SOLE COLLECTOR: Sneakers

words by Steve Jaconetta

While this past June we saw a new “Olympic” colorway of the Air Jordan VI release, another Air Jordan model was also made to commemorate the 2008 Beijing games. That model is the Air Jordan V and it definitely represents the good ‘ole US of A.

This player exclusive is very simple in colorway being white-based with touches of obsidian found on the Jumpmans, inner collar, insole, and gum parts of the sole. The traditional 3M tongue is here as well as the lacelocks. The all over laser-style print found on the upper is a unique touch, as is the USA Basketball logo on the insole and “8/8/08″ replacing “Air Jordan” on the back of the tongue with an american flag right below it.

Checkout the pictures below as that is probably the closest most will come to these. These Olympic edition Air Jordan 5 retro’s are PE’s and will not be released. But fear not all you Jordan V fans out there, you will see a few more colorways of this model in 2009.

Images: UnitedPeopleOfSole

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