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Topic: 80's & 90's Nike Tennis shoes appreciation thread

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Elsey
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Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 01:06PM
Member since 01.11.2004
“Fastest Finger First”
Bout time we fired up a devoted tennis thread on the back of the success of the 80's running shoe appreciation thread.

So please throw all things tennis relates in here. I personally look forward to any and all things Agassi.

I'll start with Gary's post from the ATC thread

another tennis classic sullied by an 'update' version


love the earlier installments


air aces were also a good 'un
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roblobster
Croatia
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 01:22PM
Member since 21.10.2005
“OOPS! We have a 500!”


got outbid on these some days ago....and it´s real b***h finding supreme courts right now..., so I´ll go with these for now:

http://arkamix.com/vintage_nike/tennis/nike_challenge_court_mc_enroe_1984
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NZ_FREAK
INGERLAND
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 01:26PM
Member since 25.04.2003
“Hype Proof...”


Nike Attack (the pair in the middle).

:depressed:
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NZ_FREAK
INGERLAND
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 01:33PM
Member since 25.04.2003
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And these:



:smoke:
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mik_git
Australia
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 01:37PM
Member since 02.04.2003
“Evil will always truimph because Good is Dumb!”
*edit* i guess they do ^

anyhoo, my loverly air max squared sweeps... if only i still ahd teh tennis mag with the add of sampras wearing them, with a cut away of the court that was mad of layer upon layer of mattresses (to shoe how cushioning they were...)



yes i'll take some new pics when teh GF brings teh camera back...
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roblobster
Croatia
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 01:41PM
Member since 21.10.2005
“OOPS! We have a 500!”
ooooohhh, sampras sported those, right? one of my all time favs....
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Elsey
???
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 01:44PM
Member since 01.11.2004
“Fastest Finger First”
He also wore the Oscilate.

QUOTE:
A legend returns with the reintroduction of the Air Oscillate from Nike. Just like the original, this one offers the same fit and feel elite level players love. Consider the fact that 14 time Grand Slam Champion, Pete Sampras, chose this shoe, and you get an idea of its performance credentials. A functional perfectionist, Sampras demanded flawless performance and the Air Oscillate delivered.quote]
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gwar
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Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 01:51PM
Member since 28.03.2003

tour challenges. laughed at a relative for buying these. i was all about visible air at the time. i was wrong. *hangs head*
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NZ_FREAK
INGERLAND
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 01:52PM
Member since 25.04.2003
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@ Miike

I had to blur the line a bit.

McEnroe wore the AT1 around 87 along with Agassi before he had a signature shoe (I believe).

:smoke:
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kraken
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Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 02:08PM
Member since 24.01.2006
“Crooked Tongues - Online Resource”



nike court challenge ,my first pair of nikes ever and I loved and wore them to death,released in 1984...Mcenroe was wearing them when he won the davis cup,the grand prix tournament tokyo and the aussie indoor championship.I managed to score a pair of the retros 3 years ago for 20£ and yes I did shed a tear when I opened the box,they looked exactly the way I remembered them.[bunny face]


sorry for the tinyness of the pic,I'll post a pic of mine later on tonight.

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NZ_FREAK
INGERLAND
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 02:22PM
Member since 25.04.2003
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QUOTE:



nike court challenge ,my first pair of nikes ever and I loved and wore them to death,released in 1984...Mcenroe was wearing them when he won the davis cup,the grand prix tournament tokyo and the aussie indoor championship.I managed to score a pair of the retros 3 years ago for 20£ and yes I did shed a tear when I opened the box,they looked exactly the way I remembered them.[bunny face]


sorry for the tinyness of the pic,I'll post a pic of mine later on tonight.



Yep, I remember those from Wimbledon 84 and wondered where I could get those back then...

They only release the burgundy ones in the UK.

:smoke:
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kraken
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Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 02:37PM
Member since 24.01.2006
“Crooked Tongues - Online Resource”
QUOTE:
QUOTE:



nike court challenge ,my first pair of nikes ever and I loved and wore them to death,released in 1984...Mcenroe was wearing them when he won the davis cup,the grand prix tournament tokyo and the aussie indoor championship.I managed to score a pair of the retros 3 years ago for 20£ and yes I did shed a tear when I opened the box,they looked exactly the way I remembered them.[bunny face]


sorry for the tinyness of the pic,I'll post a pic of mine later on tonight.

