Great Scott! The Nike trainers similar to those worn by Michael J Fox in Back To The Future 2 (Picture: Allstar)

Technology has not yet given the world a hover board – but one of the more modest gadgets seen in Back To The Future may not be far off.

The self-lacing Nike trainers worn by Marty McFly in the sequel to the sci-fi classic could hit the shelves next year. Their arrival would coincide with the internal chronology of the film, which is partly set in 2015.

Nike’s Tinker Hatfield was asked about the possibility of trainers at the Jordan Brand’s Flight Lab in New Orleans.

‘Are we gonna see power laces in 2015? To that, I say yes,’ the designer said.


Power laces, all right! (Picture: Universal)

In the 1989 sequel, Marty – played by Michael J Fox – is taken by surprise when he tries on the trainers and exclaims: ‘Power laces, all right!’



In 2011, Nike produced a limited edition replica of the shoes called the Air Mag.

A total of 1,500 pairs were auctioned on eBay, raising millions of pounds for the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

Speculation that power laces could be on the way first emerged in 2009 when Nike filed a patent for an ‘automatic lacing system’ that also included an ‘automatic ankle cinching system’.