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When nearing the end of the the school year, high-school kids go as far as counting down the minutes and seconds until the last day of classes, marking the official start of summer vacation. That might not be the case for Austin Jermacans, who has proven to us that he’s not the average high-school kid. Instead, May 29th is the latest date to be circled on his calendar because that’s when his winning design of the 2009 Future Sole Design Competition will officially release for retail purchase. Unfortunately there is no special packaging or inserts for this release, but you can see Future Sole proudly branded on the forefoot strap. The Future Sole Melo M6 will release at select Jordan Brand retailers like Extra Butter, so don’t miss out!
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It’s going to be a hot summer for the Air Jordan IX but let’s kick off the summer months right by copping a pair of the Air Jordan IX Powder Blue. If you haven’t realized by now, the color used on the Retro is actually University Blue, not the original Dark Powder Blue, but there’s no sense in crying over spilled milk. This color combination was a classic then and will be a classic now, as this long awaited Retro finally hits tomorrow. Some places had these early but if you’ve already marked your calendars and budgeted your monthly sneaker fix (and actually maintained the discipline to not pay more to cop these early), grab your pair from Exit-36 or on eBay.
Style: 302370-103
Color: White/Black-University Blue
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In typical Nike style, a pack has been created to help celebrate this year’s World Expo hosted in Shanghai. The Quickstrike pack consists of a Blazer Mid 09 and Air Max 90; two classic styles fitting to appeal to the diverse masses that the World Expo attracts. While there’s no surprise that an Asia-inspired would utilize a rich red, the graphic pattern found on the AM90′s mudguard and Blazer’s medial panel is a unique take of the Chinese National Pavilion.
Though both pairs tie in with the same aesthetic, it’s the different material application that creates a distinction of each pair. The Blazer utilizes super premium leather for the medial panel. No photo can do it justice; it’s only obvious to the touch. To contrast the soft leather, ripstop nylon is found on both the vamp and the Swooth. Another applique that readers might not have been aware of is the pearlized patent for the white midsole trim that wraps around the entire shoe.
Moving onto the Air Max 90, the first noticeable difference from the Blazer is the use of mesh in the vamp. Patent leather sees to this pair as well, but more prominent as its used for the upper overlay. The mudguard is where the China Pavilion pattern is found, but on a typical leather seen on most Nike products. The pattern is also found on the collar, however now seen on canvas rather than leather. Finally detailing, as well as the China theme, translates on the insole, created by similar lines of the China Crown concept but with bursts of colors. Already released, these have become one of the best conceptual packs to come out Nike, and certainly one of the biggest disappointments for US consumers as the pack is an Asia-exclusive.
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Over a week ago Sneaker News reported a great new women’s colorway of the classic Nike Blazer Mid that housed an incredible multi-colored graphic on the side-wall of the shoe. Given a curious nickname of “Changing Faces”, this graphic was also featured on WMNS Big Nike Low. The Changing Faces moniker may be indecipherable (or almost irrelevant) because the graphic isn’t like anything we’ve seen before. We reported these to be available overseas but are now available for purchase stateside from shaolin8 on eBay.
Style: 317808-008
Color: Black/Orion Blue-Purple
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It’s almost been ten years since Nike SB’s inception and almost six years since we last saw a Nike SB URL model. At the height of Nike SB’s hype, the URL was removed from the Nike SB product line as skateboarding was no longer a true focus of the micro-brand. The Nike SB URL and E-Cue both shed the classic chunky skate-shoe design and went with a sleeker, almost low-top basketball shoe look but unfortunately the forward-thinking URL was way too ahead of its time. Most of our readers might not even be able to pinpoint the URL from a line-up but this unreleased scrapped sample proves that Nike may have had some creative plans for the shoe.
