Beyond perceptions of quality, other brand associations might be transferred to the spon- sor, Several classic examples include the Air Jordan basketball shoe and the Mountain Dew sponsorship of action sports. Cainciding with their launch of the Air Jordan basketball shoe (containing Nike's then-revolutionary technology), Nike ran an advertisement air pocket featur- Ave people who snowboard more to dink ing a young Jordan running and jumping to the Tharb the idea Mountan Dew hoces to convey by "exene sports. background noise of a jet engine. (22) This ad provided the nexus for Nike to create the percep. tion that the Air Jordan helped ple jump higher whereas Nike used an athlete endorse. ment to create a brand association. Mountain Dew used a new sporting genre to completely redefine its image Dating back to 1960, Mountain Dew was perceived to be a drink of people in rural areas (mostly the southern United States). In 1 Mountain Dew launched a new campaign under the tagline "Do the Dew" that featured people taking part in risk-taking activities such as skydiving. They followed this up by becoming one of the first sponsors to get involved with the emerging action sports captured by events such as the x Games and the Dew Action Sports Tour (note the title sponson.By undertaking these actions Mountain Dew completely redefined itself as coal, edgy, and exciting (23)