The story of the Nike SB x Atlas collaboration began in 1990 with a container ship called the Hansa Carrier. While travelling from Korea to the United States, the Hansa was caught in a gnarly storm, losing 21 containers overboard, five of which contained over 60,000 pairs of Nike shoes. Some of these included multiple white and blue Air Flight 90s that were eventually found washed up on the shore.
And so it came to be that in 2020, Atlas and Nike SB decided to color-coordinate their collaboration to that specific iteration. Smooth white leather uppers sit adjacent to that of two accenting hues; the first of which is a muted blue that is prominently featured across the Swooshes, liners, outsoles and ankle collars, while the second involves a vintage yellow that is applied to the laces and midsoles.
