Nike’s Most Questionable Air Force 1 Concepts
Long Island stand up! To acknowledge this coming weekend’s Fourth of July holiday, and celebrate the mass exodus of New Yorkers to the beach, Nike created the the AIr Force 1 Premium “Jones Beach” Birch/Sail-Stone-Soft Blu SMU (Special Make Up). The sneaker goes on sale this coming Friday for $120 at Extra Butter NY, and looks dope, but come on guys. A Jones Beach Air Force 1? Seems like a bit of a stretch. There’s no relevant artist, no sneaker head, this is just a beach/music venue where you go to drink beer in the parking lot and listen to Steve Miller.
Nike AF1 special versions are usually tied to two things: artists who design the sneakers or athletes who are on Nike and are deserving of recognition. When Nike tries to spread the hype sauce beyond these ideas, they get a little WTF. In addition to the Jones Beach AF1, hit the jump to see our list of Air Force 1s that feature Questionable Marketing/Design Conceits…
SNEAKER: Nike Playstation Air Force
RELEASE: 2006 (didn’t actually come out, only VIPS)
• The (sneaker) and (video game) nerds went nuts over these, but video games + cool sneakers only mix if you’re 18 like Soulja Boy.
SNEAKER: Nike 1World Air Force 1 Ladainian Tomlinson
RELEASE: 2008
• We know LT was busy with the football season, but his half-assed effort on these was very apparent. “Yo, just color the swoosh light blue.” Done.
SNEAKER: Nike x VIBE Magazine Air Force 1
RELEASE: 2003
• It took more than a Air Force One to kill their Vibe, but this mash-up between the late great magazine and sneaker was a bit of a reacchhhh. Rappers not named Benzino probably loved it, though.
SNEAKER: Nike Air Force 1 “40/40 Club”
RELEASE: 2005
• Hov may be the greatest, but for the events you’d want to go to the 40/40 club for, you’re usually not allowed to wear sneakers. Perhaps a collabo with Body Tap would’ve made more sense.
SNEAKER: Nike Air Force 1 “Jones Beach”
RELEASE: 2009
• If the 40/40 and VIBE AF1s were a play to the hip-hop dem, this one is a play to the Long Island muscle heads. They’re dope, and we rep LI, but you have to admit. It’s kind of funny, right?
Cheezy July 1, 2009 at 5:31 pm
That shits corny, son!
Seema Kashyap July 1, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Testing Gigya on complex.com
Marc Ecko July 17, 2009 at 11:00 am
Whoever wrote this post is an idiot. This is a good way to lose readers. These shoes are significant to sneakerheads. I bet any collaboration this writer would do would be super lame.
Sneaker Head July 17, 2009 at 11:04 am
Playstations are one of the sickest AF1 ever, LT AF1 are awesome and for a good cause and JayZ is the best rapper of all time, why bash shoes that are good?
DMAN July 17, 2009 at 5:09 pm
YO, U WILDIN OUT SON!!!
The Playstation AF1’s have been one of or THE most saught after AF1!!
THe other Collab’s weren’t bad either… Bottom line homie, if u cant find another story, quit writing cuz this was WHACK!!! i bet u would give up anything to have a pair of PS AF1’s!! STOP HATIN!!!
eldo September 3, 2009 at 2:59 pm
yeah maybe psx af1 are saught after but they’re mad ugly – 100% hypebeast and nothing more and i wouldnt give up my oldest trash af1 for them
peggy September 23, 2009 at 8:44 am
Price n Size?
adsfa November 10, 2009 at 12:32 am
Thick soles, sturdy uppers, and a medium-sized toebox are what to expect
from Air Force Ones. If you like
them white and looking forever new, it will take some effort to do
regular maintenance on your part. Otherwise, their design is very clean.
You can wear these out with suits, tuxes, shorts, anything. Thumbs up
for the ultimate versatile sneaker.