Facts - Trainers

-The brand Keds made one of the first rubber-soled sneakers. They called them sneakers "because the rubber sole made the shoe stealthy or quiet, all other shoes, with the exception of moccasins, made noise when you walked."
-The management team that resurrected Adidas in the '90s was made up primarily of ex Nike execs.
-Nike Inc.'s finances have never been in the red.
-The Air Force 1 was the first basketball shoe to use air technology when it debuted in 1982.
-Before B.R.S. was renamed Nike, Phil Knight proposed the name Dimension 6.
-Jordans are released on Saturdays so that kids don't skip school to get 'em.
-Until 1966, Converse All-Stars were only available in black and white.
-Reebok is named after an African gazelle called a rhebok.
-The Nike Air Max 95 design was based on the human body. The midsole represents the spine, the graduated panels represent the muscles, the lace loops are the ribs, and the mesh represents the skin.
-In 1968, Puma became the first shoe to introduce Velcro fasteners.
-Nike Air technology was born in 1979.
-Nike Air Max is a line of shoes first released by Nike, Inc. in 1987.
-The Air Max 1, which debuted in '87, was the first Nike to expose the air bubble.
-K-Swiss's five-stripe design is utilitarian; it helps prevent stretching.
-The Nike waffle sole was originally called the "nipple sole" by its inventor, Bill Bowerman.