Such an awesome interview. Please get more designers on the show to talk about their process. You’re the best person to ask those questions as a Bball sneaker geek. Thanks for featuring this shoe and the designer
Wow, what an awesome and unexpected video! I’m hoping more designers pick up on the public wanting to know the stories behind their designs and become more transparent. Especially since many have moved onto other companies.
This video most likely jumped to the top of my favorite WearTesters videos. As a kid growing up during the era of these Pippens and Pennys, this interview had me geeked out. Pippen sneakers were one of the sneakers that found really cool during those times especially that Pippen 2. I remember watching Pippen missing the potential game-tying three in Game 1 of the '98 Finals wearing those, and throwing his gum on the floor. More power to you, guys! Always a fan.
And this is the reason you have the best sneaker channel. Bringing the history to an underrated yet not forgotten sneaker. I had the OG Blues in 1998. Thanks, Chris.
I've been around this channel for a very long time now, and this ranks up there as one of my favorite videos in channel history! I would love to see this shoe get the treatment that the Zoom GP did back in 2019.
Great video... I wish it was much longer. There is so much great information about what goes on in performance footwear design. Great job Chris and Weartesters...
I could see the young Chris shining through the whole interview and it brought the younger sneakerhead in me as well. Could’ve watched a full hour of this interview. Great stuff.
This was soooo awesome. AC was dropping gems the whole video, a legend of sneaker design. Awesome to see Chris, another legend, get to learn more about this shoe too
Awesome awesome interview! I never knew how much work went into producing these shoes but I love how Aaron infused Scottie’s personality in his shoes. I wish they’d retro the Pippen 1s and 2s. I’ve never been able to own a pair but they would be special in my collection.
From the mid-late 90's, Nike could do no wrong, especially with their basketball sneakers. I wanted these Pips a lot back in '98/99, but I wanted the Jordan 13's and 14's more lol.
This is an incredible interview and video! This is one of the things that I love about Weartesters, you get a shoe review, you tech specs, and you get a great backstory. I've never gotten this amount of information from another channel!
being a basketball sneaker geek watching this just brings so much WOW factor! so much learned from 90s NIKE Classic Basketball Sneakers that are timeless! bringing back the 90s! thanks for this nightwing!
@2:45 “doo doo brown” 😂☝🏾 You’re the ONLY channel where I can watch your content more than once. That being said, I can see myself watching this one over and over. So many fascinating details in this one. You’ve got the dopest shoe content on TH-cam no question ☝🏾 ETA And yes, bring back Aaron Cooper to talk about more stuff. Curious to learn about the evolution of the Pippen 3 he mentioned at the end.
Nice to see Pippen getting some love for sneaker retro game. The Flight Lite 2 Mid and Air More Uptempo came out and now the Pippen 2. Gotta release the rest of his shoe line.
I loved the interview, I was trying not to geek out as well. I lived in Chicago during the whole jordan pippen run. The look of this shoe is amazing. The comment about Nike wanting people to buy their shoes and not price gauge kinda made me smirk. Like really Nike. Keep up the great work Chris, hope to see more interviews as well.
Great Video Chris killing it as always....I remember having the Pippin 1s & two's and playing in them as a kid us 80s & 90s babies and kid's had the best sneakers....We get good stuff today but not like the stuff we had...
This is such a cool video! Love that you were able to talk to the actual designer, as it gave so much insight into why the shoe ended up the way it did
I had these maybe 15 years back. Bought at outlet prices. At the time folks didn't seem too interested in them! They were great. Just a good fit and playability. Nice tumbled leather. Great lacing system, and no extraneous features that made you scratch your head.
This is AMAZING!!! It’s awesome how you can be doing a channel for so long and not only NOT burn out but provide so much info that we need and would want to know.. This is a TRUE SNEAKERHEAD CHANNEL.. No hypebeast. Thx bro frfr
I really fell in love with this shoe from the moment I saw them on the first issue of Kicks or through the last pages of Slam where they showcase what are the latest shoes go'n be out in the market. I used to draw this model at the back of my notebook during class and would always check and wear test my friend's own black & white pair, and he also have the og white & blue pair to match with their uni's, as somehow their school were sponsored by Nike. Hopefully Nike would bring 'em og colorways back as I'd really love to own one of em especially the black & white pair. Thank you for showing some mad love as well on these bad boys, as these didn't get as much love as it deserves. I really thought they'd retroed it again, when I saw it in your page/channel, I just got so excited about it, haha! Awesome content as always and cool interview with A.C. for giving us some details on how it went down back then. 💯❤️
Great interview. Glad you got this opportunity, Chris. Really awesome hearing the process behind the shoes and seeing the original design sketches. Hope you get to do this again with other designers. Had the OG Pip 1. Really cool, underrated line. Maybe someday we'll get a retro Pippen 1 PE with Zoom and Pippen 2 playoff.
