For enthusiast and running people, Nike Cortez stood for classic. A letter to Netsuke from Bowman in October 14 wrote that in July, the sports shoes that you manufactured for me has surpassed my expectation on various sides, and this kid of sports shoes were more outstanding comparing to my asking standard. At that time, it was Bowman's duty to test various sneakers as well as responsible for offering feedbacks for Tiger. About Bowman's own design of training shoes, he expressed that a top runner who runs for a long distance and the record can achieve to one thousand and five hundred miles.
Although he did not mention the name, Bowman referred to Kenny Moore. He turned into not only the journalist who carried off a prize, but also became the author of a few books afterwards, which included the book called "Bowman and the Men of Oregon" that was published in 2006. As sales contract and letters showed on May 21, 1966, it can be known that three hundred pairs of TG24 "w/Mexico products series" that designed by Bowman were bought by the Blue Ribbon Sports Company, and in addition the series were loaded and transported on May 21, 1966.
Bowman's running shoes just met thenew air jordan shoesheld in Mexico that was also held in summer. Two years before the Olympic Games in 1968, Blue Ribbon Sports Company and Tiger have had sufficient time to promote TG-24 to the world's top runners. But they must give this kind of running shoes a more marketable name.
The four great events were named the Olympic Games, the Asian games, pan American games as well as Commonwealth Games in the 1960s. In order to meet the Olympic Games of Mexico that was held in 1968, "Mexico products series" were created. Bill Bowman's design, the "Mexican products lines" was considered to be Tiger's first type of running shoes of "Mexican products". Blue Ribbon Sports Company posted the mail advertising and the new name of the shoes was "Mexico" on January 30, 1967. This type of shoes was retailed for $ 9.95. Product Description wrote: "This is the first type of sample shoes among Mexican shoe of Tiger. In 1965, the United States have tested the shoes, and a distance of over 2,500 miles can be finished by athletes by wearing it.

This style of running shoes were endowed with a new name, which was "Aztec" in April 1967. The name presented on Blue Ribbon Sports Company's advertising and the company's mailers. The advertisement said that the predecessor of this type of running shoes was 'Mexico', which aimed to become the world's most prominent long-distance running training shoes.
For American athletes that were engaged in running for long distance, Aztec that has the function of shock absorption was regarded as a new product. As a result, it soon turned into the best-selling training shoes of Blue Ribbon Sports Company and Tiger. But Aztec was accused by Adidas Company of infringing upon Adidas's"Azteca Gold", which was a title of track shoes. Consequently, it was Tiger Aztec's destiny to change its name once more.