Why Are These NIKE Shoes ILLEGAL?

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Let's talk about what's going on with the new Spike shoe technology, why it's being banned, and if this could lead to new world records.

In this video we discuss the viperfly, vaporfly, and maxfly among other shoes in the Nike Air collection.

The full list of topics addressed in this video:

- How Were the Shoes Designed?
- Why Are They So Controversial?
- Can They Actually Make You Faster?
- Can They Be Used to Break Usain Bolt's World Records?
- Why Were They Banned By The Olympics?
- Are They Available for Sale?
- What Does This Mean For the Future?

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[TheSprintProject_]

Should Elite Sprinters compete in these shoes to see what's possible or would it be unfair to the athletes who set records without them?

[raymondmeyers]

If they’re going to ban shoes because of “technological doping” they should just require everyone to run barefoot.

[seanstewart]

I'm sure Bolts shoes were way better than Carl Lewis's, and even more better than the shoes Jesse Owens wore. Technology has always and will always contribute to athletes performing at a higher level. Should Tiger Woods not get the same amount of credit as Nicklaus or Palmer. It's always been this way and it always will

[NayanTopic]

Imagine making so good shoes that wearing it considered as cheating.

[callidawkins]

every single sport has better tech and equipment than years earlier.
Hockey sticks, skates, tennis racquets, basketball shoes, bicycles, soccer cleats, etc ..

[mig-f-]

If everyone can wear them it is not cheating. Also for those afraid of old pre-viperfly records being broken their is this thing in Video-game speed-running where there are different categories (any %, 100%, glitch less, scriped just to name a few). Could there be different categories of records in the running world (i.e.normal running shoes, vs viperfly technology) sort of like in gaming?

[tybrennan]

I think it’s a bit misleading using the 5% stat from the vapor fly which is a distance shoe and assuming it is the same for the viper flys. It’s just not the same thing.

[dario_navalv]

You forgot to talk about the "Viper fang" which was developed to help athletes like Coleman to reduce the struggling at the last few meters of the race

[ScoRPy]

I willingly watched an 11 minute long Nike ad?

[marcoslopez]

I think that they should adapt the track field so you can run barefoot, which is beneficial for balance and it wouldn't affect speed if the traction with the track is firm. It would make all of this shoe related problems go away, although only for short races.

[dustojnikhummer]

Reminds me of a time when Mazda made an engine that beat everyone. Instead of other teams improving on their stuff, they got the Mazda engine banned.

[leonmazel]

Awesome video as always, for my part I'm french and I love how easy, clear and well explained all your videos are.
You really deserve more visibility, good luck forthe future :)

[jaredstepp]

Maybe Usain Bolt’s records seem untouchable because he was really fast. Maybe the guy who breaks them will be really fast. It would take a whole lot of speed to break the record, I don’t care what you put on your feet

[dariusvascuta]

Let's not forget the banned shoes from the NBA which has been discovered they had springs. Even if it's not the same story, it should be taking in account

[santissimoo]

Love your channel, you have no idea how huge your videos help me in understanding the mechanics of sprinting, hope your channel grows so much bigger, respect bro! 🙏🏻

[solomonmorgan]

Gosh I look forward to your uploads. Keep doing this man you’re gon blow up

[mylifeinpoetrypodcast]

As a Kenyan watchiing this I die a little everytime you mention Kipchoge's name.

[josephgonzalez_]

Unbelievable editing for a YouTuber. Must have taken you ages. Just subscribed.

[pierresx]

i actually run track and ill be aiming to run in the 2024 olympics as my first attempt n lemme tell you, the maxfly nike spikes do have a little bounce to it

[shandytorok]

BTW Jesse Owens was running on dirt was running on soft, bouncy even the Tokyo Olympic track was exceptionally bouncy reportedly by several pro being, Jesse Owens was running in baggy pants and A shirt, on a dirt track, Bolt was running on a bouncy tarmac track in speedsuit that in itself can be 0.2 or 0.3 seconds advantage, so with today's standards Owens was running a 9.7 anyways....so Bolt after all, not that good that he should be afraid of "losing" his records, which he eventually will anyways....