Olympics, Style - Kicks and Gear / Jul 7, 2008 / 1:42 pm

Kobe Olympic Hyperdunks

A while back I was in Portland for the Nike Innovation Summit along with our Editorial Director Pat. While we were out there we both got to play in the Nike Hyperdunk. Needless to say, we both fell in love with the shoe. Some of our colleagues (who will remain nameless) thought we “drank the proverbial kool-aid.”

The shoe, as you already know by now due to Kobe’s YouTube commercials and the ads of some sorry dude getting teabagged, that the Hyperdunk is the lightest basketball shoe ever made. I am not getting paid by “Uncle” Phil Knight to say this, but I really do believe that this is the basketball shoe of the future.

After Pat and I played in them we had to give them back since the shoe hadn’t been released to the general public yet. Fast forward to Monday. I was at the Team USA media session and my shoes happen to be on a mannequin there (I knew they were mine because we all wrote our names on our boxes before leaving Portand). I HAD to have them, so after begging the Nike guys (Thanks Kejuan and Brian), they let me part with them.

HyperdunksUSA

Not only are they Hyperdunks, they’re Kobe’s Team USA special make up, complete with his Men’s Senior National Team number (# 10) on the inside of the shoe.

100% chance I break these out on a court the next time I run.

17 Responses to “Kobe Olympic Hyperdunks”

  1. Ross says:

    How much are these gonna run? Do I even want to know?

  2. Franchise Baller says:

    i heard $115 actually not bad at all

  3. hahns says:

    damn…those shoes are nice

  4. maddskizzle says:

    The regular version is $115
    I heard these exclusives arent available in the US at all
    Quick look on ebay and they’re selling for $200-250ish

  5. Chris says:

    Retail is $109.99 I believe. Eastbay should have a gang of colorways on July 26.

  6. Bayside says:

    HOLY SHIT

  7. doc says:

    They good money

  8. maddskizzle says:

    Will eastbay have the kobe version on sale for 109?
    They’re going for $230 here, is it worth it to cop a pair? These are FIRE. How limited are they?

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=160257968724

  9. WOW says:

    Have you guys called the hyperdunk phone line?

  10. focalmatic says:

    http://www.kixandthecity.com/2008/07/03/mcfly-nike-hyperdunk-release-at-undefeated-santa-monica-pictures/

    BTTF McFlys own the Olympics

  11. GEE...be still boy no need for static says:

    naw pimpin them collectors you don’t even wear them joints.

  12. sunni says:

    nike doesnt make dope shoes–the workers gettin paid $2 a day in vietnam do…

  13. Remy N says:

    I wear Nike Zoom Kobe III. It is pretty light. I just freakng love it.

    In term is of weight, only the Jordan XI is lighter.

    I am going to Vietnam for the in August, they should these on the streets. Pay up!

  14. Talented says:

    im feelin tha hyperdunks..i fuck wit vietnam

  15. niko says:

    damn it to expensive fo us ere in malaysia u need multiply dat 115 with 4….dat the real price fo us….about rm500…dam lotsa money aite?neway the shoe is coolest ever..keep on ballin

  16. ZXoom says:

    Those McFly hyperdunks are sick. Too bad u cant wear those in public

  17. rick says:

    I just copped a pair
    they were 149.99 before taxes
    there dirtyy as hell, so sick

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