Nike air Rift 1993

Feet like a frog! That's what they used to say to me! 😟

The Nike air Rift has to be one of the most innovative and obscure designs to ever brace our feet. 

You might ask WTF were they thinking. Especially back then! 

Nowadays the split toe and sandle style of this shoe is not so much of a talking point (or pointing point) compared to some of the strange designs we see around. But in 1993, these things looked like they came from Mars or summin. 

Believe it or not, there is practicality to why Rifts look like they do. The shoe is a soft surface (gravel) running shoe designed using aspects from the Kenyan bare foot running team. For those that have never realised.....there's a Map of Kenya on the sole. 

I admit they look odd. But they are The most comfortable trainer ever.