Ever since moviegoers watched Marty McFly’s sneakers automatically lace up in Back to the Future, Part II, the world has wanted their very own power lace sneakers.
Being a fan of the Back to the Future films, I have always wanted a pair of shoes that automatically laced themselves. It has always seemed like science fiction, and for my entire life, I have assumed that I was destined to bend over and tie my shoes for the rest of my life. However, if Nike has anything to say about it, 2015 is the year we can all stop tying our shoes.
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Famous Nike designer Tinker Hatfield designed a pair of shoes that looked identical to the shoes Marty McFly wore in the second installment of the Back to the Future franchise and released them in 2011 via the Air Mag line of shoes. Unfortunately, these shoes lacked the famous power lace feature. Recently, Hatfield was asked about power laces in an event in New Orleans, to which he responded that we should be seeing power laces sometime in 2015.
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The timing of this technology could not have been more perfect. For those familiar with Back to the Future, Part II, when Marty travels to the future, he travels to the year 2015 – 30 years in the future from his present time. There, he discovers a world full of technological wonders, with the Nike power lace sneakers being one of them.
It is unknown whether the shoes will be a new edition of the Air Mag line or if they will be part of a brand-new shoe model. It is also unknown whether the shoe will have a limited quantity as the 2011 Air Mag did (only 1,500 pairs were released) or if this will be a full-blown release with a seemingly unlimited supply. If Nike does indeed go ahead and release a shoe model with power lace technology, one thing is for certain: Back to the Future fans are going to be bending over a lot less in the coming years.