Yep, I remember those from Wimbledon 84 and wondered where I could get those back then...

They only release the burgundy ones in the UK.

:smoke:



the ones with the gum sole??...f**k they very nice too.
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roblobster
Croatia
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 02:45PM
Member since 21.10.2005
“OOPS! We have a 500!”
ahhh, guys I posted them already!!

had the retro in all white/cream and trashed them and won an OG on the bay and got some LRG Jeans send....seller threatened me to send them back, so I did and never saw the shoes. pissed to say the least!

anyways, what are the first ones called El posted?
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NZ_FREAK
INGERLAND
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 02:49PM
Member since 25.04.2003
“Hype Proof...”
QUOTE:
QUOTE:
QUOTE:



nike court challenge ,my first pair of nikes ever and I loved and wore them to death,released in 1984...Mcenroe was wearing them when he won the davis cup,the grand prix tournament tokyo and the aussie indoor championship.I managed to score a pair of the retros 3 years ago for 20£ and yes I did shed a tear when I opened the box,they looked exactly the way I remembered them.[bunny face]


sorry for the tinyness of the pic,I'll post a pic of mine later on tonight.

Yep, I remember those from Wimbledon 84 and wondered where I could get those back then...

They only release the burgundy ones in the UK.

:smoke:
the ones with the gum sole??...f**k they very nice too.


They were really nice 23 years ago.

My pair died and gone to trainer heaven within 6 months.

I saw a pair go last month for silly money.

Strange considering they were £24.99 @ Olympus Sport back in 84.

:sad:
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Evil Empire
???
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 03:18PM
Member since 26.07.2006
“Banned Member!”
QUOTE:
QUOTE:
QUOTE:



nike court challenge ,my first pair of nikes ever and I loved and wore them to death,released in 1984...Mcenroe was wearing them when he won the davis cup,the grand prix tournament tokyo and the aussie indoor championship.I managed to score a pair of the retros 3 years ago for 20£ and yes I did shed a tear when I opened the box,they looked exactly the way I remembered them.[bunny face]


sorry for the tinyness of the pic,I'll post a pic of mine later on tonight.

Yep, I remember those from Wimbledon 84 and wondered where I could get those back then...

They only release the burgundy ones in the UK.

:smoke:
the ones with the gum sole??...f**k they very nice too.



They're sick, trust...i'm very lucky

Personally i want the mythical wimbledon colourway challenge court lows...now those ARE a b*tch to find...

for now i'll add these two beauties...








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157
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Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 03:56PM
Member since 28.03.2003
“BICH PWS BRF TNF Rest In Peace”
I used to love the 'Impulse'. I'll see if I can find a pic.
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Elsey
???
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 03:57PM
Member since 01.11.2004
“Fastest Finger First”
Thought I'd sneak a bit of Andre aparrel in here. I present Voltage Purple.



Also on this pic you can see that the leather on the OG wasn't just a straight forward perforation.



pics courtesy of ETK by the way.
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tanith7
England
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 03:58PM
Member since 01.04.2004
“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire”
QUOTE:
I used to love the 'Impulse'. I'll see if I can find a pic.


You still luv it, you bender!






I'm very bored.
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Elsey
???
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 04:07PM
Member since 01.11.2004
“Fastest Finger First”

Goooooooooooooooooooooood mornin!



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Evil Empire
???
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 04:12PM
Member since 26.07.2006
“Banned Member!”
^those LWPs are the truth, I had those in black with blue accents back in the day, tried them on in the shop then walked out after the tag was taken off, Cobra sports on Oxford Street...it was a busy saturday so they could find me in the crowds. Ahhhh....memories

Those in the black & copper colourway are truly special, a must retro
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roblobster
Croatia
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 04:18PM
Member since 21.10.2005
“OOPS! We have a 500!”
just had some time on my hands.....





damn, the wht/blu/infraredish 3/4 is esp. nice!!
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NZ_FREAK
INGERLAND
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 04:24PM
Member since 25.04.2003
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Elsey...

Those are sturdy.

:content:
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NZ_FREAK
INGERLAND
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 04:25PM
Member since 25.04.2003
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QUOTE:
^those LWPs are the truth, I had those in black with blue accents back in the day, tried them on in the shop then walked out after the tag was taken off, Cobra sports on Oxford Street...it was a busy saturday so they could find me in the crowds. Ahhhh....memories

Those in the black & copper colourway are truly special, a must retro


I'm calling the cops...

