Nike Dunk Low SB Hyper Royal Malachite

Released on 24 April 2024 and part of Nike's Dunk SB line. This release has a suede upper in Phantom/Malachite/Hyper Royal. Nike SB is the part of the company where colour is allowed to be difficult, and Hyper Royal with Malachite is a difficult pairing: a strong blue against a green that leans towards mineral rather than towards grass. Neither is a team colour and neither is a safe retail choice, which is roughly the point. The SB line has always operated at a slight angle to the rest of Nike, a company that by 1980 held about half the US athletic shoe market and has spent the decades since being extremely careful about what it puts on shelves. Skateboarding gave it a place to take chances.