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1 Nike

2 Sponsored by famous people NBA players wear Nike basketball shoes
What I know! What I want to know??? Logo-Tick Sponsored by famous people NBA players wear Nike basketball shoes What is the real name for the Nike logo? Where is Nike from? What were Nike first products? When Nike was founded? Who invented Nike? The creator What famous people use Nike?

3 Logo it is called a "Swoosh"
It Is A Part of the wing of a ancient roman god of sport and that is why it has been designed. It was invented in 1971 by a designer in Oregon who was paid just $35 for HER idea (Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student at Portland State University). She was later given a gold "swoosh" ring and Nike stock. Wikipedia,answers.com

4 Nike Song As far as I know its "Tattooed Attitude" by Dale Oliver, who does probably 95% of the company theme songs, as Jim Johnston has the same job for WWE

5 Where is Nike from? Nike is from and was made in China & Cambodia.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Where is Nike from?                                                                              Nike is from and was made in China & Cambodia. Nike World Headquarters is located on a 177-acre campus near Beaverton, Oregon in America.

6 What were Nike's first products?
Nike produces a wide range of sports equipment. Their first products were track running shoes. They currently also make shoes, jerseys, shorts, base layers etc. for a wide range of sports including track and field, baseball, ice hockey, tennis, association football (soccer), lacrosse, basketball and cricket. Nike Air Max is a line of shoes first released by Nike, Inc. in The most recent additions to their line are the Nike 6.0, Nike NYX, and Nike SB shoes, designed for skateboarding. Nike has recently introduced cricket shoes, called Air Zoom Yorker, designed to be 30% lighter than their competitors'. In 2008, Nike introduced the Air Jordan XX3, a high-performance basketball shoe designed with the environment in mind.wikipedia

7 When was Nike discovered?
January 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports 1978 as Nike, Inc. The people that discovered Nike was William J. Bill Bowerman Phillip H. Knight

8 The Creator- Phil Knight
Knight's first sales were made out of a now legendary green Plymouth Valiant at track meets across the Pacific Northwest. By 1969, these early sales allowed Knight to leave his accountant job and work full time for Blue Ribbon Sports. It was Jeff Johnson, a friend of Knight's, who suggested the name Nike. Nike is named after the Greek winged goddess of victory. Nike's logo, now considered one of the most powerful logos in the world, was commissioned for a mere $35 from Carolyn Davidson. According to Nike's website, Knight stated "I don't love it, but it will grow on me." However, in 1983 (Nike went public in 1980), Davidson was given an undisclosed amount of Nike stock for her contribution to the company's brand.encyclopedia

9 0diggsdigg                                                                                                                                                                                                                       In 1964, Bowerman entered into a handshake agreement with Phil Knight, who had been a miler under him in the 1950s, to start an athletic footwear distribution company called Blue Ribbon Sports, later known as Nike, Inc.. Knight managed the business end of the partnership, while Bowerman experimented with improvements in athletic footwear design. Bowerman and Knight initially began importing the Onitsuka Tiger running shoes from Japan to sell in the States. Bowerman's design ideas led to the creation of a running shoe in 1966 that would ultimately be named "Cortez" in 1968, which quickly became a top-seller and remains one of Nike's most iconic footwear designs. Bowerman designed several Nike shoes, but is best known for ruining his wife's waffle iron in 1970 or 1971, experimenting with the idea of using waffle-ironed rubber to create a new sole for footwear that would grip but be lightweight. Bowerman's design inspiration led to the introduction of the so-called "Moon Shoe" in 1972, so named because the waffle tread was said to resemble the footprints left by astronauts on the moon. Further refinement resulted in the "Waffle Trainer" in 1974, which helped fuel the explosive growth of Blue Ribbon Sports/Nike. Bowerman was obsessed with shaving weight off his athletes' running shoes. He believed that custom-made shoes would weigh less on the feet of his runners and cut down on blisters, as well as reduce the overall drag on their energy for every ounce he could remove from the shoe. By his estimation, removing one ounce from a shoe, based on a six-foot gait for a runner, would translate in a reduction of 55 pounds of lift over a one-mile span. Bowerman died in his sleep at his home in Fossil, Oregon at the age of 88 on Christmas Eve. wikipedia 1999. Bill Bowerman

10 What people sponsor Nike?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         What people sponsor Nike? Nike products During the past 20 years especially, Nike has been one of the major clothing/footwear sponsors for leading tennis players. Some of the more successful tennis players currently or formerly sponsored by Nike include: James Blake, Jim Courier, Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Martín del Potro, Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras, Marion Bartoli, Lindsay Davenport, Daniela Hantuchová, Mary Pierce, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Michael Jordon answers.com Athletic shoes Apparel Sports Equipment Accessories


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