Ken sits with former Nike teammate Nate Retzlaff, who worked on projects like the 1996 Air More Uptempo, Syracuse Basketball, Duke Basketball, Oregon Ducks Football, the Nike Triax watch, and much more. The two share some of the stories behind the designs for a few projects they worked on together and dive into the rest of Nate’s career after he left Organized Team Sports and hopped around through a few other divisions at Nike.

During this episode, Ken and Nate mention many other Nike team members as well as people they met and designed for during those adventurous early years. Here is a complete list of those mentioned.

* Dan Dehaven - Footwear Product Developer

* Angela Snow - VP of Product Graphic Design

* Todd Van Horne - Creative Director of Nike Team Sports

* David Turner - Organized Team Sports Football Apparel Designer

* Janett Nichol - Organized Team Sports Basketball Apparel Designer

* Steven Gomez - VP of Nike Apparel & First OTS GM

* Jim Boeheim - Syracuse University Head Basketball Coach

* Kevin Lyons - OTS Product Graphic Designer

* Wilson Smith - Nike Footwear Designer

* Gordon Thompson - VP of Nike Design

* Peter Valez - Nike Apparel Designer

* Joe Vernaccio - Nike Product Developer

* Jay Meschter - Nike Footwear & Innovation Designer

* Albert Shum - Nike Innovation Leader

* Ed Boyd - Nike TechLab Creative Director

* Laird Hamilton - Legendary Big Wave Surfer

* Mauricio Cordell - Nike Product Graphic Designer

* Marcus Bonfiglioli - Nike 3D Designer

* Bo Lupo - Nike 3D Design Leader

* Heron Preston - Fashion Designer

* Tinker Hatfield - OG Nike Footwear Designer

* Luke Pezzamente - Nike Apparel Designer

* Jordan Love - Green Bay Packers Quarterback

* Brett Favre - Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Quarterback

* Keith Crawford - Nike Product Graphic Designer

* Steve McClard - Nike Apparel Designer

* Howard Slusher - Nike General Council

* Georgetown University

* University of Oregon

* Syracuse University

* Green Bay Packers

* Las Vegas Raiders

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