SXH: To progress and continue to develop Nike is very important do you expect the winner to be influential in the future as the like of Tinker Hatfield, Tom Luedecke, Bruce Kilgore and such names?

Answer:Most definitely, I hope so. I mean there are several Nike Designers that never really thought they would be doing what they are doing today including myself. This was my dream since I was 11 but I never really thought I would fulfill it. This competition provides kids out there and opportunity to fulfill their dreams...

SXH: Thanks again for taking the time out to talk do you have any last words for anyone submitting design's for the competition.

Man, thank you VERY much for allowing me to share this competition with your readers. I really appreciate you doing this for us.

The first bit of advice would be please use the templates provided on the site. These are great guides to help you design a shoe that looks like a real shoe. Secondly, thank you all that enter and I hope that we get a chance to work together one day.

Finally, I would like to say thank you to everyone that has been apart of making this competition become reality. A lot of people have put in long hours, done things for us for free that would have cost thousands of dollars, we called on special favors to get the word out and to Melo for supporting it for us. We we able to get a lot done on no budget all to change kids lives and I pray that all of you kids out there take advantage of this opportunity.

Nike Future Sole Competition Details:

The Nike Future Sole competition began on January the 1st 2008 and you have 90 days to submit three designs then the finalists will be named on May the 15th 2008 before the winner is named on July the 15th 2008. To sign up and be involved all you need to do is go to the Nike Future Sole website and fill out the registration form.