words_Nick Engvall
In the early-to-mid ’90s, one of the biggest trends to change the direction of footwear and sportswear, Nike All Conditions Gear (ACG) bottled the culture of the great outdoors into a collection of sneakers, boots and other outdoor gear. By 1995, Nike ACG become so wildly popular that Nike partnered with Eastbay for this outdoor catalog entitled: The Nature of Sport.
Some of the creations from the time have become standard issue over the years, like the Nike Air Moc, Nike Air Mada, and, of course, the Nike ACG logo that is seen on all of the apparel and footwear, which have all continued on in Retro form since their inception.
Other designs, like the Nike Beo Beo shorts, didn’t quite find a second wind with their all-over print colorways. The Nike Zion Boot, with its solid rubber outsole and classy dress-shoe-like design and materials on the upper, also fell by the wayside over the course of time.
Check out some of the Eastbay Nike Outdoor Catalog from 1995 below from this week’s Eastbay Memory Lane.
Old School!!!
We dont get these kinds of clothing any more. Times have changed
I loved the pair of Mada Low’s I had all those years back!!
haha I actually rmember this one
I’ve got those shorts & now I know their name: Beo Beo
@teemasuoka
thank you for stating the obvious
wow… thats old school fool
I had bought a pair of tan, suede, Nike low tops in ’95. I believe they were waterproof & had black rubber that came up very high all around the shoe. Does anyone remember these or better yet, what the name of this shoe is?
Travis,
I’m looking for that same shoe.