40 Awesome Vintage Nike Sneaker Ads You Don't Remember

And you thought you knew kicks.

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As much as we all remember and revere Nike's classic sneaker models, their ads — many done by Oregon's Wieden & Kennedy — should be just as memorable. But how many do you really remember? Even some of the most notable ones (Spike and Mike, Griffey for President, Lil Penny) had their heyday going on 20 years ago now. And the earlier ones, which brashly pushed their running shoe advances, forget it. Your dad might not even remember those. And while sites like Classic Kicks and Defy. New York have collected many of these amongst their virtual galleries (check them out too if you have a spare week or two), we figured we'd do a little filtering for you. Here's 40 Awesome Vintage Nike Sneaker Ads You Don't Remember. Or do you?

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Air Freight

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Michael Jordan Flight School

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The [Bo] Jackson 5

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Zero Gravity

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Nike Foamposite One

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Who, You? #9

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The Meek May Inherit The Earth

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Dream To Fly

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Women Who Wanna Get Back on Their Feet

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34th Street Dynasty

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Barefoot Samburu In the 21st Century

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Hawaiian Shirts For Your Feet

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Wing It

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But Do It Right

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Nike Air Trainer SC

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Nike Air Pegasus - This Wide.

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The Training Glove

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Still Crazy

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Smoke 'Em

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Nike Running

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Griffey In '96

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Nike Air Footscape

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Oregon Waffle

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Nike Cortez - Class Act

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Nike Air Structure

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Nike Air Sock

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Eat Our Dust

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Mars Blackmon in IIIs

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Nike Air Play - Forget What A Tennis Shoe Used To Be

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Re-Run - Nike Daybreak

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Just [Do] It

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Do You Know?

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Mars Blackmon - Stay in School

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Nike Air Flight Huarache

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Nike Air Trainer Max

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Make It Feel Like The Garden

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Serious Road Running

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Nike Air Mariah & Nike Duelist

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Nike Wind Runner

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Welcome to Portland

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