ÿþAny serious sneakerhead could nike huaraches tell you of Tinker Hatfield's immense influence on sneaker design and the first few entries in Nike Basketball's 20 year retrospective echoed this fact. As we follow time forward into the middle '90s, another legendary designer makes his name starting with Penny Hardaway and the revolutionary Foamposite line, then continues to build his star along with the new generation of freakishly athletic roundball stars. Eric Avar  s 2000 Nike Shox BB4 was itself the culmination of two decades of research, a shoe whose core theme could finally be realized thanks to the invention of improved foam fabrication.

The BB4's unique  rocket and booster' appearance proved Avar's opinion that "every shoe should have one bold, iconic expression to it [and] sometimes you can get away with two," and will forever nike on air be remembered as the shoe that made Fred Weis famous (did you get the  Dream Team' pack retros?). Click through to see more of Vince Carter's Shox debut, let us know how they compare to the other milestone designs we've chronicled and stick with nike women shoes Sneaker News as we continue to chronicle Nike Basketball's best on this side of the millennium.

Sometimes imagination can be tethered by manufacturing limitation. Nike Shox was already a 20-year-old concept at the time of the BB4's release. The idea was too ahead of the curve, necessitating foam that hadn't been invented yet. It resurfaced at the tail end of the 1990s, piquing the interest of Eric Avar and the design team as a visually expressive technology with a significant performance value .

What instigates a game-changing innovation? A visit to China by nike air max 270 Innovation Kitchen Designer Shane Kohatsu sowed some creative seeds for a new way of looking at sport footwear altogether. Seeing games played on the unforgiving blacktop in China in mesh running shoes and even hiking boots inspired a quest to create a balance of supportive, breathable and anti-abrasion elements that would unlock design entirely. The Nike Zoom Hyperfuse was a definitive solution  a durable composite material composed of three layers: a base layer that contains the foot, mesh that offers breathability and a skin that protects.

The Nike Zoom Kobe IV is the result of designer Eric Avar (the man behind more of these '20 Years& ' styles than any other) realizing Kobe Bryant's desire for "the lowest, lightest weight basketball shoe [they] can make." The Zoom Kobe 4 set its sights on soccer for a new generation of lowcut basketball sneakers , released in a huge range of colorways that's since become the norm, was the first Nike Basketball signature with NIKEiD custom options from day one and marked nike off white the Black Mamba's first Shaq-less championship.

The live auction for this year's Doernbecher Freestyle Collection took place this past Saturday, raising $189,800 for the Doernbecher Children's Hospital. High bids for uniquely designed sneakers, potentially saving some lives, wasn't the only thing causing a stir. The guys from SOLE helped out making wall pieces for the auction, which took place at Weiden Kennedy in Oregon. The abstract works were composed of materials from each respective shoe in this year's collection. Interesting to see how each piece takes individual form based on the distinct shapes and accents from the different shoe styles.