Official Images // Nike Air Max Scorpion “M. Frank Rudy”

Phil Knight, Tinker Hatfield, and Michael Jordan are amongst the few critical players in the success of Nike’s global dominance. But without M. Frank Rudy, it’s likely that the brand would never have reached such success. The Aerospace engineer who brought his encapsulated Air technology to every footwear company across the nation was shut down by everyone he met — except Nike’s Phil Knight. The birth of Nike Air was created.

Though the tech was first brought into the Tailwind in the late 1970s, it was Tinker Hatfield’s exposed Air units on the Air Max 1 and its subsequent lineage that propelled the technology — and the brand — into a global success. And it’s on this line that Nike will celebrate the engineer of Air, with a special-edition series that celebrates the man himself; the latest inclusion appearing here today: the Nike Air Max Scorpion “M. Frank Rudy”

Though most of the Rudy collection has sported clean white uppers, the Scorpion — like the design itself – does things differently. Here, the pair opts for a woven upper of striking “Racer Blue” and “Game Royal” with branded accents of “Saftey Orange” and “Team Gold” embedded into the upper. All of this rests atop a bulbous sole unit of orange, complete with year design’s founding year, 2022.

Grab an early look at the Nike Air Max Scorpion “M. Frank Rudy” below, and expect to see these hit select Swoosh stockists and Nike.com this February; specifics are currently unknown.

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Nike Air Max Scorpion “M. Frank Rudy”

Release Date: February 2023

Style Code: DX4768-400
Color: Racer Blue / Safety Orange – Game Royal
Retail: $250

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