Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen, the NJ native is getting the honor of having a Nike SB Dunk named after him. In 1984, Springsteen released the highly successful album Born in the U.S.A which lead him to win many awards and produced the iconic music video for the song Dancing in the Dark. Springsteen has long sung about the American dream and the struggles of the American man so to commemorate his patriotism and his album, Nike has decided to release the Nike SB Dunk “Bruce Springsteen” on July 3 (available at NJ Skate Shop which is highly approriate since he is a son of NJ)

The design concept for the sneaker came from the Born in the U.S.A album cover where in the background is the is the red & white stripes of the flag, foreground is Springsteen’s denim clad booty as you u can see above. So the Sprungsteen SB Dunks include the denim and stripes are present in the back ankle part of the sneaker. Here is a look of the “Bruce Springsteen” Nike SB Dunks:

Back in 1986, a film by Spike Lee introduced us to a character named Mars Blackmon. The Brooklyn loving & bred, oddly dressed, name chain wearing Mars Blackmon become pitch man for Nike Air Jordan during the late 80s early 90s. The catchphrase uttered by Mars was “is it the shoes?” while Michael Jordan grinned at the camera. In October 2006, Nike decided to release a mash up sneaker called  the Jordan Spiz’ike   to commemorate the long standing friendship between Mike & Spike.

Like the odd pairing of Michael & Mars, the Spiz’ike are a combination of 6 Air Jordans:

1. Pull Tab from Jordan IX

2. Tongue from Jordan VI

3. Wings from Jordan IV

4. Laser inside liner from Jordan XX

5. Uppers (part that covers the toe area) from Jordan V

6. Midsole from Jordan III

This particular sneaker is in my opinion is tangible evidence that a friendship amongst two unlikely people with the help of a crazy movie character can create something good. So thank you to Spike Lee for introducing the world to a crazy cat named Mars Blackmon and in turn for allowing his character to part of the Jordan empire.

 P.S. Hey Mars, it IS the shoes!!!