This shoe is so under rated. The neoprene sock is so soft. the support is very sturdy. the herringbone traction works really well. The look is so sleek. Designed after 51 mercury hot Rod, I never knew that.
I finally had the time to watch this an it did not dissapoint at all, amazing conversation with the designer, hopefully you guys can make the video talking about the third desing.
Chris, I loved this shoe, but couldn’t afford them in high school. I was relegated to Ross/Marshals until I got a job. This was Awesome! Love your channel and have for years. Keep doin your thing, man.
This is definitely why is subscribed to WearTesters. I got goosebumps and geeked out hearing about the story, inner makings, relationship Aaron Cooper had with Pippen was Awesome. Great job on this interviewing video!
❤❤❤❤❤ this was fire 🔥!!! I’m 43 and been a sneaker head since 17 yrs old…this interview had a next level of depth and perfectly executed,had me remembering some good old times and brought back some dope memories buying all the OG pippens. Keep up the amazing work , you make sac proud my guy!
Wow, great video! Love hearing the process and how much thought shoe designers have with not just the company but the player. Then even having their own “personality” come through on the design as well. Love hearing the passion coming through Aaron’s voice and description. Great work! Hope to see many more videos like this!!
loved the interview. to me it sounds like the designers are all about telling a story with the shoes yet Nike doesnt incorporate any additional pieces to come in the box with the shoes. i do enjoy the story behind the designs.
This shoe is one of my many Great White Buffalos. I was gearing up for Steve Kerr’s basketball camp in Tucson, AZ one summer and my grandma let me choose my shoe at Foot Locker: it was between the Pippen 2’s and the OG colorways of the Griffey Max 3’s. Griff was my favorite player at the time, didn’t think about BBall performance. I regret not getting the Pippens to this day…
One of my absolute favorite shoes EVER! I played ball in the blue ones because it matched my school colors. Man, I wish they would bring them back in OG form.
Whoop, Whoop! that was some top level content. Great interview, love all the design philosophy and backstory that Aaron gave. Chris seemed like a kid in a candy store getting to ask all those questions there. As others are saying if you get the chance to do something like this again it'd be awesome! Cheers
Simply amazing my man!! That was a priceless interview, chalk full of knowledge for those of us that grew up in that Era! Thank you for your hard work Chris, it's what puts you on your own planet.
Im blown away at the quality of this interview and video. One of my faves so far, and i was never even really a fan of this shoe when it came out as i was a Penny guy. BUT, he's right, once you hear the stories it completely changes your mind! Props Chris, keep it up!
Great content Chris! love the interview, with all the history and storytelling behind the shoe, you can't get this in depth info other than from the designer themselves. never liked the Pippen 2s when it released specially since i thought the Pippen 1 was an awesome debut signature shoe and had hoped that the follow up shoe would be in the same design aesthetic-wise. but I have deeper appreciation now after learning about its history and tech specs. you deliver the best story telling when it comes to the history of basketball shoes.
Probably your best video Chris (and i've probably seen them all). So amazing that you could interview the designer after all this years and he was so insightful. Congratulations.
This is video is your best yet. Not enough superlatives to describe it. Pippen is my favorite player too so I’m a little biased. I would love to see the Air Up Pippen PE. White/silver/ and 33 on the heel.
Awesome interview Chris, super interesting and informative, really enjoyed it! Love to see more of the same. I wore J's every year on court since '89, but I missed out on the Pip's here locally in Oz. If Nike released those Zoom Pippen 3 again with full zoom air, I would buy those even now to hoop in for sure! I think they're one of the best looking bball sneakers ever made, remind me of the Jordan 10 Chicago. I would love to see how they perform on court, so come on Nike, please retro the Zoom Pip's! 🙂
For some reason I was smiling through the entire video. Just makes you appreciate even more some of the products not just stepping on them. Thank you. This was really entertaining and informative at the same time.
