 Nike Dunk SB High - Pro SB Pee Wee Herman
Model: Nike Skateboarding , Nike SB , Nike Dunk SB High
Colorway: grey heather/grey heather
Style Code: 305050 004
Year of Release: 2007
News & Updates: Nike SB , Nike Dunks
Information: Nike Skateboarding , Nike SB , Nike Dunk SB
The Nike Dunk SB High - Pro SB Pee Wee Herman came to the scene with the inspiration of Pee Wee’s Playhouse. The show was concluded in 1991 due to Pee Wee, Paul Rubens, getting arrested for masturbating in an adult movie theatre. Though he was only fined $50 and had to do a couple hours of community service work, his career would be forever tarnished. The colorway resembles Pee Wee’s famous grey suit with a red bow tie. The insole shows Pee Wee sitting all alone in a movie theatre. These Nike Dunk SB are part of the Nike SB Fallen Heroes Pack along with: Nike Dunk SB Low - Pro SB Milli Vanilli
Nike launched the [a href="http://www.dunkid.com/"]Nike SB[/a] line in March of 2002 at the start of the rise of the Skateboarding trend. For years in California, the skate culture was very popular and skateboarding shoes and clothes were worn more as casual wear than by actual skateboarders. Nike saw the potential to tapping into this market and thus launched the Nike Skateboarding line. Nike launched their skateboarding lines on the back of the Nike Dunks SB. The Nike Skateboarding Dunks were the same shape and fit as the Nike Dunks, but with several performance changes. First of all, Nike knew that with the wear and tear of the foot, a good cushioning system was needed. Since skateboarding shoes need to have a low center of gravity, the Nike Dunks SBs had Zoom Air insoles. Next, the [a href="http://www.dunkid.com/"]Nike Dunk[/a] SBs had extra padding added to the area around the ankle and to the tongue. The extra padding to the tongue did provide some extra cushioning between the top of the foot and the board, but it was more for cosmetic appearance than anything. Lastly, Nike beefed up the quality of the materials on the Nike Skateboarding Dunks. With double and triple stitching being the standard in the skateboarding shoe industry, Nike made the Dunks SBs much stronger than tradional dunks. |
