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Lower, Lighter - ñ's new Favorite Shoe

Kobe, we like your style man. Your Soccer inspired style . "I watch a lot of soccer and have seen how the best footballers in the world make sharp cuts at top speed in lightweight, low-cut footwear,” Bryant said. “The demands they make on their feet and ankles aren’t that different from what I’m doing on the court, yet nobody assumes they should play in high tops.”

With Bryant’s observation as inspiration, the gang at Nike Sports Research Lab conducted hundreds of hours of testing to create a low-profile shoe that did not compromise stability or lockdown. Nike researchers created a shoe with exceptional performance that moves with the foot and allows for multi-directional cutting. and Kobe Bryant today announced the debut of the Nike Zoom Kobe V, the brand’s lowest-profile and lightest basketball shoe to date. Bryant challenged Nike to make his signature shoe even lighter and lower than the Nike Zoom Kobe IV he debuted during his 2008-2009 championship season. Nike responded with the Nike Zoom Kobe V, and we're glad they did. The Nike Zoom Kobe V will be available first online with a unique Nike iD retail campaign launching December 26, 2009. A broader brick and mortar retail launch will occur January 16, 2010 throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. ¡Dale!

ñ says Welcome to Nike+ SportBand , ñ says Welcome to NikePlus.com

How do we luv thee Nike? Let us count the ways - This week on the Weekly ñ Natasha Izquierdo will be showing off her new Nike + Sportsband and their enhanced digital running destination, cause NikePlus.com Merged with NikeRunning.com to create the ultimate running site, Details below ñ peeps.

About a month ago Nike, introduced the new Nike+ SportBand, giving runners real-time performance feedback on their distance, pace, time and calories burned with just a glance at their wrist. Nike also redefined the online running experience by merging the successful site nikeplus.com and its close to 2 million members together with nikerunning.com. Why do we love this? As a staff full of runners can testify to - check out why we luv thee below:

Nike+ SportBand
The Nike+ SportBand features a new screen with a white background to enhance visibility and a welded seal to improve water resistance. It will be available in grey with an interior pink band, anthracite (dark grey) with a yellow interior band, and black with a red interior band. Runners who enjoy listening to music may continue to hear their run details through the Apple iPod nano, iTouch or iPhone systems. The Nike+ SportBand has been available in the U.S. since July 15th, with a suggested retail price of $59 USD.

“We’re giving runners a seamless, comprehensive, one-stop online destination for all their needs,” said Leslie Lane Global Vice President and General Manager for Nike Running. “From finding the right gear, the latest event details, tracking progress and connecting to friends through Nike+, we’re helping runners hit a new stride.”

NikePlus.com
Nike merged the popular nikeplus.com website and its close to 2 million members with nikerunning.com to give us runners a one-stop running destination online. In addition, nikeplus.com added a gaggle of new features and social media opportunities including:

Personalization – The new navigational system includes a customizable homepage for members providing at-a-glance views of your training, progress in goals and challenges, and your Nike+ Mini. Now runners can personalize every run to illustrate their mood, weather, terrain, route and more.

Find Your Friends – Runners will now be able to search for like-minded and similarly-skilled runners, accept new friend requests and initiate challenges in conjunction with their favorite social media platforms. And because no good run should go unpublished, runners can broadcast their own successes beyond Nike+, with automatic updates to Facebook status, Twitter feeds and much more.

Upgraded Challenges – Once runners tap into their own personal running network, Nike+ will now recommend challenges from the gallery to help inspire a little healthy competition with other runners who have similar running styles or profiles.

New Shoe Finder – This feature asks runners to answer a few simple questions in order to receive a customized shoe recommendation based on the latest shoe technology.

Improved Goals and Challenges – In addition to helpful news, training tips, and event details, the newly redesigned site also features new professional coaching programs from some of Nike’s top running coaches and athletes. Runners can choose from a pre-set coaching program, or personalize their own routine and goals with more flexibility.

Lastly, Nike is launching a Nike+ iPhone mobile site to give users access to Nike+ data anywhere. It's all very rad. Very Nike. Very Nice. Veriliy.

Rafael Iglesias hosts ñ Sports, which gives you a behind the scenes look at some of the tech Nike helped our athletes with in the Olympic games. Very informative, interesting. Makes ya kinda wanna go out and play.