Nike Announces "Back To The Future: Part II": Self Lacing Nike Mags

Unless you live in in a cabin in the woods or have no idea what social media is, you are aware that today has been dubbed "Back To The Future Day". To honor such a significant day in the world of pop culture, a little company called NIKE has announced the release of the coveted kicks.

Almost 30 years ago, Nike was asked to collaborate on a movie that would feature scenes set in the futuristic world of 2015. The brand was challenged to imagine sneakers that would suit the inhabitants of the advanced era. The innovation team, which regularly looks into a crystal ball of athlete insight and technology to project the future of sport, took that task further.

The resulting Nike Mag reinvented the conventional lacing system, integrating it into an inimitable design that became an enduring beacon of popular culture. As Nike, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Parker put it, “We started creating something for fiction and we turned it into fact, inventing a new technology that will benefit all athletes.”