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SLAM kicks : basketball sneakers that changed the game

Title
SLAM kicks : basketball sneakers that changed the game / edited by Ben Osborne.
Publication
  • New York : Universe, [2013]
  • © 2013 Source Interlink Media.

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Additional Authors
  • Osborne, Ben, 1974-
  • Source Interlink Media.
Description
207 pages : color photographs; 21 cm
Summary
From the 1930s to today, traces the basketball sneaker's origin, from the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star to the Nike Air Jordan sneaker line, and covers design, technical advancements, and the athletes who made the shoes famous.
Alternative Title
Slamkicks
Subject
  • Sneakers > History
  • Basketball > Equipment and supplies
  • Athletic shoes > Design
  • Sneakers > Pictorial works
  • Basketball players
  • Technology
  • Sneakers
Genre/Form
  • Pictorial works.
  • History.
Note
  • "SLAM is a registered trademark of Source Interlink Magazines, LLC"--Copyright page.
  • "Distributed by Random House"--Copyright page.
Contents
Sneaker pimp -- Converse Chuck Taylor All Star, 1917 -- Pro-Keds Roayl, 1949 -- adidas Superstar, 1969 -- adidas Abdul Jabbar, 1971 -- adidas Pro Model, 1972 -- Puma Clyde, 1973 -- Pony Top Star, 1975 -- Converse Pro Leather, 1976 -- Nike Blazer, 1973 -- adidas top Ten, 1979 -- adidas Forum, 1983 -- Nike Air Force 1, 1982 -- Nike Dunk, 1986 -- Air Jordan I, 1985 -- Digging and deadstock / Russ Bengtson -- Air Jordan II, 1987 -- Air Jordan III, 1988 -- Air Jordan IV, 1989 -- Reebok Pump Omni Lite, 1991 -- A shoe fixation / Lang Whitaker -- Nike Air Revolution, 1988 -- Nike Air Flight Huarache, 1992 -- Nike Air Max CB2, 1994 -- Nike Air More Uptempo, 1996 -- Reebok The Question, 1996 -- adidas KB8, 1997 -- Nike Air Foamposite One, 1997 -- Nike.BBall.Dominance. / Scoop Jackson -- AND 1 Tai Chi, 2000 -- adidas T-Mac 1, 2001 -- Nike Shox BB4, 2000 -- Nike Zoom Kobe IV, 2009 -- Nike LeBron X, 2012 -- The new golden age of sneaker innovation / John Brilliant -- Frozen moment.
ISBN
  • 9780789327000
  • 0789327007
LCCN
2013937089
OCLC
  • ocn872380306
  • 872380306
  • SCSB-1809573
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library