Air Jordan VIII
(8)
Head Designer: Tinker Hatfield
The Bulls got their third consecutive NBA title.
Jordan himself got his seventh straight scoring
title and reached a milestone in his NBA career
when scoring his 20.000th point. Seemed as if
nothing ever could stop this high flying athlete...
Hot and heavy
The eighth model of the Air Jordan was one heavy
thing. Its base was clearly close to its predecessor
but it had a lot more details, color and accents.
It had cross-over velcro/leather straps and was
so padded your foot got surprised.
Due to the thick padding the shoe was heavy and
also easily got very warm. Who knows, maybe the
heat could have been the reason why Michael was
bothered with athlete's foot infections during
the season.
Where have all the flowers gone?
On the tounge of the White/Black and All-star
versions you could almost make out a peace sign
and some collectors came to call this the flower-power
Air Jordan.
Very surprising was that this shoe was only made
in three different color combinations. Previous
models had sold very well and so did the VIII's
so it's really a big surprise that Nike decided
not to make more of these. Even the quantity of
shoes being produced were lower than the VII's.
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