UNBOXING: Michael Jordan's favorite RETRO Air JORDAN 11 "72-10"

A closer look at the Air Jordan XI "72-10". This shoe remains one of Michael Jordan's favorites. Find me SNAPCHAT ► Kustoo ►SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/kustoo?sub_confirmation=1 TWITTER ► http://bit.ly/11Nw0oo INSTA ► http://bit.ly/19jV3FT Air Jordan 11: Behind the Design Every shoe, every sneaker has a story of how it came to be. What inspired its design? For this story, we’ll take a look at this shoe, the Air Jordan 11. Design and technology are the key components of a performance sneaker, particularly a basketball sneaker, and with the Jordan 11, you see one of the rare moments when these two intersect and impact the way shoes are made from that moment on. Starting with design of the shoe, Tinker Hatfield, the man who had designed every Jordan since the 3, actually designed the shoe in secret. Nike, at the time, wasn’t sure that Mike would be returning and thought the Jordan line would be over. Despite this, Tinker Hatfield pushed ahead in secret and designed the shoe anyway. One of the key elements of the shoe, the patent leather, changed they way that sneakers were made at the time. Tinker, watching game tape of Michael playing, happened to notice that Mike would roll over the top of his shoes when changing direction, and this slowed him down. Patent leather was stronger and could withstand the force of the change. Often called the mudguard, the patent leather actually served two purposes. Tinker wanted to create something that looked good bot