It’s about time.
Based on an original movie prop used in Back to the Future Part II, the 2011
Nike MAG shoes have been entirely rebuilt and perfected.
They feature an electroluminescent outsole, space-age materials and a rechargeable internal battery good for 3,000 hours.And while they are not recommended for playing sports, these highly
limited shoes will very likely command attention wherever they are worn.
The Story
In 1989,
Nike designer
Tinker Hatfield was asked to design a shoe for the second chapter in the
Back to the Future series. He created the power-lacing,
self-illuminating,
Nike MAG. Riding on a pink hoverboard,
Michael J. Fox made them the most famous shoe never made.Over 15 years later in 2005, Tinker’s attention was caught by an online
petition asking that the shoes come back. With no mold and nothing but
an original prop shoe from the film, Tinker and footwear innovator
Tiffany Beers began rebuilding the MAG from scratch. It would take six
years, three restarts and many thousands of hours. But when it was all
said and done, the shoe was a perfect replication of the original and
the true predecessor to the 2015 power-lacing
Nike MAG.It would only make sense that the shoes be auctioned to benefit the foundation of the man who made them famous.And with your help, the proceeds of these shoes will help erase Parkinson’s from existence.For 10 days, 150 pairs of 2011
Nike MAG shoes will be listed on
eBay.
The first of the auctions begins September 8 at 8:30 p.m. PT, 11:30 ET.
All net proceeds from the auction sales of the 2011
Nike MAG shoes will go directly to The
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
