Hyperdunk by Kobe Bryant

Year launched: 2007

The Hyperdunk is the future of basketball footwear. Constructed using Nike’s “Fly Wire” technology, Vectran fibers, which are five times stronger than steel and never lose their strength, are encased in the skim to harness the body of the shoe.
Bryant is an American All-Star shooting guard who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Bryant and then-teammate Shaquille O’Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. He was awarded the season’s MVP in the 2007-08 NBA season after leading his team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference. In 2008, he won a gold medal as a member of the 2008 Summer Olympics U.S. Men’s Basketball Team.