Obama Shoes News

Obama is a Sneakerhead!  Last month we saw President Obama get a special pair of Nike Air Spizike’s presented to him by Spike Jones and this month, US Representative Michael Michaud of Maine asked Kids Air Jordan 12 New Balance’s Norridgewock plant to customize a pair of New Balance 990 for President Barack Obama

Embellished with “President Obama” around the heel and “Handmade in the United States” on the heel tab, Rep. Michaud will make the case that military footwears and training gears should be “Made in the USA”. In a brief statement, the the Congressman wrote:

The workers in Norridgewock produced a pair of high-quality sneakers, and I’m looking forward to delivering this Kids Air Jordan 13 Maine-made product to the President tonight. I’m hopeful he’ll order the DOD to buy sneakers made in the USA for our service members’ physical training uniforms. They’ll get great sneakers, and we’ll be better positioned to create more Maine jobs.

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When President Obama Nike Air Max 87 hit the gym to play basketball last weekend, he was photographed with a pair of red sneakers under his arm. What kind of kicks was Obama carrying?

Pretty appropriate ones Nike Air Max 89, as it turns out: the Under Armour “USA President PE” sneakers.

Ryan Drew, director of footwear at Under Armour, recently told GlobalGrind how the shoe inspired by Obama came about.

Milwaukee Bucks player Brandon Jennings (who has worked for Under Armour) was in the office when the idea for the sneaker was born, Drew said.

“We just thought, ‘If Obama had a shoe what would be on it?’ Well, the presidential seal’s gotta be on it. Most player edition shoes have their number on it. Well what’s his number? 44. What’s the sock liner graphic look like? Those were all the things that went into it,” he explained.

This photo shows Jennings with a close-up of the sneaker, which features a presidential seal on the tongue.

Drew said they ordered “a bunch” of the shoes, though “there was never a plan to sell it” or a “plan to even get them on him [the president].”

But at some point, someone slipped a pair to Obama Nike Air Max 90, who showed off the sneakers in public last Saturday. Said Drew, “It’s cool when it ends up on the guy who inspired it.”

Apparently the new thing in basketball shoe marketing is giving Barack Obama a pair of shoes. First it was Under Armour and Brandon Jennings hooking Mr. President up with some of unreleased shoes. Now it’s Knicks Kids Air Jordan 8 fan/movie director/gigantic jersey enthusiast Spike Lee giving Obamdawg some special Jordan Spizikes.

Here’s Spike:

These Are The Spizikes Made By Michael Jordan For Michelle&Barack W/ Wood Engrained Presidental Seal [...] President Obama Is A Huge Bulls And Jordan Fan.Here He Holds His Gift Of Spizikes From MJ Himself.

To be fair, these aren’t exactly 1-of-1, specially designed by Michael Jordan shoes we’re Kids Air Jordan 9 talking about. They’re actually the “Bordeaux” colorway that comes out this February, but now they have a fancypants wood box engraved with the presidential seal and Michael Jordan’s autograph (photo after the jump) which has to be exclusive to the president, as directed by MJ himself. Or at least that’s what Spike Lee is leading me to believe and I totally trust him.

That being said, still pretty awesome. It’s not every day the best basketball player ever sends an Oscar-nominated director to deliver personal gift to the most powerful man on Earth. I’m not sure that these shoes and their box will go next to Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, but you have to agree this is cool.

Not to mention, since this is shoe is going to be released to the public, you can have the same shoes as the President of the United States of America. Imagine the laughs you can get from telling your friends that you’re wearing Obama Jordans. That Kids Air Jordan 11 alone might be worth the sticker price.

But be warned — I’m guessing Michael Jordan’s not going to send one of his famous buddies to hand deliver your pair. Can’t win ‘em all.

TTK, the person who brought us the “Obama” Dunk High, is just shy of a four pack of TMNT Dunks with his latest set of custom sneakers. TTK applied his ever popular abstract concept of blotched streaks, dotted specks, and contrasting light/dark colors, but this time in a slightly different direction then his past designs The pack includes each turtle represented by their usual colors on the Nike swoosh and laces: Red (Raphael), Orange (Michelangelo), Purple (Donatello), but no Blue for poor Leonardo. But don’t feel too bad about the missing Leonardo version because TTK plans to complete the set once he finds the time. See detailed pictures of the custom sneakers and the original intro to the TMNT cartoon show after the jump.

TTK is back once again with another great pair of custom sneakers, the Nike Obama Custom Dunks. This time he gained inspiration from the heated presidential race, making these artistic Obama Dunks. TTK received a lot of requests to make some customs with this concept, so he finally sat down and began working on these beauties for the recent Funk Master Flex Sneaker Battle. When he attended the Sneaker Battle this past week he didn’t take home any prize money but he was overwhelmed with praise for his design. The shoes feature patent leather with a blue colorway, two portrait pictures of Obama on the heels, black abstract designs thought out the sneaker, and Obama’s logo. Checkout the creation of the custom sneakers from beginning to end after the jump.

Earlier we posted a special edition Air Jordan Pure Pressure “Mike Bibby PE”that Bibby recently wore in support of Barack Obama’s Inauguration, but we couldn’t leave out his Atlanta Hawks teammate, Joe Johnson, who also donned a pair.

This Air Jordan Pure Pressure “Joe Johnson PE” sports the same design as the Bibby PE but uses navy blue as it’s main color. The upper predominately consists of white leather with a midsole featuring blue/red/white coloring filled with  star & stripe images. There’s also blue accents throughout the shoe and MJ’s number  “23″ and Obama’s Inauguration date “01/20/09″ on the tongue.

The Air Jordan Pure Pressure [Joe Johnson PE] | Barack Obama Inauguration Edition is now available at Osneaker.com.

Mike Bibby, the point guard for the Atlanta Hawks, had the honor of wearing these “Barack Obama Inauguration Edition” Air Jordan Pure Pressure PE basketball shoes on Jan. 20th, 2009.

The Presidential colors of red/white/blue are featured on the midsole as well as various symbols like stars, stripes, and swirls. The rest of the Obama‘s sneaker sports mostly white leather with red accents on the Jordan Jumpman, tongue,  and around the heel. The date “01/20/2009″ and MJ’s number “23″ are included on the tongue.

This Air Jordan Pure Pressure PE is an absolute must have for all collectors looking to add a sick pair of Jordan PE’s  and/or an Obama collection to their collection.

Obama mania has caused TTK to spring into action and create this “Barack Obama” Blazer High custom sneaker as a result of the overwhelming number of Obama sneakers that enjoyed his first design, the Nike Obama Dunk. The sneaker showcases a clean black base with blue accents along the sides, a white midsole, and a blue tongue. But, the center piece of the custom are the wonder self portraits of Barack Obama drawn on the side panels with the words “Obama ’08″ one on shoe and “Change” on the other. There’s also white and blue bubble details surrounding the portraits, golden TTK lacelocks, and a pair of fat black laces.  See detailed pictures after the jump.