For me there's only one Jordan shoe and that's the 12 And then the only shoe that can match is the Pippen 2.. Oh man this takes me back to high school hoops😢....Thank you 🙏
Senior year of HS I had the blue ones as my practice shoes and the home color Penny 4s as my game shoes. What a time! A few years later, I bought the playoff/black color of the Pippen 2s from a buddy. We definitely need another retro run of these.
Awesome interview , I’m recently going to school for mechanical engineering and want to get into the shoe industry. Been drawing shoes since 1st grade. This give me more insight.
Dude…I had the black ones back in 98 and bar none, it IS one of the greatest hoop shoes ever!!! I have the black Jordan 1 Centre Courts and the leather is VERY similar in texture and quality…PIPs might have had thicker cuts but it was very close. Great performers and I can’t believe they haven’t retro’d that colorway…with all of Pips wacky takes, I’d be surprised if we ever see a Nike Pippen release again. Great vid Chris!
Way to go Chris! That was an amazing interview. I was geeking out whenever Aaron shows his drawings and explained how he went about designing the shoe. Don't blame us if we demand for Tinker next. Peace out.
Loved these, had the White and Red my Junior year of High School and later got the White and Blue going into my senior year. Great shoe to hoop in too with that zoom air unit
I had the playoff version. I loved them to bits! I initially thought they were boring in the catalogues but in person they were magic. I loved the ankle collar.
C'mon Nike and retro these Pippen 2s again.
They probably will but expect them to make then cheap with no zoom air like they did the jumpman pro , Nike is ridiculous
@@johnmarston4002 yeah bro that sucks 😞😔.
Jordan might not let that happen.
Black/silver Pippen 2s and Pippen 5s please
IIRC they retroed the 2 in 2009..was an all eggplant colorway
Such an awesome interview. Please get more designers on the show to talk about their process. You’re the best person to ask those questions as a Bball sneaker geek. Thanks for featuring this shoe and the designer
I am looking so long for this model! Nike must re-release them asap! Awesome interview Chris! Can't wait to listen and other designers too.
Wow, what an awesome and unexpected video! I’m hoping more designers pick up on the public wanting to know the stories behind their designs and become more transparent. Especially since many have moved onto other companies.
This video most likely jumped to the top of my favorite WearTesters videos. As a kid growing up during the era of these Pippens and Pennys, this interview had me geeked out. Pippen sneakers were one of the sneakers that found really cool during those times especially that Pippen 2. I remember watching Pippen missing the potential game-tying three in Game 1 of the '98 Finals wearing those, and throwing his gum on the floor. More power to you, guys! Always a fan.
And this is the reason you have the best sneaker channel. Bringing the history to an underrated yet not forgotten sneaker. I had the OG Blues in 1998. Thanks, Chris.
Appreciate that
I've been around this channel for a very long time now, and this ranks up there as one of my favorite videos in channel history!
I would love to see this shoe get the treatment that the Zoom GP did back in 2019.
Great video... I wish it was much longer. There is so much great information about what goes on in performance footwear design. Great job Chris and Weartesters...
Hands down an amazing interview! Great questions, awesome and surprising answers! Pippen 2 and 3 need great quality retros for sure!
I could see the young Chris shining through the whole interview and it brought the younger sneakerhead in me as well. Could’ve watched a full hour of this interview. Great stuff.
This was soooo awesome. AC was dropping gems the whole video, a legend of sneaker design. Awesome to see Chris, another legend, get to learn more about this shoe too
Awesome awesome interview! I never knew how much work went into producing these shoes but I love how Aaron infused Scottie’s personality in his shoes. I wish they’d retro the Pippen 1s and 2s. I’ve never been able to own a pair but they would be special in my collection.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Honestly we deserve a retro! Aaron Coop was the main man!!!
Those original sketches are absolutely amazing! Thank you both for this conversation.
This interview was dope I think the fact that Chris knows his stuff also engages Aaron even more to share his insights 😊👍🏿🖤
One of your best videos. Educational and entertaining. Well done, everyone 👍🏻
Thank you very much!
