words_Nick Engvall
Today for our Eastbay Memory Lane stroll, we take a look back at a piece of one of the 1994 catalogs. Back when Reebok made the move from The Pump to Instapump technology, they introduced a number of silhouettes, the most famous, of course, being the Instapump Fury. The Instapump Shaq Attaq III, Instapump Paydirt and Instapump Arsenal are also memorable, but for some reason never made it into the “afterlife” of becoming a retro model.
What is fascinating about the CO2 charger inflating system that made its way through the Instapump styles is how each individual design seemed to cater to the support of a specific area of the foot. While the Instapump line might not have the biggest following of collectors, it’s definitely one of the more memorable technologies to ever be integrated into a sneaker.
What do you think, should Reebok bring back more of their Instapump classics?
Shaq Attaq Tres!
Reebok should retro all the Shaq shoes!!!! I don’t know why they haven’t already!!! Obviously they can’t use the Shaq name anymore but who cares!!!
Oh yeah what ever happend to the Paydirts that were gonna retro in 2008?
REEBOK OUGHT TO DO A LOT OF RETRO’S,ALSO BRING BACK THE LOW CUT STYLES ALSO,WHETHER PUMP BASKETBALL,FOOTBALL,WHATEVER,ZIG TECHNOLOGY IN LOW CUT BASKETBALL SNEAKERS AS WELL,OR MAYBE COME OUT WITHA SHOE THAT’S COMBINED WITH PUMP&ZIG TECHNOLOGY,BASKETBALL,BASEBALL,FOOTBALL,SOCCER,RUNNING,MID AND LOW CUTS,JUST MY OPINION THOUGH,I DO MISS THE LOW CUT BASKETBALL MODELS REEBOK USE TO HAVE,WISH THEY’D BRING THEM BACK,WAS LOOKING AT MY REEBOK INFINITY MID CUT SHOES AND WAS WONDERING HOW COOL THEY’D LOOK IF THEY WERE IN A LOW CUT MODEL,NOT THAT MY FAVORITE BRAND(REEBOK)WILL DO IT,JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD DEEPLY CONSIDER IN MY OPINION.(Charles Christian)
PLEASE BRING BACK LOW CUT BASKETBALL SHOES MIGHTY REEBOK,DMX,HEXRIDE,PUMP,ZIG TECHNOLOGY,MAKE ACOMBINED PUMP ZIG TECH BASKETBALL SHOE,IN A LOW AND A MID.(Charles Christian)