{"id":461283,"date":"2015-08-24T09:24:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T13:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=461283"},"modified":"2022-09-17T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T19:30:25","slug":"a-detailed-look-at-the-nike-kd-8s-zoom-air-cushioning-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/a-detailed-look-at-the-nike-kd-8s-zoom-air-cushioning-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"A Detailed Look At The Nike KD 8&#8217;s Zoom Air Cushioning Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>words &amp; photography \/\/ Nick DePaula<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For every shoe, the tooling part &#8212; the combination of the midsole and outsole platform &#8212; can often take the longest to engineer. There&#8217;s an insane amount of design refinements, weartesting and material\u00a0molding and contouring that goes into the process before getting the setup just right.<\/p>\n<p>With inspiration directly from KD&#8217;s sabertooth tattoo and a direct request for a full-length Zoom Air unit, Nike Basketball Design Director Leo Chang worked in tandem with the development team to bring the KD 8&#8217;s tooling to life.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the KD 8&#8217;s sabertooth-inspired footbucket and Zoom Air platform below in detail.<\/p>\n<p>To read all about the full design and development process of Kevin Durant\u2019s newest shoe, plus a look at several early round samples, be sure to check out our exclusive in-depth interview with designer Leo Chang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>words &amp; photography \/\/ Nick DePaula For every shoe, the tooling part &#8212; the combination of the midsole and outsole&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142940,"featured_media":461296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1225493],"tags":[1083,1225736,1225494],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Detailed Look At The Nike KD 8&#039;s Zoom Air Cushioning Platform | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy A Detailed Look At The Nike KD 8&#039;s Zoom Air Cushioning Platform shoes. 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