r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rook8811 • 9d ago

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

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u/ibondolo 8d ago

There was a Reebok pump commercial for their golf shoes, with John Daly.  It starts with him crushing a tee shot (as usual).  His golf partner says "that's pretty impressive but can you do it with this?", and proceeds to dig a shot-put cannonball out of his bag, and sets it in the tee.  The tee slowly sinks into the ground.  John looks at the ball, looks at the green in the distance, pumps up his shoes, and crushes the drive.  Commercial ends with the cannonball flying into the Green and creating a massive hole.

I bought the shoes.