The pair pictured here was part of a scrapped Nike SB Beer Pack; representing Dos Equis, the beer of choice of the Most Interesting Man in the World, this special URL features a brown/red colorway with the Dos Equis logo on the tongue. We know the only shoe of the Nike SB Beer Pack that ever surfaced was the Nike SB Dunk Low Heineken, and it went on to be one of the SB Dunk GOATs. One point of interest is the presence of two different product tags that have different dates printed; one from late 2001 before the URL was introduced and another from 2003 which coincides somewhat with the release of the Heineken SB Dunk. Could this great colorway have changed the URL’s fate? Check out the images after the jump and test your auction luck by bidding on this pair from pdoggy85 on eBay.
Style: 305997-671
Color: Team Red/Metallic Gold-Light Chocolate
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Is 2010 the year of the Jordan Retro or the year of the Foamposite? It’s a tough call at this point but these recent updates from the Nike Sportswear Twitter reveal an interesting plan in the works involving Foamposite. It could be a new colorway of a Foamposite One, Pro, or 1/2 Cent, but according to the cryptic message above, it’s “something the world hasn’t felt before”. Perhaps we might see Foamposite on a shoe that’s never used it before. We’re nearing the halfway point of 2010 and it looks like we’re in for something groundbreaking for the second half based on what Nike has to say, so continue reading to see what Nike has been tweeting about Foamposite and chime in with your ideas; what do you think Nike plans to do for the next Foamposite shoe?
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Nike 6.0 continues to gain ground in their neverending race to escape the SB shadow, and here’s one of the best efforts yet from the Swoosh’s action sports division. The Nike 6.0 Melee appears with a silhouette that’s quite familiar, almost like a Dunk Low with an extra underlay piece on the side panels and an extra overlay on the heel cup area. This first pair appears in a familiar SB motif: camouflage, though these are photorealistic and thus more ‘detailed’ than Brian Anderson’s famous Dunk High SB. 2010 has been the strongest year yet for Nike Six and you can expect these as part of their Fall collection, so stick with Sneaker News for updates.
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Seeing netting on the uppers and yellow on the midsole and one might think of the Air Jordan IV Tour Yellow that released in 2007. But this combination of white, black, and yellow makes its way on the Jordan Flight 9, one of Jordan Brand’s latest is-it-a-hybrid? designs. The category (hybrid or new design) in which the Jordan Flight 9 falls in is nebulous but the classic styling shouldn’t be ignored. Get off that Retro high horse and pick up this latest colorway over at Finishline.
Style: 395553-104
Color: White/Black-Varsity Maize
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Kobe Bryant isn’t done yet. His Lakers squad just dropped two in a row to Phoenix but we all know that Kobe has something in store for the Suns once Game 5 returns to the Staples Center. But we’re talking about practice his shoes that are releasing this October. No, not the Nike Zoom Kobe VI, but three more colorways of the Kobe V. In October, you can expect two colorways; one grey/black/red – a poor man’s Aston Martin Zoom Kobe V – and another in white/black/del sol, and an all-purple rendition arriving in November. The Nike Zoom Kobe V only released in late December so a spill-over to the next season was expected – just like how the Kobe IV was still present during the ’09-’10 campaign. Continue reading for a better look and let us know which late-2010 release is best. via NT.
Style: 386430-006
Color: Wolf Grey/Black-Daring Red
Style: 386430-104
Color: White/Black-Del Sol-Metallic Silver
Style: 386430-500
Color: Ink/Metallic Silver-Black
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2010 has been a great year for Nike Dunk Highs in canvas, due in large part to the Nike Sportswear Six/True Colors World Cup collection. After the global football tourney wraps up this summer, Nike will release two new pairs of canvas Dunk Highs during their winter 2010 season, both of which rely on tonal designs. While they don’t have a nickname beyond, say, ‘canvas pack’, these new Dunks are very similar: both rock a single colored canvas upper with tonal leather Swooshes, midsoles and metal eyelets, and each has a black outsole. Choose from black or a nice deep pink color, and take a look at more shots of both after the jump. via Provider
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