NIKE ACG WATER CAT Sandal Sneaker Men 11 Keen Merrell * *EXCLUSIVE*..Very HARD to FIND!..VERY RARE!..Considered Start Price USD 174.99 Current Price USD 174.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, October 07, 2008 End Time Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Location BETHLEHEM, PA See more about 'NIKE ACG WATER CAT Sandal Sneaker Men 11 Keen Merrell *' Description --------------------------------------------VERY RARE------------------------------------------- NIKE WATER CAT HYBRID SANDAL SNEAKER  -------------------------------------------- EXCLUSIVE -------------------------------------------- NIKE CONSIDERED A C G   size: MEN'S 11?there is no inside size tag, which leads to no exact sizebut the measurements are: insole 11 inches color: RED -- DARK GRAY (CHARCOAL)price: PRICELESS..don't think they were released to the public yet condition: BRAND NEWwith a # sticker tag no BOX never worn, but light dirt was attracted to the white grip sole when tried on THESE ARE All Conditions Gear FOOTWEAR-- DESIGNED FOR ALL KINDS OF WATER SPORTS/HIKING-- UNIQUE DESIGNED SKELETON STRIP CAGE BODY, WHICH WEAVES UNDERNEITH UP EACH SIDE-- FEATURES 0.44 STICKY RUBBER SOLES, WHICH GIVE YOU ALOT MORE TRACTION THAN NORMAL FOOTWEAR-- RED EMBROIDERED SWOOSH NEAR THE TOP and A DARK GRAY SWOOSH PRINTED NEAR TOE---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Peter Fogg [nike senior designer] discusses their new product - 'Water cat'.That’s fair enough, they don’t wanna sacrifice performance over the environment. Lets talk about the Water Cat. It wasn't what I expecting to see - I think you knew that as well.PETER - Yeah, it’s pretty unusual. For some reason it reminded me of the Rift, i was a bit stunned when i saw that as well. you can immediately grasp what its about but how does it work? It's a really intriguing piece of design.PETER - Some people have looked at it and don't even know what it’s for.It’s like a shoe pretending to be a bag you can carry your groceries home in….PETER - The initial inspiration came from work that Mike Aveni was doing. He was weaving uppers with webbing and removing bits of material to reduce weight off the shoes. This inspired me to try and design the Water Cat with just the skeleton strips of material as you can see. That design struck me as a shoe that almost couldn’t be sketched, like you’d have to create it as a 3D object on a computer?PETER - Really? Actually that shoe did start out from little sketches. Then we put it in the computer and did the rendering. From there the process is pretty similar to other shoes, until eventually they make a 3D digital file of the tooling. There were many changes along the way, probably more than any other shoe that I have worked on I think. Well it looks like the perfect shoe for hiking where water is involved. It’s super light and you can just peel them off and stuff them in your bag… Do you think that's as far as you can take it. How much less can you get into the construction?PETER - It’s kinda nice how it can collapse. You could pack it in your backpack pretty easily. But I think we could go even more minimal. That one has got quite a bit of ankle, heel and toe protection on it. That's the way we wanted it. But you can definitely see that it you wanted to start taking parts off, I think it would still be a viable product.And what’s with the 0.44 sticky rubber tag? is that really a new development?PETER - Glad you asked that. As we started rethinking ACG, we took a look at the technical call-outs on ACG product and decided that generally they weren’t clear enough for consumers to understand the benefits. In the past, it might have said only 0.44, which to the consumer, was just a number on the out sole. So 0.44 as a rubber compound is not a new development, but calling out “0.44 sticky rubber” is. In other words, we want the consumer to understand in very simple terms, that this product has sticky rubber and sticky rubber will improve traction. We also use, “0.41 toughest rubber” and “0.47 stickiest rubber” on our ACG products, depending on the consumer focus.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------VERY VERY VERY HARD TO FIND!IF YOU GOOGLE THEM..YOU WILL ONLY FIND WEBSITES WITH DETAILS ABOUT THEM   DOOOOOOOO NOT!..MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING LOOKING FOOTWEAR!   feel free to ask any questions BUY IT NOW OFFERS ALWAYS CONSIDERED---------------------------------------------------..WINNER WILL PAY THE TOTAL OF THE FINAL BID AMOUNT AND THE $10.75 S&H comes with insurance and comfirmation. **shipping to Canada=$13.50..EUROPE=$18.99 ME..ASIA=$25.99**..PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 48 HOURS.  *** PAYPAL & Money Order  ONLY*** THANK YOU Place a Bid!