The new Nike shoe can help athletes and non-athletes alike get out the door faster. The sports equipment company unveiled hands-free footwear on Monday, which offers faster clothing and undressing.
The new lacquered shoe, called Nike Go FlyEase, does not require wearers to use their hands to slip and take off their sneakers. This makes it suitable both for people on the move and for a number of athletes with physical disabilities, according to compay.
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“In Nike Go FlyEase, this translates to serving the widest possible range of active lifestyles possible – whether the wearer is champion fencer Bebe Vio, a student attending classes or a parent with full hands,” said Nike. in a statement.
Vio, an Italian fencer who lost his arms and legs due to childhood meningitis and competes in a wheelchair, walks with prosthetic legs. Putting on your shoes is usually a time consuming activity.
“I usually spend so much time warming up,” Vio said in a statement. “With the Nike Go FlyEase, I just have to put my feet up and jump on it. Shoes are a new kind of technology, not only for adaptive athletes, but for everyone’s real life.”
Sarah Reinertsen, an American Paralympic athlete and member of the FlyEase design team, said people with disabilities, pregnant women and busy parents are among those who inspired the shoe concept.
“If you design for the most extreme needs, then you unlock benefits for everyone,” she said. “If a shoe works for someone who doesn’t have hands, then it will work for people who have two hands.”
“We were also inspired by pregnant women who don’t have children yet, but can barely bend in the third trimester,” Reinertsen added.
Earlier FlyEase models allow faster entry and exit using zippers and cables, but none are completely hands-free. The collection of running, basketball and everyday shoes was designed to “unlock benefits for all athletes,” according to Nike.
The innovative $ 120 shoe will be available in limited quantities on Feb. 15 and will be available more widely later this year, according to Nike.
Consumers on social networks praised the latest style.
“Hyped for @Nike #GOFlyEase my sister lost using her left arm in 2007 and they would be great for her,” Twitter said user Roman Ruiz.