The dots are connecting: we’ve seen a patent that Nike filed for auto-lacing shoes before, there’s a teaser video floating around showing Marty McFly’s closet (chock full of Air Mags, natch) and the invitation NiceKicks received from Nike show the metal glasses Doc Brown famously wore in BTTF II. We’ve seen Nike do BTTF-inspired stuff before (a DeLorean dunk, for example) but this would be the holiest of holy grails.
I don’t know guys, but I think tomorrow might be the happiest day of my life. [NiceKicks]
Chris
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 1:53 PMI have every single thing I can cross, crossed. Please don’t toy with our emotions further on this Mr McFly.
sparhawk0
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 1:56 PMI’m with you. Anything that even _implies_ that hoverboards are one step closer to reality is OK with me.
tommo
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 7:24 PMhate to burst your bubble, they have been made, their expensive and barely work at all. nothing like the movies.
Matt
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 2:11 PMIf it’s no laces and actually automatically fits my foot – will definitely buy.
gorf
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 2:12 PMThey should have waited till 2015 to make it match the time of the movie. And on that note they have allot of Jaws movies to make and release before 2015
Ben Zemm
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 8:43 PMDelorian stopped production in 1982 and the first movie was “set” in 1985. Things should exist before they are used!
zombiecheese
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 2:32 PMwhos to say those shoes werent already an existing tech prior 2015..maybe in the BTTF time line.. their release was 2011..
Adam
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 2:32 PMI’m just hoping that the people who made these shoes are Asian and were only paid $1 an hour, than these shoes would be even more awesome! :D
zombiecheese
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i2
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 3:14 PMUntil they produce a hover board I will never be happy!
Reader
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 4:03 PMI;m going to buy 2 pairs. 1 to wear around. 1 to keep for ever and ever and ever and use with my hover board when that comes out. :)
Danny Allen
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 4:16 PMYep, If this happens, I’ll be buying, too
lulz
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 4:24 PMOh.
my.
god.
Come.
To.
Australia.
Please.
Sam Timmins
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 3:26 AMSeconded. They skip us and I’m releasing the Dropbears.
NaE
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 5:14 PMYeah, i’m sure that it’ll be still fashionable for old geriatrics to be riding around on hot pink Mattel hoverboards.
Josh Ryan
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 5:29 PMThis will never be a general release in Australia. It will only be available on ebay.
Anonomuuus
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 5:38 PMThis has already been proven a fake. And can really no one tell that the video is animated? there are several big anomalies
Curtis
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 10:50 PMSo then the patent that Nike filed years ago is fake?
Scotty
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 7:28 PMawesome, I can’t close my mouth
Bob
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 9:45 PM*Yawn* I want a hover board.
Beefa
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 11:43 AMAwesome, must buy. Another thing to have to charge (rolls eyes)