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Vintage Ad: Nike Air Pippen II

October 25th 2012 | 48 comments

words & image // Zack Schlemmer

In 1998 Nike debuted Scottie Pippen's second signature shoe: the Air Pippen II.  Following the success of his first shoe, Scottie opted to go with a sleeker design cushioned by Zoom Air instead of Max Air. (Unhappy with the Max Air in his first model, he actually switched to a customized Zoom Air version while wearing the Pippen I.) 

We get up close and personal with Pipp's nose and the Air Pippen II in this awesome two page ad from 1998.  As the ad describes, the Air Pippen II featured a sleek design with a full grain leather upper, Dynamic-fit inner sleeve, reinforced support wing and Zoom Air cushioning. 

After a mid 90's dominated by heavy, clunky Air Max models from Nike Basketball, the Pippen II helped lead the way for sleeker and lower-to-the-ground designs like the Alpha Project models in the coming years.  Based on all-around performance and aesthetics, the Pippen II is without a doubt Scottie's best signature model.

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Great shoes, I hope they retro them again.


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I actually found a pair of these for under 100
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"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."-Michael Jordan

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looking for Lebron 7 ASG size 8.5 HMU

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Pips is the man!
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I remember warin those when I was a kid
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These pips were alright but fuck these, bring back the Air Swift Flights he wore when in put his nuts in Ewings face in the 94' playoffs!
ORION 7s could be "Heat" to someone and Concord 11s could be "trash" to another. So at the end of the day, What the fuck is "heat"?
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are they trying to advertise pip's nose or shoes??? regardless, it is a classic
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I used to rock the black ones every day...I loved this sneaker
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[quote="Nene33"]Great shoes, I hope they retro them again. :up: [/quote]
I actually found a pair of these for under 100
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Pips is the man!
I remember warin those when I was a kid
VINTAGE!
These pips were alright but fuck these, bring back the Air Swift Flights he wore when in put his nuts in Ewings face in the 94' playoffs!
are they trying to advertise pip's nose or shoes??? regardless, it is a classic
I used to rock the black ones every day...I loved this sneaker
I remember when these first came out. Good times! :D
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Great shoes, I hope they retro them again. :up: