First Looks // Nike Air VaporMax 2021 “Air Pressure”

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 technology, the latest inclusion appearing here today: the Nike VaporMax 2021 “Air Pressure”

Though most of the Rudy collection has sported clean white uppers, the Vaporax 2021 — like the design itself – does things differently. Here, the pair opts for a woven upper of clean whites interwoven with “Old Royal,” with accents of bold red and “Yellow Ochre” fitting out the tongues, rear clips, and Bbar-Air sole units underfoot.

Grab an official look at the Nike VaporMax 2021 “Air Pressure” below, and expect to see these hit select Swoosh stockists and Nike.com soon; specifics are currently unknown.

Keep your eyes locked on our official Twitter account for further updates.

Nike Air VaporMax 2021 “Air Pressure”

Release Date: 2023

Style Code: DQ8963-101
Color: White/Old Royal-Yellow Ochre
Retail: $210