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Nike Inc, is an American sportswear company. The company was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sport by student Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman. Knight was a middle-distance runner for Oregon University team and Bowerman coached local team. Both of them felt the lack of good equipment for the competition at an affordable price. In fact, the only serious brand in this area was then Adidas, but, unfortunately, their athletic shoes were highly priced and the products of local companies for…

significant in various other ways. For those who don’t know, Joey Bada$$ is a 20 year old rapper that hails from Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, and when “1999” was released in 2012, Joey was at the young age of 17. 1999 's album artwork is of two boys skateboarding in the streets in a place where we can assume is Brooklyn, with the numbers "1999" entered in bold blue print, laying on a yellow backsplash. Chances are you may not have heard of Joey…

Hedonism is an objective Value Theory which asserts that the only intrinsically valuable thing is pleasure. However, it does not mean pleasure in the sense it is typically thought of. Hedonists believe there are two types of pleasure: physical pleasure and attitudinal pleasure. Many people believe that physical pleasure is the important pleasure for modern Hedonists; however, this is not the case. Though physical pleasure may contribute to your attitudinal pleasure, they are not good in and of…

Rebirth of Youth Sports “Barcelona?” I asked, looking at my coach. My team was invited to Barcelona for a soccer camp a couple years ago. Who would’ve thought that playing soccer as a kid would have led me to going out of the country for a week? My childhood revolved around sports, whether it was soccer, track, or cross country. All of my siblings participated in some sort of sport while I was growing up, so I was always active. I grew up with a different lifestyle than a lot of kids, spending…

Throughout my adolescence, my identity has been developed in many ways by many different factors. Early on in adolescence, I was very impressionable and got aspects of my identity from others however when I entered crisis my identity developed. James Marcia classifies identity development in adolescence into four stages and I believe I passed through all of them to get to where I am today (Marcia pp401). Early on in adolescence, I had no sense of direction; however, I found my identity through…

SWOT Analysis “SWOT analysis is a careful evaluation of an organization’s internal strengths and weaknesses as well as its environmental opportunities and threats” (Griffin, 2015, p. 72). SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. SWOT analysis is a vital strategy applied to realize strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of either an organization or individual. SWOT analysis strategy empowers a business to discover its strong and weak points. “In SWOT analysis,…

Sponsors professional athletes in snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding, wakeboarding, motocross, and the biking communities. They have also released a wide range of NBA color themes, and are sponsoring several NBA teams. 13. Social responsibility - supporting Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC), a nonprofit, youth-focused…

both sell apparel like t-shirts, shorts, pants, and socks for any sport imaginable. People that are into running have apparel that fits their needs at both stores. The ones who are into basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, baseball, golf, skateboarding, surfing, and tennis can each find their gear at either company. Of course, they both sell other items like headbands, hats, backpacks, shoes, and many different kinds of items that are common. However, Under Armour has only one brand, which…

End of Print is a visual document which allows readers gain a good insight of Carson’s distinctive works and his design approach that breaks the existed rules. The End of Print presents Carson’s work including the magazines such as Transworld Skateboarding, Surfer, Beach Culture and Ray Gun and the advertisements for clients such as Nike, Pepsi, MTV and Sony. So, readers can tracks his earlier works. In addition, the End of Print points out the role of type in emerging digital…

distributor of athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for a variety of sports and fitness activities. NIKE sells its products under its own brand, as well as, Air Jordan, Nike Blazers, Nike+ Air, Force 1, Nike Dunk, Air Max ,Nike Skateboarding, and subsidiaries including Brand Jordan, Hurley International and Converse. Starting the way from the mission statement “If you have a body, you are an athlete, the company’s main objectives to minimize environmental footprint, transform…