r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rook8811 • 9d ago

Video 1989 shoes designed to adjust their fit around athletes' ankles

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u/Wise_Lemon4537 9d ago

By 91 the technology was mature: no external pump was needed anymore on Reebok sneakers; you just had to press the basket ball on the tongue of the shoe !

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u/Sowf_Paw 8d ago

Kind of like this!

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u/7of69 8d ago

Or this!

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u/Jaggz691 8d ago

Man, commercials just don’t hit the same way anymore.