Last week we visited Nike headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Nike is playing a larger than ever role in the Beijing Olympic games this August, so they wanted to show off some of the new technology that athletes will be competing with.

Fashion junkies will take notice of the other Nike launch happening in August, but I can’t talk about that yet. You’ll hear more on MTV this summer as well as right here (and every good streetwear blog) next month.

Nike campus. In between the man made lakes, there’s buildings named after sport legends. We spent most of our time in the Tiger Woods building, played basketball in the Bo Jackson gym, and walked by the Ken Griffey Jr. and Michael Jordan buildings. At any given time, among the offices you’ll see Jordan’s 69 point ball (click to watch a video of it), Pre’s runner, Ben Johnson’s spike, or Bo’s equipment.

Oh, and the cafeteria is a sports pub with autographed photos all over the walls:

Kobe Bryant showed up to introduce his new sneaker the Hyperdunk. Since last week this has been made famous by Kobe’s Hyperjump viral video.

The labs where they design and test all of the materials are usually off limits to cameras and tours, but they let us in to see all of their motion capture equipment and fabric swatches. It’s a science lab for sneakers.

Sandy Bodecker’s amazing office

Thanks to everyone who rocked on the trip, especially Curtis, Tim, Mike, Jane, Hernan, Peace Magazine, Inquiringmind, and Karen at Flare.