10 short of interesting facts about sneakers

Site offers you a small selection of interesting facts about the most, perhaps, the popular footwear in the world, having passionate fans literally everywhere -.. On sneakers 1 The name sneakers came from the word «sneak ", which means" sneak. " Sneakers have been named so because it was the first shoe, which could move almost silently.

< 2. Michael Jordan wanted to sign a contract with Adidas company, not Nike. He even told his agent that if Adidas will offer cooperation, he immediately agrees. But they have not offered. As a result, there were sneakers Nike Air Jordan.

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3 The first sold brand shoes - sneakers brand Keds, which appeared after the "conversion" in 1915

4. Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike, once spoiled wife's waffle iron. He used it to make a new design for the soles of shoes.



5. The designer who created the logo of Nike, was for him only 35 US dollars. Now the brand logo design company can manage 100 or more thousands of dollars.

< 6. The largest collection of sneakers Converse is in US Florida. Teacher Penny Gold has spent 15 years and 15 thousand dollars to collect it. The collection - 733 pairs of Converse All Stars

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7. Incredibly, in 1990, Nike «drowned» 80,000 pairs of his shoes. The containers fell into the Pacific Ocean off the ship and are still there.

< 8. sneaker model Nike Air Force I is one of the most sold in the world a pair of shoes. Surprisingly, they never advertised.





9. Sellers of sports shoes in 2015 earned more than $ 30 million in Russia.

< 10. Strong > Company Reebok almost signed a contract with the famous basketball player LeBron James to 75 million dollars, but they could not do it. The company Nike has offered a contract of 90 million dollars and Nike LeBron chose.

All models of shoes used in an article presented on the website Sportsboots.ru

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