John Kim 
Oddly enough, Dunks and skating go hand in hand (or foot on deck). As Stefan Janoski told us in our interview with him last month, Dunks and Air Jordan 1s were the go-to sneaker for skaters who weren’t sponsored by a brand or a shop, which is why Nike used the Dunk as a test-subject of sorts with the Pro B releases of the late 90’s. In Holiday of 2005, Nike Skateboarding paid homage to the 20th Anniversary of Nike Dunk by releasing the original seven installments of the Be True To Your School Series, which included Kentucky, Villanova, Michigan, UNLV, St. John’s, Iowa, and Syracuse (which Supreme sorta did with their 2003 collaboration). Instead of the original leather, these SB version were built with suede and came accompanied with special-edition hangtags. These were released sporadically in October, November, and December, and to this is considered by many of the older sneakerheads to be one of the greatest High-top SB Dunks ever released. A look at all seven is just below, so check out Classics Revisited and let us know which of the seven you own!
Nike SB Dunk High “Be True To Your School”
Holiday 2005
Nike SB Dunk High “Villanova”
White/Midnight Navy
305050-141
11/2005
Nike SB Dunk High “Kentucky”
White/Sport Royal
305050-142
11/2005
Nike SB Dunk High “St. John’s”
White/Varsity Red
305050-161
12/2005
Nike SB Dunk High “UNLV”
Medium Grey/Varsity Red
305050-061
10/2005
Nike SB Dunk High “Michigan”
Varsity Maize/Midnight Navy
305050-741
10/2005
Nike SB Dunk High “Iowa”
Black/Varsity Maize
305050-071
11/2005
Nike SB Dunk High “Syracuse”
White/College Orange
305050-181
10/2005
