September 3rd, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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Most of the Free-soled Kukini updates we’ve seen so far have featured OG-style two-toned colorways, but this latest look proves that June’s honeycomb/hexagon patterned pairs foreshadowed a colony that’s still to come. Treat your sneakerhead queen to the comfort and performance of this new Nike WMNS Kukini Free in a dark camouflage pattern, and watch her exhibit the same buzz that ensured August’s digi-camo Roshe Runs were sold out long before these arrived. Stick with Sneaker News to see which patterns come next and grab these today at Nike Sportswear dealers like Extra Butter.
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June 20th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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The triathlon is among the most challenging tests of endurance in the sporting world, so while Ironman athletes are neither comfortable during training nor their competitions, they’ve managed to bless the lifestyle market with one of its comfy-est new kicks for 2012. The Nike Kukini Free pairs a neoprene upper and proto-Flywire elastics with a grooved Free sole for one of the most effortlessly comforting designs available today. You can choose between the perennial favorite ‘bred’ look or go with the same Stealth and Total Orange combo that made the most recent Air Max 90 Hyperfuse so appealing, and both are yours for the taking from Finish Line.
Nike Kukini Free
541014-006 (Black)
541014-080 (Stealth)
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March 6th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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It was just last week that Sneaker News swiftly delivered word of a couple of Nike Kukini Frees scheduled to hit Nike Sportswear retailers in April, our earlier preview revealing that one more should be coming along soon. Let’s make that a total of four, now that this new colorway combining a Calypso blue upper with Soft Grey elastics and a white bottom. It’s the same basic build that’s typified the whole quartet we’ve seen to this point, but this new shade naturally stands out from the pack. Click through for more of this early ’00s Nike Running Free-mix in a ‘Tiffany’-like colorway and pre-order yours before they ship next month from CrookedTongues.
Nike Kukini Free
Calypso/Soft Grey-White
511444-301
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February 29th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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Much like the recently released Huarache Free Quickstrikes, the model pictured above takes a cult favorite classic runner and gives it a fresh twist courtesy of the barefoot-like Free sole. The Nike Kukini Free is a remix of 1998′s Air Kukini, a Presto-caged laceless design whose neoprene booty offers the kind of easy-on/easy-off appeal that’s big with triathletes. The style on this new Soar and Cyber combo is sure to find its share of fans in a variety of forward-looking sneakerheads (whether they’re Ironmen or not), its Sprite-meets-Spiderman look a nice alternative for a similar palette that manifests entirely differently on the recent Total Griffey Max 99 retro. Titolo expects to have these in stock in April just in time for the start of the baseball season, and you can start spring training with a visualization exercise involving more photos of these after the jump below.
Nike Kukini Free
Soar/Cyber-White
511444-400
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September 21st, 2011 by Aaron Hope
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The recent return of the OG Air Trainer SC IIs was more than welcome with the rabid cult following it’s built in recent years as the demand for a retro release built to a fever pitch. Here’s another model that was more obscure upon its debut and will probably always remain as such relative to the SC IIs, but the folks who are going to be into these should probably sit down before reading this. A trio of Air Kukunis were previewed around the turn of the year and judging by how long it’s been, you can consider them all but nixed. But this might not be entirely bad news, as perhaps Nike Sportswear was just clearing the way for the new Nike Kukini Free. It’s such an obvious match to have the Kukini’s elasticized skeleton lockdown system paired with the super-responsive Free 5.0 sole, and almost shocking when you consider how close in time these two looks debuted. Then again, it also goes to show how much the industry used to be regimented in its design when compared to the modularity that abounds with today’s ever-growing expanse of hybrids. So this is not only a dope minimalist runner, but also a statement on the last decade-plus of design evolution, and these three pairs should be in stores next summer. via CK
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