From the mid-late 90's, Nike could do no wrong, especially with their basketball sneakers. I wanted these Pips a lot back in '98/99, but I wanted the Jordan 13's and 14's more lol.
😂 💯 👏
This is an incredible interview and video! This is one of the things that I love about Weartesters, you get a shoe review, you tech specs, and you get a great backstory. I've never gotten this amount of information from another channel!
The Playoff 2 color way was so sleek. Understated and explosive. Bring 'em back!
They should nickname that shoe "Bad Back Game" 🔥🔥
being a basketball sneaker geek watching this just brings so much WOW factor! so much learned from 90s NIKE Classic Basketball Sneakers that are timeless! bringing back the 90s! thanks for this nightwing!
I can't wait to see more stuff like this. Get the creators on the show and sharing pure sneaker stories. Legendary.
Perfect example of why your channel is above the rest.
That was the dopest 26 minutes and 56 seconds EVER!
@2:45 “doo doo brown” 😂☝🏾
You’re the ONLY channel where I can watch your content more than once. That being said, I can see myself watching this one over and over. So many fascinating details in this one. You’ve got the dopest shoe content on TH-cam no question ☝🏾 ETA And yes, bring back Aaron Cooper to talk about more stuff. Curious to learn about the evolution of the Pippen 3 he mentioned at the end.
Nice to see Pippen getting some love for sneaker retro game. The Flight Lite 2 Mid and Air More Uptempo came out and now the Pippen 2. Gotta release the rest of his shoe line.
Man I loved these when I was younger. Cleaned the white before every game. Extremely hard to get on my feet even at 12 years old but comfy.
Also I’ll add that I think Giannis shoe team borrows from these a lot.
Gotta see more of these retro model reviews
I loved the interview, I was trying not to geek out as well. I lived in Chicago during the whole jordan pippen run. The look of this shoe is amazing. The comment about Nike wanting people to buy their shoes and not price gauge kinda made me smirk. Like really Nike. Keep up the great work Chris, hope to see more interviews as well.
Chris + Pip + Coop = legendary WT episode 👏🏼
The Glove are some of my most wanted and favorite shoes ever. That tease!
Great Video Chris killing it as always....I remember having the Pippin 1s & two's and playing in them as a kid us 80s & 90s babies and kid's had the best sneakers....We get good stuff today but not like the stuff we had...
Same here! Their were air bubbles on that sneaker everywhere and I loved it 🙌
This is such a cool video! Love that you were able to talk to the actual designer, as it gave so much insight into why the shoe ended up the way it did
I had these maybe 15 years back. Bought at outlet prices. At the time folks didn't seem too interested in them! They were great. Just a good fit and playability. Nice tumbled leather. Great lacing system, and no extraneous features that made you scratch your head.
Wow. I had these in 6th grade!! Completely forgot about this shoe. Taking me back. Great times!
I been on EBay all morning looking at 90s -2000s retros to cop. If Nike /Jordan Brand won’t do it I’ll do it myself 😅
This is AMAZING!!! It’s awesome how you can be doing a channel for so long and not only NOT burn out but provide so much info that we need and would want to know.. This is a TRUE SNEAKERHEAD CHANNEL.. No hypebeast. Thx bro frfr
Thanks so much!!
I really fell in love with this shoe from the moment I saw them on the first issue of Kicks or through the last pages of Slam where they showcase what are the latest shoes go'n be out in the market. I used to draw this model at the back of my notebook during class and would always check and wear test my friend's own black & white pair, and he also have the og white & blue pair to match with their uni's, as somehow their school were sponsored by Nike. Hopefully Nike would bring 'em og colorways back as I'd really love to own one of em especially the black & white pair. Thank you for showing some mad love as well on these bad boys, as these didn't get as much love as it deserves. I really thought they'd retroed it again, when I saw it in your page/channel, I just got so excited about it, haha! Awesome content as always and cool interview with A.C. for giving us some details on how it went down back then. 💯❤️
Great interview. Glad you got this opportunity, Chris. Really awesome hearing the process behind the shoes and seeing the original design sketches. Hope you get to do this again with other designers.
Had the OG Pip 1. Really cool, underrated line. Maybe someday we'll get a retro Pippen 1 PE with Zoom and Pippen 2 playoff.
Love this talk with Aaron! Hope you can do more of these kind of interviews with industry people!
