Sneaker Ads

Tennis legend John McEnroe turns 59 today. To celebrate we will be sharing a little story about Mr. McEnroe and the Air Trainer 1. When the Air Trainer was being developed the notion of cross training wasn't really a...

Ice Cube for Reebok Classics Cannon 2001 With Straight Outta Compton hitting theaters it reminded us of the time Ice Cube was called up to represent Reebok Classics. Yeah, he may have helped out Nike SB and P-Rod in...

The reason I am into sneakers is thanks to Andre Agassi and Nike. Short of telling my life story, I was a very stereotypical short, bowl-cut sporting, asian kid who was decent at tennis. What was not typical was...

For sneaker fanatics 1995 was one of the golden years for footwear. This original Nike Air Max 95 was just one in a long line of ads from the Swoosh that had the same concept. White background, the sneaker,...

Nike SB, actually skateboarding in general, relies so much on videos, it's surprising there aren't more unforgettable commercials for skate shoes. Hands down my favorite SB commercial is the Paul Rodriguez commercial from back in 2009. After living in...

One of my favorite things about sneakers is the advertising and marketing, second only to the people involved with and connected to sneakers. Reminiscing about Sneaker Ads recently I started thinking back to some of the earliest sneaker commercials I...