I will be the first to admit that, at my age, some of the nuances regarding what makes one sneaker ugly, but another worth risking life and limb completely elude me.  Gad to be here, nonetheless!

 

[nawghtyhare]

Just saw confirmation that its a copper colored foamposite af1
WTF are they thinking. As an African American male I feel appalled that this would be an example of bhm. I mean the ones in years past actually had things on the shoe relatable to bhm or at least the heritage of African Americans. But this **** right here is just disappointing

I hear you.

I'm a white dude myself, but I actually feel a lot of what Nike does around BHM is a bit exploitative. I mean, sometimes they pay lip service to the cause with some reference or whatever, but at the end of the day you are still attempting to commemorate BHM through a request that people be consumers. It's like a guilt trip - yo, you guys care about BHM? If so, you should buy this shoe.

I actually feel that way about Doermbacher too.

I don't need any damn limited shoes - you want to show people you actually care - donate a big *** sum of money somewhere meaningful without asking for anything in return from your consumer base, how 'bout that?

At least with LiveStrong and the breast cancer stuff they put REAL HEAVY DUTY marketing resources behind it so it actually penetrated consciousness and actually helped those causes from a publicity standpoint. ...I mean, it's the same save the world through consumption crap and I'm sure profit was a major motive for what they did, but at least you could argue that additional good came from it. Hard to make the same argument for BHM or Doermbacher.

Just my opinion.

Great post.
Repped

 

[klackety klack]

BHM

I want to cop these, but the BHM tag associated with this shoe is somewhat of a turn off.  Not that I don't support Black History Month.

I just find it painfully ironic for Nike to associate a shoe with a month dedicated to the celebration/remembrance of the black culture's struggle to free themselves from the shackles of slavery and racism IMO.  Ironic in a sense that people nowadays have become slaves to collecting sneakers (commercialism) to their detriment. i.e. any retro 11 holiday releases, murders, deaths, and violence over sneakers.  

On the other hand, part of me feels that it's "not that serious" and I should cop anyway because I'm feelin' the shoe.

 

[160jordansdeep]

BHM

nice i just might buy them

anyone have a price or date

this is first af1 pick up for me since the all white af1 foams

 

[toughmoney]

I really like my foam AF-1s, but the foam around where the shoes bends when I walk is already cracking.  I have only had them since Sat, and only been wearing around the house.  Sucks.  I have an email in to Nike.

.

:x I'm hoping that's just an issue with that pair of lows and not others.