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07-21-2016, 05:16 AM
How the Air Jordan XXXI became a high-tech basketball sneaker
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BEAVERTON, Ore. — In the spring of 1977, a kid named Michael Jordan was finishing eighth grade in Wilmington, **rth Carolina. He hadn't yet been cut from his high school varsity squad (http://mashable.com/2012/08/29/indiegogo-michael-jordan-high-school-coach/). He hadn't yet hit the game-winning shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship Game for the University of **rth Carolina. And he certainly hadn't become Michael Jordan, the NBA (http://mashable.com/category/nba/) star and cultural icon we all k**w today.*
But the trails of history connect in mysterious ways. That same spring, 3,000 miles away in Oregon, a former aerospace engineer finagled a meeting with the young CEO of an upstart footwear company.*
SEE ALSO: Cliff Alexander and the NBA Draft heartbreak you never hear about (http://mashable.com/2015/06/26/nba-draft-free-agents/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/air-jordan-xxxi-nike-sneaker-tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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BEAVERTON, Ore. — In the spring of 1977, a kid named Michael Jordan was finishing eighth grade in Wilmington, **rth Carolina. He hadn't yet been cut from his high school varsity squad (http://mashable.com/2012/08/29/indiegogo-michael-jordan-high-school-coach/). He hadn't yet hit the game-winning shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship Game for the University of **rth Carolina. And he certainly hadn't become Michael Jordan, the NBA (http://mashable.com/category/nba/) star and cultural icon we all k**w today.*
But the trails of history connect in mysterious ways. That same spring, 3,000 miles away in Oregon, a former aerospace engineer finagled a meeting with the young CEO of an upstart footwear company.*
SEE ALSO: Cliff Alexander and the NBA Draft heartbreak you never hear about (http://mashable.com/2015/06/26/nba-draft-free-agents/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/air-jordan-xxxi-nike-sneaker-tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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