Nike Sportswear Brasil "É Possível " Air Force 1

Nike remains as one of the most recognizable brands globally for a reason. Their ability to recognize and captivate markets through the proper interpretations continues, this time dedicating an Air Force 1 to Brazil. The E Possivel combines the cultural elements of the country and the idea of the endless amounts of possibility when dreaming. The result manifests itself on a worthy AF1 featuring Brazil’s signature colors of green, yellow and black, with a leather embossing detail all over. For more details, view the press release below.

Nike to launch Air Force 1 Brasil in September

A basketball and street culture icon, the shoe gets a Brazilian version and a manifesto led by artists and athletes

São Paulo, August 22, 2011 – Brazil is watching a new cultural revolution. Born on the streets, it gathers together promising athletes and artists who do not take “no” for an answer, who push on and earn the right to do what they love. What do they have in common? A manifesto. What do they want? To show the world that IT IS POSSIBLE to dream. What connects their stories? Passion for sport, for culture, and for a symbol that they have helped create – the Air Force 1 Brasil.

Created in the 1980s, the AF-1 revolutionized the basketball courts in the USA on the feet of sensations such as Moses Malone and Rasheed Wallace, and it played a key role in consolidating the sport’s culture in that country. Today, in Brazil, Damiris and Raulzinho, two up and coming Brazilian athletes, embody the spirit and determination of these idols and are helping to leverage and carry on this tradition.

Taking the energy of the courts, MCs Emicida, Pixote and Xará, gifted at bringing together authenticity with Brazilian roots music, and Toddy, an artist who uses city walls as canvasses on which to represent the problems faced by urban communities, have put together a manifesto. The text urges young people to have hope and to not give up when things get rough: “We, as soldiers in an invisible army, march towards tomorrow as heirs of the ash on the streets and the offspring of a reality that is of interest to few.”

They celebrate their independence in hip hop and pay tribute to a product that has transcended its purpose, conquered the world, established a style, given rise to a movement that has taken over the streets.

The manifesto stands for a shoe that promises to become an icon of Brazilian urban culture. The first Air Force 1 made for Brazil. Its eyestays, tongue label and laces are green and yellow, and the names of the idols are graved on the black leather structure.

The story described above will soon be available in select movie theaters in Brazil. The short-film É Possível (It is possible) was written by Victor Navas, who also wrote the films Carandiru and Cazuza – O Tempo Não Para. The film mixes documentary and animation, intertwining urban images, anonymous basketball courts, and famous athletes who have been part of the history of the sport which over here in Brazil is yet to make an impact on the street.

Similarly to what happened in that decade in Philadelphia and New York, the Brazilian scene is getting ready for transformation. This September the Air Force 1 Brasil comes out to Brazilian stores only, ready to keep its story going.

Source: SneakersBR