Suh and his new Nike sneakers

[mmmtodd]

doesnt someone on here work for Nike?

[carlfense]

[quote name=mmmtodd' date='24 February 20

10 - 12:10 PM' timestamp='1267035022' post='584667]

i bet the #1 draft pick gets his number 93. Plus, ive looked before, and the Rams #93 is with a practice squad player...soooo....

 

I think this is just a rushed job to get something on the market. Its only been what, a month since Nike inked the deal? Look how simple it is, that shoe style is decades old. They slapped some words on it and pump 'em out. Im sure we will see something a little more customized and forward in the future.

That's pretty much what I was getting at.

 

It's simple, with words "slapped" on it. Even a beginner with photo shop could pump something like that out.

 

I'm not calling them completely fake, but Nike isn't the type of company that sends out preliminary-preliminary shoes. They get a design and then they sell it. Have you ever seen them sell the new Pre-Jordan Jordan's?

 

I'll concede if somebody shows me where they got this picture from. Neither Nike.com nor google shows up with anything, other than the link to Huskerboard where there is a thread about it. Until then, I'm inclined to believe it is a joke.

Yes, that shoe style is decades old. However, it's also one of the most popular shoe styles for serious Nike collectors. I'm not kidding . . . there are guys who would come in and blow their whole paychecks to buy every single Air Force and Dunk Low style we had in the store.

 

You can think it's fake as long as you want . . . but I can almost guarantee that it's real. Nike makes a LOT of low production number shoes that are primarily for the collector market. This looks like one of them.

 

Edit: not to mention that Suh himself posted it in his Twitter feed. I'm sure Suh, who has a well publicized contract with Nike, would go around posting fake pictures of Nike shoes.

[redout22]

I need a new pair of shoes. I know what I am getting

[JugglingArmadillos]

That picture looks really fake.

[carlfense]

Here is Suh's Twitter feed. Check out the post from February 16th at 5:59PM before calling "FAKE!" "FAKE!" like you're commenting on a youtube video.

 

http://twitter.com/ndamukong_suh

 

Click on the first link (you'll have to delete the comma after clicking it and hit reload). I'll post it directly here for sake of convenience.

 

http://img124.yfrog.com/i/dmoi.jpg/

 

The post prior to the one that contains the image says: "Totally forgot all about my HOUSE OF SPEARS AIR FORCE ONES, thats y i LOVE NIKE always take care of the fam, (CLIFF) !!!!" That makes it sound like they might be a one off design that Nike made for Suh. That's not uncommon either.

[Nexus]

[quote name=mmmtodd' date='24 February 20

10 - 12:10 PM' timestamp='1267035022' post='584667]

i bet the #1 draft pick gets his number 93. Plus, ive looked before, and the Rams #93 is with a practice squad player...soooo....

 

I think this is just a rushed job to get something on the market. Its only been what, a month since Nike inked the deal? Look how simple it is, that shoe style is decades old. They slapped some words on it and pump 'em out. Im sure we will see something a little more customized and forward in the future.

That's pretty much what I was getting at.

 

It's simple, with words "slapped" on it. Even a beginner with photo shop could pump something like that out.

 

I'm not calling them completely fake, but Nike isn't the type of company that sends out preliminary-preliminary shoes. They get a design and then they sell it. Have you ever seen them sell the new Pre-Jordan Jordan's?

 

I'll concede if somebody shows me where they got this picture from. Neither Nike.com nor google shows up with anything, other than the link to Huskerboard where there is a thread about it. Until then, I'm inclined to believe it is a joke.

 

Refer to post #7.

 

 

doesnt someone on here work for Nike?

 

 

Yes, that particular person happened to PM me an hour ago about this. He said he can't share info. with the public about this shoe, so I'm not going to put his name out there, unless he chooses to identify himself in this thread.

 

He basically said that the shoe won't be launched to the public. Think of it as a one-off demo model specifically made for Suh.

[BlackCurtain]

Yes, these are legit. They were posted by Ndamukong himself on his VERIFIED twitter page... how much more legit do you need? As a sneakerhead myself... I know lots about the nike air force one. Nike has put out a countless number of special edition shoes like this. There is a good chance that there was only one pair made or a small amount for that matter. As far as these being "Rushed"... I think you guys have the wrong idea with these. These aren't going to be the flagship "Nike Air Ndamukongs"... these are probably something Nike said that they would do for him with his input. He is signed to Nike after all! Nearly every possible way of redoing the air force one has been done, this was nothin for nike to do for him. I've also heard people say that Nike will do a pair of custom air force ones for you when you visit their factory or something like that.

 

With that said, I can't find these anywhere or find anything else about them. I'm going to a signing event soon and I NEED to find these before then... If they exist of course.

[Husker Richard]

That looks fake to me. Its not that hard to find someone that can print a custom graphic on a pair of your shoes. I would like to see the Nike box that they came in. The label on that would verify whether or not those are indeed Nike's shoes for Suh.

[husker B-rent]

why is everyone still saying they are fake?!?!?!

 

SUH HIMSELF HAS MENTIONED THEM ON HIS TWITTER PAGE........

[Enhance]

Fair enough. I'm still curious how this picture go out though. I can't find it online anywhere.

[NoDoubt]

Ndamukong SHOE!!! - thats what they should call em'

 

btw, i went to his twitter page and I did not see any shoes that looked like this. I am still having a hard time believing Nike would produce something with poor typography and graphics just thrown on like this. Maybe they were designed by Brett Michaels.

[Blackshirtsguru]

I personally think they look like sh#t. The emblem looks like it was stuck on with an ink pad. Either that, or a bad job of someone trying to use photo shop.

[BlackCurtain]

That looks fake to me. Its not that hard to find someone that can print a custom graphic on a pair of your shoes. I would like to see the Nike box that they came in. The label on that would verify whether or not those are indeed Nike's shoes for Suh.

 

LOL why would Suh post FAKE nike shoes that were made for him by nike... who he just signed to?

[carlfense]

Fair enough. I'm still curious how this picture go out though. I can't find it online anywhere.

It's on Suh's twitter feed. He posted it himself. It has been linked several times in this very thread.

[BlackCurtain]

Ndamukong SHOE!!! - thats what they should call em'

 

btw, i went to his twitter page and I did not see any shoes that looked like this. I am still having a hard time believing Nike would produce something with poor typography and graphics just thrown on like this. Maybe they were designed by Brett Michaels.

 

A lot of the other special edition air force ones look similar. Its the classic white on white air force one... Suh probably requested it. And the typography is just a font... its your opinion if you don't like the font.