As the story goes. the original Air Max released in 1986 and debuted Visible Air with a massive Air bubble for the world to see – bigger than anyone familiar with the modern-day shoe can appreciate. Tinker Hatfield's Le Centres George Pompidou inspired bubble was so big. there were unintended side effects. In super-cold environments. the super-sized bubble had a tendency to crack. Unhappy with this issue Nike decided to pull the model. re-tool the midsole and release the shoe with a smaller Air bubble. 

These Big Bubble Air Max live-on as the holy grail of Air. Much like the original Air Max 180. real heads pine for more air. After almost three years of development. Nike finally made things right with a proper un-compromised release of the Air Max 1 how it was originally intended.

To compliment the painstakingly re-tooled sole. the uppers and packaging have been updated to further replicate the original 1986 release. Whilst the White/Red and womens White/Blue are the best known colourways. the Obsidian OG was also there in '86 with the original massive bubble.

→ PLEASE NOTE: These are women's sizes—men's add 1.5 to your regular size.

For example: Men's US9 = Women's US10.5