Nike Cortez - The hand of Bill Bowerman

My initial impressions of the Nike Cortez Textile (2024) after about 45km (28 mi) of running.

0:00 Intro
0:44 West coast US running history
1:16 The Bill Bowerman legacy
2:43 The Onitsuka Tiger TG-22 to TG-24
5:37 The roots of the Cortez
6:54 BRS and Tiger’s legal battle
7:42 The Nike Cortez is born
8:25 What about the waffle?
9:03 Further evolution of the Cortez in the 1970s
11:07 Specs
13:35 Running in the Cortez
17:53 The Cortez legacy
19:20 Outro

Shoe source image links (with lots of detail):
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
https://www.goat.com/sneakers/leather...
https://www.goat.com/sneakers/roadrun...
https://www.goat.com/sneakers/maratho...

Disclosures: No one is paying me to make this video and no one has any editorial control over the contents of this video. Additionally, I have no connection into Nike’s design or marketing process. Everything I cover in this video is my own opinion and experience.

Product images courtesy of Onitsuka Tiger, Nike, Adidas, GOAT, Sotheby’s, University or Oregon and Shoe your Vintage

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Intro & outro music from Epidemic Sound:
The Night Is Mine - Forever Sunset
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