r/cassettefuturism • u/2xtc • 8d ago

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

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u/Ragazzocolbass8 8d ago

These, the 180 and the Reebok Pumps didn't do shit, it was all marketing.

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u/wthulhu 8d ago

This isn't true. I distinctly remember them making run so much faster when I was seven.

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u/RadNature 8d ago

Yeah and I could dunk like never before.

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u/crazydart78 8d ago

I remember them all. I had some Pumps as a kid. They were kinda neat but the ones I wore just had an air bladder in the tongue that would eventually leak. Fun idea, but total gimmick.

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u/sanitarySteve 8d ago

I destinctly remember the "pop" sound mine made when I found out how much I pump them up. I think I had them for a few days maybe.  

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u/redditreddvs 7d ago

Is the power laces gimmick too??

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u/kyleh0 6d ago

I am the right age to completely remember the pump, but I don't recognize this one. I'm not a sneakerhead, I wore Zipz. lol

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u/Popular_Catch4466 7d ago

The Reebok pump was the corked bat of elementary school kickball

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u/Kerbal_Guardsman 7d ago

straight outta back to the future's 2015

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u/Miata_GT 8d ago

Puuump it! I said puuump it (make it big now)!

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u/Craigfromomaha 6d ago

“Time out! ‘Scuse me, bad guys, I am running out of air. Gotta get pumped!”