Air Jordan 19 (XIX)

Air Jordan 19 (XIX) - the Air Jordan 19 (XIX) was designed by Tate Kuerbis, with Tate is Jason Mayden, Wilson Smith, Josh Heard, and Suzette Henri. The new steps taken in the design of the Air Jordan 19 (XIX) would need them all. Released in 2004 and modeled after the black mamba snake, this is the first Jordan release after his third, and final, retirement which came after the 2002-2003 NBA season. Two original colorways where released. Three regional colorways and three special edition colorways were released. They consisted of the East, West, and Midwest edition for regular and West, East, and Olympic for the S.E. (special edition). Inspiration for the Air Jordan 19 came from the deadliest snake in the world, the black mamba. When the black mamba feels threatened, it raises its body up in the air, shows its fangs, and makes a loud hissing sound. That alone intimidated many, does that sound like a familiar someone?. Never before seen on a basketball shoe was a material called tech-flex. This material is used in the automobile industry. Tech-flex is a material which can stretch, and since it is used on the Air Jordan 19 (XIX), it gave your foot the comfort you need.


The Air Jordan 16 (XVI)and 17 ( XVII), modified models came as “+”, and on the Air Jordan 18 ( XVIII ) modified models came as Air Jordan 18 (XVIII.5 ) or 18.5. Now on the Air Jordan 19( XIX) modified models came as SE (which stands for Special Edition).In 2004 when the Air Jordan19 ( XIX ) released, five colorways and three were in a “Regional Pack”,Four Low models and four SE models were also released.Some great qualities of the Air Jordan XIX is a carbon fiber shank plate, phylon midsole, full-length zoom air unit, patent leather toe box, tech-flex upper, Velcro heel strap and plastic lace-locks. The Air Jordan 19 box was unique, and when you opened the box, it kind of broke from the middle, instead of the normal open from the top or side. Each shoe is in a Air Jordan net bag. The Air Jordan 19 (XIX) is used innovative materials. The upper section of shoe was developed in collaboration with Material ConneXion Inc. from a sleeving normally used in architectural applications for protecting PVC pipes from bursting. In theory, this allowed for a lace-less shoebecause the sleeving does not stretch, however the Air Jordan 19 (XIX) model did include a set of laces behind the sleeve to better secure the shoe.