Nike Skateboarding can t get one of its nike air max 90 signature athletes onto the London podiums because (wait, remind us why skateboarding isn t an Olympic sport?), but they ve managed to contribute the Lunar Blazer to roughly a third of Team USA athletes for their medal ceremonies. This new Nike Blazer Mid LR would make a solid alternate with its Dark Obsidian suede upper and Dark Gold Leaf accents, its perfect timing furthered by the Michigan Wolverines rapidly approaching kickoff. Have a closer look at this autumn-leaning Blazer LR after the jump and stick with Sneaker News for updates on its August 2012 release.
The next installment of the Nike Zoom Hyperfuse series begins now, as the five nation-specific colorways of the 2012 re-design hits Nike Basketball retailers after a much-anticipated wait. Featuring the seamless and stitchless one-piece Hyperfuse upper, the Zoom Hyperfuse 2012 re-captures the excitement brought on by the debut of the basketball sneaker and game-changing material in nike free 5.0 2010 by releasing in these five outstanding colorways. Whether you re repping your country or just like the colorways, cop a pair of the Zoom Hyperfuse 2012 right now at Nikestore and other Nike Basketball retailers.
For the time being our men on Team USA are stuck in the red, white, and blue, representing nike presto on the national stage by delivering many a thrashing to the squads they ve faced so far in pool play. But just because they re confined to that on-court color scheme at the moment doesn t mean you have to be, with tomorrow offering up a set of the sneakers worn by a good number of USAB members in the eye-popping fireberry color via this World Basketball Festival tie-in pack, made specifically with London in mind. Click through to check out the Nike LeBron 9 Low, Nike Zoom Kobe VII, and Nike Zoom Hyperfuse 2012 included in the group (the Nike Lunar Hyperdunk+ is part of nike free the special Innovation Pack and will be released only in select cities) and look for these sneaks to hit shelves tomorrow, August 4th, at retailers like Nike Vault.
If you ve had your eyes on the Olympic coverage you ve not doubt seen some pieces of volt footwear from Nike here and there, most notably that very colorway of the Nike Flyknit Trainer that comes as part of the USA s medal stand outfit. Beyond that though Nike has cranked out a ton more models with the electrifying colorway, each of them tuned up with serious runners strictly in mind. The volt collection is separated by differing track events with sprints, distance, field, and marathon all being accommodated for (the last category carrying a few you no doubt recognize like the Nike Flyknit Racer). Click through for a look at each as well as a full breakdown of the models included and be on the lookout for them as the track and field events get going at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Nike Basketball s 20 Years retrospective clued us in on the Nike co-founder s impact during Eric Avar s design for the Air Hyperflight, and now here s another way of examining What would Bill Bowerman do? The Nike Air Trainer 1 BB51 nike flyknit racer pack brings together two of Tinker Hatfield s game-changing cross-trainers with premium leathers in elegant colors to celebrate a man without whom you wouldn t be reading these words. BB51 on the heels connects back to Bowerman s Oregon roots with a reference to his classic UO Ducks football uniform number while the outrigger area s diagonal striping evokes images of the Vintage Box and all its past glories. An impressive ode to one of this industry s giants, the BB51 Air Trainer 1s are going on sale at Tier Zero retailers in Asia like Kasina on Saturday.