In fact, in July, I saw it with my own eyes, but it didn't happen until today, and it took a long time! This is some photos of James' sneakers taken in the United States, and it is also a photo of designer Ken Link talking about mountains.

The pictures of these shoes have been circulating on the Internet for a long time, and there are many speculations. When interviewing James' latest sneaker designer in July, they said a lot.

First of all, this pair of shoes really adopts Nike's most classic vamp technology, that is, foamposite technology. This technology was mentioned in an early article "The History of Foamposite", but when that article was written in Ultraposite, there was no following. In this way, Foamposite quietly left the world of sneakers. After all, at that time, this technology created a brand-new concept with strong protective performance, and the color of sports shoes using this technology was more vivid because of the raw materials of this technology. Probably because it was too heavy and too restrictive, it was hidden by Nike for several years. Mr. Ken Link invented this technology and improved it. The previous generations of Nike of James' sneakers were good, but according to careful video observation and James' own requirements, he thought that the uppers of the first three generations did not provide enough support, and there was always too much deformation when changing directions, so in order to provide James with stronger protection, especially the uppers, the foamposite system was used. In fact, there is not much qualitative change from James 2 to James 3, and it is also a technical surge of James sneakers!

Second, Ken Link borrowed the concept of free, so that James's sneakers did not become iron shoes because of using foamposite. Anyone who has worn sneakers before foampoiste knows that this material is quite easy to break, either the upper is broken or the upper and sole are stuck together. How to make use of the firmness of this material without making it a burden on the feet is a problem. Tinker's younger brother Tobie has developed the concept of freedom. He is really good at training running shoes, but basketball shoes are about to change. After all, you can't be too free Excessive freedom will hurt, and the expression on basketball shoes will naturally change. If you change it, you can see that the lines of the damaged parts of James 4' s shoes are the application of the concept of free. To put it bluntly, I'd rather break my shoes first than wear a section.

Third, carbon fiber board. This kind of thing is tough, but not rigid. The whole vamp is divided into several parts, but what material is needed in the middle as a whole organization, so Nike's board appears again, which not only plays a supporting role in the arch of the foot, but also plays a connecting role in the bending connection part of the whole shoe. Quite important. If the board is broken, it is quite dangerous to wear these shoes.

This is the thinnest and most foot-binding generation of James sneakers.