Today the "Gym Red" Jordan Spiz'ike drops in stores. It probably the third most anticipated Nike shoe dropping today (Air Trainer 1 "Chlorophyll" & Kobe 7 "Invisibility Cloaks" re-issue topping it) and may still be chastised by OG Jordan purists, but it's definitely a hybrid shoe that has stood the test of time.
The Spiz'ike originally dropped in October 2006 as a tribute to Spike Lee's relation to Air Jordans. His character Mars Blackmon from "She's Gotta Have It" became synonymous with early Air Jordan commercials. The shoe is a mashing of the Air Jordan models 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 & 20.
I wanted to show you my top five colorways of the Spiz'ike shoe (which may get rearranged after this Gym Red version is had!)
5. White/Cement colorway: Long before the 2012 white/Cement IV retro dropped, the 1999 issue was all that we had for a classic colorway till these released in 2007.
4. "Kings County" colorway: Brooklyn sits in Kings County, the hometown of Spike Lee, and this colorway represents where he's from. Ugly in pictures, solid on your foot.
3. "Mars Blackmon" colorway: I can't begin to tell you how many people thought I was wearing Fire Red 3s whenever I would wear these. A nice cluster of OG colorways on this bad boy.
2. "Black/varsity red/classic green" colorway: A flip on the original white colorway, this pair was my go-to winter shoe for awhile. Tanks!
1. "The OG" colorway: The Spiz'ike that started it all. This white/varsity red/cool grey/classic green colorway dropped in 2006 in limited numbers in New York (4,032 pairs, hand numbered). I believe proceeds of this shoe went tohis alma mater Morehouse College. Word to my man Rich "Maze" Lopez of Kix & The City who helped me land this pair. My favs!
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