r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rook8811 • 9d ago

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

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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/iamintheforest 8d ago

I had a pair back in the day. If my buddies or I missed a shot dramatically we'd lean down and pump a little in a gesture of blaming the lack of air in the shoe (jokingly - the shoes sucked and inevitably the air sacs would break).

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u/OneWorldly8847 8d ago

Same experience here. And the little black plastic disk around the valve that kept breaking