Sneaker News Supreme’s spelunking of the Swoosh archives continues this Fall/Winter 2026 season with the first-ever re-release of the Air Max 2000.
Lately, the NYC-founded street/skate label has stuck to classics like the Air Max 1 and SB Dunk Low, but gong the obscure and unpredictable route is still a main part of their partnership with Nike. For example, they’ll be releasing an SB version of the Air Max CB 34 Low, a low-top version of Charles Barkley’s most famous signature shoe.
The Air Max 2000 debuted in the year 2000, although at the time Nike was still labeling its flagship product simply as “Air Max” (the years would be added on for distinction). This specific silhouette was part of the brand’s unforgettable Alpha Project in 1999, which explored well beyond design conventions and went out of the box, even for Nike’s standards. Shoes under the Alpha Project were marked by five dots; some of the more well-known pairs to come out of that initiative were the Air Presto and Zoom Huarache 2k4. Alpha Project came to a close by the mid-2000s.
Where the Air Max 2000 stands in the history of the Air Max running family is, quite honestly, in the back of the bus. This model didn’t quite have its hooks on sneaker fans, but that was largely due to Nike’s concentration on Shox as the next “it” cushioning platform. Like many Air Max models of the 2000s, these were overlooked.
It’s unclear if Nike has plans of bringing the silhouette to market as a larger-scale comeback, or if these are just a one-and-done project similar to 2021’s Supreme Air Max 96. According to source bubblekoppe, this collaboration will be part of Supreme’s FW26 seasonal collection. Below are images of an original pair from 2000.
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- Original Nike Air Max 2000 roots.bk
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- Original Nike Air Max 2000 roots.bk
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- Original Nike Air Max 2000 roots.bk
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- Original Nike Air Max 2000 roots.bk
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- Original Nike Air Max 2000 roots.bk
