Matt Varga Update: Instant Skateboards has officially announced their Nike SB Air Force 1 “Color of the Month” project. Entirely exclusive to their Tokyo store, the shoe will be releasing via an online lottery for shipping only within Japan. Retail is set at ¥17,380 ($110.30); the raffle is open now and closes on October 9th. If all this applies to you, check the link HERE to enter.
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Mens Instant Skateboards x Nike SB Air Force 1
Original article published July 14th, 2026:
The “Color of the Month” series is perhaps best remembered as setting the style foundation for the Uptown, two-tone splits that came to define the choices of metro markets around the country for decades. However, it’s also a truly seminal moment on the business end, as Baltimore-area retailers helped to save the silhouette from the cemetery by issuing exclusive colorways that helped cement the DMV’s claim to being the true owners of the model.
Whether we, in all our hometown bias, would entirely agree with that final assessment is a different story, but we and Nike are in total synchronicity when it comes to venerating the “Color of the Month” ethos. Revived several times in the past decade and change, yet another revisitation is on the horizon, but with a few notable twists. Nike SB, in their stewardship over Bruce Kilgore’s design, is tapping four global storefronts to take on the slouchier, skate-ready Nike SB Air Force 1, and Instant Skateboards’ take is now finally revealed.
The footwear historians will immediately clock the “J-Pack” influence on the Shibuya store’s colorway. Though obviously looking to the cross-category hits from the mid-aughts, the “Pink Box” classic isn’t adapted one-to-one, as the Uptown eschews a blue leather toe in favor of a comprehensive black suede foundation. Still, shifting to the iconic aquatic tone on the Swoosh, heel cup, and branded call-outs at the rear makes the allusion concrete.
The Instant Skateboards x Nike SB Air Force 1 is expected out in the Holiday 2026 window, retailing for $120. Catch in-hand images below. We’ll have any additional developments regarding this pair and the rest of the group here and on our Sneaker Release Dates page.
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- Instant Skateboards x Nike SB Air Force 1 Low @kcscowboys1977/IG
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- Instant Skateboards x Nike SB Air Force 1 Low @kcscowboys1977/IG
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- Instant Skateboards x Nike SB Air Force 1 Low @kcscowboys1977/IG
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