The new shoe from Nike can help athletes as well as non-athletes get to the door faster. The sports equipment company on Monday unveiled hands-free shoes that dress faster – and undress.
The new lace-up shoe, called the Nike Go FlyEase, does not require wearers to use their hands to move the sneaker on and off. This makes it suitable for people on the go as well as a range of athletes with physical disabilities, according to the competition.
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“In the Nike Go FlyEase, it means you can serve the widest range of active lifestyles – whether the bearer champion fence is Bebe Vio, a student rushing to class or a parent with their hands full,” Nike said in a statement said.
Vio, an Italian fence, who lost her arms and legs to meningitis as a child and competes in a wheelchair, walks using prosthetic legs. Putting on her shoes is usually a time-consuming activity.
“I usually spend so much time getting in my shoes,” Vio said in a statement. “With the Nike Go FlyEase, I just have to put my feet in and jump on it. The shoes are a new kind of technology, not only for adaptable athletes, but also for everyone’s real life.”
Sarah Reinertsen, an American Paralympic athlete and a member of the FlyEase design team, said people with disabilities, pregnant women and busy parents were among those who inspired the shoe concept.
“When you design for extreme needs, you unlock benefits for everyone,” she said. “If a shoe works for someone who does not have hands, it will work for people who have two hands.”
“We are also inspired by pregnant women who do not even have children yet, but can barely bend in their third trimester,” Reinertsen added.
Earlier FlyEase models allow for faster entry and exit using zippers and ropes, but none of them are completely hands-free. According to Nike, the collection of running, basketball and everyday shoes is designed to ‘unlock benefits for all athletes’.
The innovative $ 120 shoe will be available in limited quantities, according to Nike, and will be made wider later this year.
Consumers on social media praised the latest style.
“Hypnotized for the @Nike #GOFlyEase, my sister lost the use of her left arm in 2007 and that would be great for her,” Twitter user Roman Ruiz said.