subject: Kobe Bryant VII Shoes Make His Performance Better [print this page] Kobe Bryant VII Shoes Make His Performance Better
Kobe Bryant is an outstanding basketball player in the NBA who makes basketball be a kind of battle art, lead the basketball into a total new territory. Kobe, who plays all games with an analytical eye, is continuously making progress and improving his performance. And Eric, who is the Nike's footwear design creative director, is an experienced director who knows as the Kobe's game evolves, his footwear also needs to be evolved at the same time. Then the Kobe VII was launched in 2011, this generation Kobe's shoe is aimed to offer quicker and lethal cutting on the court.
Eric has been worked in Nike for many years and worked with Kobe at the time Nike have cooperation with Kobe. When he working with the Nike Sport Research Lab (NSRL), Eric studied Kobe's quick cutting carefully. Most of his cutting is so low that the shoe almost buckled and bit into his ankle. The potential risk of injury always exists when cutting. So he invited Kobe and presented NSRL research and models of different generations of shoes to Kobe. Kobe applauded Eric's opinion and NSRL research, he also would like to push the design further and create one pair of lower shoe. By the way, who say basketball shoe need to protect foot only with high-top.
Kobe views his shoes be the extension of his body. So, the shoes should fit well and work right with him. Eric engineered the upper panel with Nike's high technology lightweight support system fly wire. And environment friendly thinly and strong nylon fibers are used to support the foot. To talk about fly wire, you may do not hear about that, the Nike lunar is a typical lightweight running shoe adopted this kind of technology. The technology was first used by NASA athletes who would need lightweight material for the outer space job.
Eric understand the aesthetics and functionary deeply, so can he combined them together in superb technique. Though the Kobe VII is to continue and improves from fly wire and Lunarlite, it is also only about performance. But with the stylish outlook, the Kobe VII works as an integrated system.
Here we will go back to the Kobe VI and have a compare.
Kobe told that the VI generation has reverent with the alter ego Black Mamba. The shoes are of stylish color black and fashion outlook, be the evolution of Kobe V. With the relation to Black Mamba, Nike Zoom Kobe VI is more populated. The shoes upper features special polyurethane "islands" that emulate a snake's skin and increase or decrease in size throughout the shoe to protect against abrasion and increase durability exactly where needed.
The Kobe VII has improved better than other Kobe shoes styles. In the key year of 2011, Kobe have the opportunity to gain his 6th championship and ring. This may be a coincident that Kobe would have to compete with the Kobe VII with Heats tri-giant. They are with lower-cut, synthetic leather and upper. This shoe wears comfortable and of lightweight than VI.
We may come to know the different effect for basketball. Both of them are perfect, it is really hard for clients to pick Kobe VII or Kobe VI.
