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As we reported back in October, the Nike Air Tech Challenge II will return this year. The OG Andre Agassi classics will come back in their original highly sought after “Hot Lava” make up, and Nike will also release this colorway. The colorway is made up of white, clay blue, tart, and granite. Sources tell us that this colorway will release this Summer, and the Nike Air Tech Challenge II “Hot Lava” should hit stores sometime in April oversea.

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After we premiered the China 1984 Olympic Pack earlier this month, we like to give you a close look onto the Nike Air Max 1 from the pack. We noticed that the entire mudguard has an interesting rubberized paint applied to it which gives them some structure. The rest of the shoe call out China with the colors and a nice yellow arch is painted to highlight Zhu Jianhua. This Nike Air Max 1 is of course inspired by Zhu who at the 1984 Olympics set the High Jump record at 2.39 meters.

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Most Jordan fanatics know that MJ’s first sport was actually baseball and not basketball and when he “retired” for the first time he left the sport of basketball to pursue his baseball dreams. He landed with the Chicago White Sox and then was moved down to the minor league affiliate, Birmingham Barons. Jordan Brand wanted to commemorate Michael’s playing days on the baseball diamond with this Opening Day Pack inspired by the Home and Away jerseys of the White Sox/Barons and various aspects of baseball. The shoes will retail for $100 and will be released on March 29th, JB will also release matching apparel with the shoes including t-shirts and caps.

Style: 325514-012
Color: Black/White-Silver-Dark Charcoal

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Nike has been very busy with a few different projects, and one that is making a lot of news as of late is the Olympics and the Olympic inspired sneakers. This Nike Air Max 90 SI commemorates China’s first Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. China won their first gold medal in the men’s free pistol event.

This Nike Air Max 90 features the Olympic Navy, Varsity Red and Metallic Gold color-way. In addition, mesh and a suede are two nice pluses that most will appreciate. No word on release, but like many of the shoes they will be released soon or during the Summer.

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In addition to releasing several Nike Court Forces “OG Running inspired” for the Men, Nike is also releasing several colorways for the Women. Included within this release are an Nike Court Force Hi “OG Air Max 90 inspired” and an Nike Court Force Low “OG Air Max 1 inspired”.

Both colorways are scheduled to release in April.

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Nike will put out this white, blue and varsity red Nike Dunk Hi Supreme this coming Summer. This Nike Dunk Hi features an all white upper, a red swoosh, blue outsole and a red and white checkered midsole. Also dope is the white leather perforated toebox and the white and red mini checkered laces. For those of you who can’t wait to get these, a sample size 9 is available on eBay now.

As rumored in a lot of communities all over the net, the Nike Air Jordan XVI “Countdown Package” will be released in the BRED colorway. They’ll release together with an Nike Air Jordan VII. Sorry, no actual release date for this package…

Rumor started yesterday on niketalk that Espo is working on a second Nike sneaker, no photos were posted initially but early today photos magically appeared. They are a Nike Trainer Dunk Free with pearl white with a clear toe box and side panels and gold highlights. With little other details, we will assume that the orgin of the niketalk thread is correct and call these the Nike Air Trainer Dunk Free x Espo “Invisible Woman” until new info comes forth.

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