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Nike Air Max 1 Premium SP “Pale Grey/Black”.

This Nike Air Max 1 Premium SP in the Pale Grey/Pale Grey-Black Colorway has a classic shape made of pale grey nubuck premium leather, grey suede leather swoosh and in a safari print in a grey/anthracite/black colorway. At the heel you can find black leather in inside black mesh lining. Funky colorway for great combinations!

Purchaze received the

Nike Air Max 1 Premium SP “Trails End Brown”.

This Nike Air Max 1 Premium SP in the Trails End Brown/Trails End Brown Colorway has a classic shape made of smooth brown nubuck premium leather, brown suede leather, a brown nubuck leather swoosh and in a brown/purple colorway the outsole and a white heel stitching. At the heel you can find purple suede and inside purple mesh lining. Wonderful colorway for great combinations!

The multicolored Nike WMNS Dunk Hi featured above is made exclusively for the ladies and will hit Nike retailers in early January of 2009. Yielding an upper composed of varsity red, rave pink, bronze, light green, and turquoise, this sneaker deviates from the simple look we are used to seeing on women’s Nike Dunk´s. The use of a clean white swoosh and a white toebox complete this pair by adding the finishing touches needed to contrast the rest of the multicolored upper. As previously mentioned, this pair will hit Nike retailers in early January of 2009 for a retail price of $105.

Tech Info:
Nike Womens Dunk Hi Premium
White/White/Varsity Red/Rave Pink
317814-111
$105

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This Nike WMNS Dunk Low is composed of a neutral grey, citron and white colorway, kept simple overall with a liberal use of each color. However, a net material, graphic printed insole, and metallic heel panel keep things interesting. Expect other Nike Dunk Low´s to release in a similar design utilizing bright colors and metallic tones. This Nike WMNS Dunk Low Premium isn’t scheduled to release until March 2009, but could possibly hit stores before then as seen by other releases.

Tech Info:
Nike Womens Dunk Low Premium
Neutral Grey/Citron-White
318638-051
$100

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Info/Image: Dunk.com.cn

Here you can see a picture of the Nike Terminator Hi Premium “Safari Pack”. We are hearing rumors that these together with the Nike Air Max 1 “Safari” are part of a larger Nike Safari Print Pack. This pair shown above yields an upper composed of many shades of gray precisely like that of the aforementioned Nike Air Max 1. Also featuring a black swoosh and a cream midsole, this colorway is a bit out there and is not made for everyone. This pair leaves us wondering what other sneakers will make up this new Nike Safari Print Pack we are hearing of and also leaves us hoping that the others will be a little more toned down than this pair. The Nike Safari Terminator High is now available at select Nike accounts.

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Earlier in the week, Beijing based kenlu help break the story on this years “Year of…” sneaker from Nike (the Nike Air Max 1 Year of the Ox). Since, we have learned that a second sneaker will also be released as part of the pack. As we’ve said earlier in the week, more and more sneaker companies are doing a special China shoe to celebrate the “Year of…” story around Chinese New Year’s but every sneaker head knows Nike was the first sneaker company to celebrate this occasion and it all started with the “Year of…” Nike Air Force 1’s which continued up through the Nike Air Force 1 Low”Year of the Dog”. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Chinese Animal Zodiac you can read up on it here.

For this Nike Blazer Premium “Year of the Ox”, the treatment is the same as the Nike Air Max 1 which takes inspiration from the Chinese Revolution and the military uniforms that were worn during that period, the 1960’s through the 1970’s. On the Nike Air Max 1’s tongue there is a phase written in Chinese characters which translates to “perseverance” or “hard work”. The same is probably applied to the Nike Blazer as well but is not seen from the photos available currently. The heel tab of the Nike Blazer gets the same graphic of the Ox on a raised surface which is also inspired by the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Both pairs will be released in Asia early January 2009.

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Every year more and more sneaker companies are doing a special China shoe to celebrate the “Year of…” story around Chinese New Year’s but everyone knows Nike was the first sneaker company to celebrate this occasion and it all started with the “Year of…” Nike Air Force 1’s which continued up through the Nike Air Force 1 Low “Year of the Dog”. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Chinese Animal Zodiac you can read up on it here. For the year of 2009 otherwise known as the Year of the Ox, the shoe of choice behind Nike’s Chinese Zodiac Story will be the Nike Air Max 1 in a Premium treatment. This shoe features various inspiration from the Chinese Revolution and the military uniforms that were worn during that period, which occurred during the 1960’s through the 1970’s. You may notice that written on the tongue are Chinese characters which translated to English means “perseverance” or “hard work”. Additionally on the heel there is an image of a cow with a special treatment to the heel counter that also is inspired by the Chinese Cultural Revolution. We’re being told that these shoes will be released at the beginning of January in Asia Only and will be accompanied by another shoe.

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Info/Image: Kenlu.net

This Nike Dunk SB Hi Premium is one of the more interesting Dunk’s from the Nike SB collection we’ve seen in some time. The Navy contrasted with the Red on the upper is brightened with the numerous Yellow stars sewn on the Red portion of the upper. Add the White midsole and Gum outsole and it seems like we might have another must have SB Dunk High on our hands. Update: This Nike Dunk SB Hi is actually inspired by the Family Guy character Glen Quagmire and should be in stores early 2009.

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