The intertubes have been buzzing off a report from the website Sole Collector that we can expect to see power laced shoes, made famous in the movie Back to the Future II, in 2015.

In an interview at Jordan Brand’s Flight Lab, shoe designer Tinker Hatfield was quoted by the site as saying:

Are we gonna see power laces in 2015? To that, I say YES!

Immediately something didn’t sit right with me, so I dug around for actual video of the interview, and having reviewed it, I think folks might want to edit their reports.

The full quote was:

Are we gonna see power laces in 2015? To that, I say YES! (cheers/applause) Not a whole lot of them.

That “not a whole lot of them” part has me scratching my head. Will we see “self-tying” shoes in 2015, it sounds like we probably will, but I’m thinking this might be a very limited run, or more than likely proof of concept designs. Possibly Nike will produce some and auction them off like they did a few years ago to some non-power laced shoes. Don’t expect them to line shelves though. In other words, chill out.

Overall though, I think this is another case where folks need to go to the actual source, before getting too excited.

Here’s the full video, and you can judge for yourself.