Designed by Tinker Hatfield himself, the Nike Air Tech Challenge II first made it’s debut on the feet of 18 year-old Rock Star Tennis player Andre Agassi back in 1988. A good 26 years ago. Everything about Andre Agassi during that time was loud. His flashy mullet hair style, his fancy style of playing, and of course, his shoes.
The “Clay Blue” is a colorway that honours the blue/green clay that once covered majority of the tennis courts around the world. Nike has updated the pair with a synthetic white and blue leather, a visible 2-piece Air cushioning and a external heel counter. The shoe is finished off with “loud” elements like the orange swoosh and also orange accents paint splatter coupled with an orange Nike tag on the tongue. Oddly enough, Andre Agassi actually thought the shoe was too attention grabbing back then, but who’s complaining now?
The shoe will be made available at Nike stores and retailers like Sole What, this coming Saturday ( 22nd March 2014 ).