:wink:
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macleod5
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Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 04:41PM
Member since 20.05.2003
“www.virginmoneygiving.com/NeilMacLeod”
Here's a few of my Nike tennis shoes that I've just dug out the OG thread:

Air Ace from '87


All Court Leather from '86


Air Supreme Court Low (Play sample) from '92


Air Ace Mid Grass (Play sample)


Air Supreme Court 3/4 Grass (Play sample) from '93


I'll try and 'dig' out a few more tonight.
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RaRe_Grips
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Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 04:58PM
Member since 15.03.2005
“info@raregrips.co.uk”
I am truly loving this thread! I used to love the days of the Sampras and Agassi Apparell lines.... very similar today still with Federer and Nadal... notibly nadal being lairy as f**k!
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gwar
???
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 05:21PM
Member since 28.03.2003
stickied...
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Tronics
Brazil
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 05:54PM
Member since 09.08.2005


Those Ace's are immense.

Still after a pair.

Soon come.

Big up this thread though!


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K
???
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 08:14PM
Member since 24.03.2003
“Crooked Tongues”
Lovin the apparel!

I've been after a crumble free pair of Ace 3/4 for years.. The one tennis shoe I can never get.

One of my favs below- more to come.

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dommyracer
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Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 08:58PM
Member since 28.04.2003
“pfffff”
^^I always really liked that c/way. Wasn't really on top of things when they brought it back as a low at the turn of the century.

Anyone have those retros? Would like to see how they stacked up in comparison.



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K
???
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 10:31PM
Member since 24.03.2003
“Crooked Tongues”
Start at the toes^
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gwar
???
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 10:38PM
Member since 28.03.2003
'twas still a slept-on retro. i must've been more forgiving towards 'botched' recreations circa 2000...
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onyx78
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Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 10:48PM
Member since 23.01.2006
“tnediseR tnenamreP”
Is there really any need to have 3 separate OG threads in this section?

Surely the 80's Running Shoes & 80's/90's Tennis Shoes could all go in the OG Appreciation thread.

No offence to the author of this thread - who's love for Andre Agassi knows no bounds, just makes sense to me to have it all under the same roof so to speak.

* Edit - on 2nd thoughts I guess it does provide a place for some healthy discussion and info sharing on the subject which may not have happened in either of the aforementioned threads so just ignore me and carry on as you were.

Maybe not a sticky though?

:bubble:
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dommyracer
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Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 10:55PM
Member since 28.04.2003
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QUOTE:
Start at the toes^


Haha yeah.

What I was trying to work out though was :- were there lows of this model ATC the first time around, and in this particular colourway?

And if so what did they look like?
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gwar
???
Posted @ 21.03.2007 - 10:57PM
Member since 28.03.2003


the low always had a different toe panelling to it's 3/4 high brother...
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mik_git
Australia
Posted @ 22.03.2007 - 01:31AM
Member since 02.04.2003
“Evil will always truimph because Good is Dumb!”
couple of things;

@ NZ freak, personally i think even thought they are cross trainers... teh count as tennis shoes, for sure (hey part of cross training is a spot of tennis isn't it?)

those sweeps i got... for free... hahaha they are well good.

personally i think we need an OG thread for eall types, the regular OG one is so freaking big, you can't find anything in it

just my thoughts
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miamimana
Bavaria
Posted @ 22.03.2007 - 09:43AM
Member since 21.08.2006
Nike ???




Air Tour






Nike Air Resolution




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J17YKP
???
Posted @ 22.03.2007 - 10:05AM
Member since 04.05.2006
“Ok Ok Yeah You Too... Ok Every Body Meet Mr Me Too”
check the slime green on those air tours....... and the logo :in love:
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miamimana
Bavaria
Posted @ 22.03.2007 - 10:30AM
Member since 21.08.2006
more to come soon :brassknocks:
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miamimana
Bavaria
Posted @ 22.03.2007 - 10:39AM
Member since 21.08.2006




















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Elsey
???
Posted @ 22.03.2007 - 10:45AM
Member since 01.11.2004
“Fastest Finger First”
Womens Tech Challenge Huarache
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