This shoe is so under rated. The neoprene sock is so soft. the support is very sturdy. the herringbone traction works really well. The look is so sleek. Designed after 51 mercury hot Rod, I never knew that.
i had em in 98.... heheheh so cute
Thank you for reviewing these, this was my PAL league basketball shoe back in the day and I wore these into the ground.
I finally had the time to watch this an it did not dissapoint at all, amazing conversation with the designer, hopefully you guys can make the video talking about the third desing.
Aaron gave such a thorough answer to that first question. Sheesh. I’m happy to see this type of content fr!!!!
Chris, I loved this shoe, but couldn’t afford them in high school. I was relegated to Ross/Marshals until I got a job. This was Awesome! Love your channel and have for years. Keep doin your thing, man.
This is definitely why is subscribed to WearTesters. I got goosebumps and geeked out hearing about the story, inner makings, relationship Aaron Cooper had with Pippen was Awesome. Great job on this interviewing video!
Great discussion. Community service, right there. Thank you Chris!
This was SO insightful...and interesting! Love that you were able to have a discussion with a designer!! More of these PLEASE!
Excellent video, you two! More of this please! 🔥🔥🔥
one of m fave shoes of all time as well love the pip line this is one of the best episodes 🙌
“nobody’s house” lol.. but ‘em pair screams the 90s. love it. 💯🔥
❤❤❤❤❤ this was fire 🔥!!! I’m 43 and been a sneaker head since 17 yrs old…this interview had a next level of depth and perfectly executed,had me remembering some good old times and brought back some dope memories buying all the OG pippens. Keep up the amazing work , you make sac proud my guy!
Loved the "Reach out", the indepth Interview for all of us fans!! That was Big!!! Thanks
Wow, great video! Love hearing the process and how much thought shoe designers have with not just the company but the player. Then even having their own “personality” come through on the design as well.
Love hearing the passion coming through Aaron’s voice and description. Great work! Hope to see many more videos like this!!
This is probably the best content you’ve come up with Chris. Job well done! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
I 100% agree. I had those originals for basketball when I was a kid in the white with red and I loved them.
Props for dropping this video on a Friday…coming through like a father with gifts in hand at the end of the week…on Fathers Day Weekend no less!
loved the interview. to me it sounds like the designers are all about telling a story with the shoes yet Nike doesnt incorporate any additional pieces to come in the box with the shoes. i do enjoy the story behind the designs.
YES FINALLY SOMEONE IS TALKING BOUT THE PIPS. I HAD THE BLK N GRAY PAIR. Pls do the 3’s too. I had those next.
This shoe is one of my many Great White Buffalos. I was gearing up for Steve Kerr’s basketball camp in Tucson, AZ one summer and my grandma let me choose my shoe at Foot Locker: it was between the Pippen 2’s and the OG colorways of the Griffey Max 3’s.
Griff was my favorite player at the time, didn’t think about BBall performance. I regret not getting the Pippens to this day…
LOVE IT! Super interesting and informational. Do more of these: Pippen 3 ;)
One of my absolute favorite shoes EVER! I played ball in the blue ones because it matched my school colors. Man, I wish they would bring them back in OG form.
I had these back in the 12th grade, I rocked red laces with mine. I would definitely buy these again.
This type of stuff is game changing in the sneaker TH-cam space
This was dope. I go nuts for the stories and tech. I used to treat Eastbay catalogs like holy parchment 📜
Already know this is going to be a special video.
Whoop, Whoop! that was some top level content. Great interview, love all the design philosophy and backstory that Aaron gave. Chris seemed like a kid in a candy store getting to ask all those questions there. As others are saying if you get the chance to do something like this again it'd be awesome! Cheers
Simply amazing my man!! That was a priceless interview, chalk full of knowledge for those of us that grew up in that Era! Thank you for your hard work Chris, it's what puts you on your own planet.
Chris been watching since the Nightwings days you are the goat.
I agree. I loved these shoes as a kid. My Mom and Dad looked out for me and got me all the shoes I wanted in the 90s. But I missed these smh.
Im blown away at the quality of this interview and video. One of my faves so far, and i was never even really a fan of this shoe when it came out as i was a Penny guy. BUT, he's right, once you hear the stories it completely changes your mind! Props Chris, keep it up!
