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Classic Commercial: Charles Barkley and the Nike Air Force 180

July 3rd 2012 | 98 comments

words // Zack Schlemmer

Charles Barkley's Air Force 180 "Olympics" are one of the hottest sneaker releases of the summer and today we'll take a look at the original Nike commercial for the Air Force 180 featuring Charles Barkley. 

In this commercial we see a beastly cartoon Barkley destroying the court in not the Olympic colorway, but the black and royal blue colorway made for his Philadelphia 76er days.  The Air Force 180 was the basketball brother of the Air 180 running shoe.  At their time in 1991-92, the 180's featured the largest visible Air-Sole unit to date, even though they didn't bear the Air Max label.  The Air 180 technology didn't last long (which is unfortunate because it looked really cool) as Nike quickly expanded their Air units to be even bigger, like in Barkley's soon to follow Air Force Max CB. 

Enjoy the cartoon Sir Charles commercial, and let us know if you picked up a pair of the newest Air Force 180 retro in the comments below.

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Months ago | 1st September 2012 22:46
Damn the good ol days of quality kicks love joints
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Months ago | 8th August 2012 18:30
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Months ago | 17th July 2012 16:44
My man charles. too underrated due to the fact he never won a ring. My favorite part about this commercial is when he says " excuse me, pardon me" lol too funny
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Months ago | 17th July 2012 15:32
The round mound himself. If you go back and look at his highlights you will be amazed boy was killing it!
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Months ago | 16th July 2012 19:00
nice


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Months ago | 15th July 2012 16:01
same
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Months ago | 15th July 2012 09:33
Nice video
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Months ago | 12th July 2012 19:19
Hope i can get the olympic 180s
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Months ago | 11th July 2012 11:59
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Definition of a retarded trash - Nikes-jays-and-bball, wrestlerj125

Definition of a moronic lunatic - sneakerbeez or sneekerbeez? Wtfc!
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Months ago | 10th July 2012 20:00
my dad said he had these
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Months ago | 10th July 2012 16:37
cool
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Months ago | 10th July 2012 14:47
YES AWESOME GLAD I COPPED OLYMPIC'S
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Damn the good ol days of quality kicks love joints
love this dude.
My man charles. too underrated due to the fact he never won a ring. My favorite part about this commercial is when he says " excuse me, pardon me" lol too funny
The round mound himself. If you go back and look at his highlights you will be amazed boy was killing it!
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Nice video
Hope i can get the olympic 180s
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my dad said he had these
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YES AWESOME GLAD I COPPED OLYMPIC'S
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Classic memorable Nike commercial of the 90s,they could do no wrong then.
That colorway >>> the olympics