Official Vintage Nike Ad's post Vol. hasthisbeendonebefore?

[corwinator3407]

Thought this might be a good idea. People post vintage ads when a retro comes out, thought it'd be cool to put them all together. I don't havemany, but I'm sure there are some guys that can blow this thread up (Karl, Wally?)

 

[s dubl]

Nice....anyone else?

Kaepper (sp?)

 

[wallyhopp]

The 2nd one is actually just a catalog scan and not so much an advertisment.


heres my share. many found on ebay. the rest just from browsing the internet:

that basically sums up the trainers that I like.

here are some others i found via ebay, brought to you here in one place. I like the ads but the shoes not so much.

1991 air trainer e low:

From the ebay description:

Ad reads "94-year-old swimmers. 89-year-old weightlifters. 99-year-old marathoners. The back of SI is full ofthem. People who forgot to retire. And never got old. People who realized: it's easier to keep going if you never stop. JUST DO IT. Get up. Get out. Buildup the muscle. Get rid of the flab. Go back to school. Sell the TV. JUST DO IT. Master the curveball. Pound the bag. Rebuild an engine. Jump-start a career.JUST DO IT. Bench press four big plates. Dig for fossils. Bicycle across Canada. Save an endangered species -- yourself. JUST DO IT. The only one who can tellyou you can't, is you. And you don't have to listen.

Nolan Ryan, 7 no-hitters, 5,453 career strikeouts, 44 years of age."

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1991 Nike Air Cross Trainer Low

"Mother and fathertold you repeatedly. Crazy people talk to themselves. Still you heard the voice. Loud and clear. A voice that commanded, more than it talked. JUST DO IT. Learnhow to hit a fastball. Work on your left hand shot. Study harder. Study longer. Pound the bag. Get a raise. Crazy people talk to themselves. And still youheard the voice. JUST DO IT. Lose the gut. Master a third language. Swim across the lake. Visit a place you've only read about. Climb the Tetons. Go to thelibrary and learn how electricity works. Crazy people talk to themselves. And still you heard the voice. JUST DO IT. Bench press your weight. Finish amarathon. Become an expert on indigenous firs. Develop a backhand. Read Dostoyevsky in Russian. Switch careers. Crazy people talk to themselves. And finally,you realize, only a madman doesn't listen. JUST DO IT."


1992 air cross trainer low:

Too often we are scared.
Scared of what we might not beable to.
Scared of what peoplemight think if we tried.
We let our fears standin the way of our hopes.
We say no when we want tosay yes.
We sit quietly when wewant to scream.
And we shout with theothers, when we should keep our mouths shut.
Why?
After all, we do onlygo around once.
There's really notime to be afraid.
So stop.
Try somethingyou've never tried.
Risk it.
Enter a triathalon.
Write a letter to theeditor.
Demand a raise.
Call winners at thetoughest court.
Throw away yourtelevision.
Bicycle across theUnited States.
Try bobsledding.
Try anything.
Speak out against the designated hitter.
Travel to a country where you don't speak the language.
Patent something.
Call her.
You have nothing to lose and everything, everything to gain.
JUST DO IT."


another 92 cross trainer low with another message. the ebay seller didnt write this one out:

1992 air accel low:

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I dont own any physical copies of these. I wish i did, the sc trainer auburn with the shoe turning into diff. sports and activities looks to be just socreatively done.



That should cover the trainer genre

 

[Sinner]

Oh, I'll play...

 

[kapepper]

here you go
a first load

 

[derekdru]

I just picked up these two:

 

[corwinator3407]

A couple more I found

 

[sekim2detcidda]

^when I saw "vintage" in the title I knew this dude would drop stuff in here early. LOL...nice tho

 

[Sinner]

A few more...

and a catalogue pic...

 

[kapepper]

Originally Posted by derekdru

I just picked up these two:

^nice one...

from the same shoe:

 

[beatslim]

Favorite shoe of all time. Air Revolution. This is an original magazine ad straight from a March 1988 Rolling Stone Magazine

 

[c hanna]

great stuff in here. cool to see all the vintage shoes and then seeing people actually still own them