AMAZING VIDEO...we called those the "Slicks" because there wasn't a ton of "flash" to them, and they were damn near as comfortable as the Zoom Pennys.
Great content Chris! love the interview, with all the history and storytelling behind the shoe, you can't get this in depth info other than from the designer themselves. never liked the Pippen 2s when it released specially since i thought the Pippen 1 was an awesome debut signature shoe and had hoped that the follow up shoe would be in the same design aesthetic-wise. but I have deeper appreciation now after learning about its history and tech specs. you deliver the best story telling when it comes to the history of basketball shoes.
Probably your best video Chris (and i've probably seen them all). So amazing that you could interview the designer after all this years and he was so insightful. Congratulations.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I listen to this while working then, take my lunch and watch the whole video again. Best on the tube. Thanks Chris!
Glad you enjoy it!
Excellent interview thank you
This is video is your best yet. Not enough superlatives to describe it. Pippen is my favorite player too so I’m a little biased. I would love to see the Air Up Pippen PE. White/silver/ and 33 on the heel.
Glad you enjoyed it 😃
I had these in white and blue. I loved them. I think they still look great too. Man, I wish I had a pair. 😁
This is one of the best episodes. There is so much info given in this video.
Amazing. Finally we hear it from the designer's side.
I still have three pairs of these. Honestly one of the best basketball shoes to actually play ball in. Ankle support is phenomenal!
GOAT TALK. This was fire asf
That was incredible, thank you.
Damnnnnn, Aaron Cooper with knowledge! Pippen 2 just got even better in my books! Thanks for doing this video!
What a great video Chris!! Thanks a bunch!!
Awesome interview Chris, super interesting and informative, really enjoyed it! Love to see more of the same.
I wore J's every year on court since '89, but I missed out on the Pip's here locally in Oz. If Nike released those Zoom Pippen 3 again with full zoom air, I would buy those even now to hoop in for sure! I think they're one of the best looking bball sneakers ever made, remind me of the Jordan 10 Chicago.
I would love to see how they perform on court, so come on Nike, please retro the Zoom Pip's! 🙂
For some reason I was smiling through the entire video. Just makes you appreciate even more some of the products not just stepping on them. Thank you. This was really entertaining and informative at the same time.
I had these kicks growing up they were one of my favorite kicks. This vid brings back memories. Thank you 😊
For me there's only one Jordan shoe and that's the 12 And then the only shoe that can match is the Pippen 2.. Oh man this takes me back to high school hoops😢....Thank you 🙏
Senior year of HS I had the blue ones as my practice shoes and the home color Penny 4s as my game shoes. What a time! A few years later, I bought the playoff/black color of the Pippen 2s from a buddy. We definitely need another retro run of these.
“Logs on to TH-cam.”
1. 26 min video = 😯
2 video is about pippen 2 = 😱
3 Aaron cooper = 🤯
Great interview, I loved it. You spoil us Chris, we will need more of those interviews in the future.
Awesome interview , I’m recently going to school for mechanical engineering and want to get into the shoe industry. Been drawing shoes since 1st grade. This give me more insight.
Dude…I had the black ones back in 98 and bar none, it IS one of the greatest hoop shoes ever!!! I have the black Jordan 1 Centre Courts and the leather is VERY similar in texture and quality…PIPs might have had thicker cuts but it was very close. Great performers and I can’t believe they haven’t retro’d that colorway…with all of Pips wacky takes, I’d be surprised if we ever see a Nike Pippen release again. Great vid Chris!
I need these so bad. My favorite hoop shoes of all time
Chrissss! You stayed true to your word on reviewing these!!🔥🔥🔥
You guys read my mind with this one! I was just thinking earlier this week why there aren’t more Pippen reviews ..? 🤔
Scottie was my favorite player growing up. I had the white and blue pair as well as the playoff pair. Neeeeeeed a retro
Way to go Chris! That was an amazing interview. I was geeking out whenever Aaron shows his drawings and explained how he went about designing the shoe. Don't blame us if we demand for Tinker next. Peace out.
Loved these, had the White and Red my Junior year of High School and later got the White and Blue going into my senior year. Great shoe to hoop in too with that zoom air unit
I had the playoff version. I loved them to bits!
I initially thought they were boring in the catalogues but in person they were magic.
I loved the ankle collar.