Nike Dunk High Pro SB 'Syracuse'
Colorway: Obsidian/Team Orange-White · Style code: 305050-481 · Release date: March 2015 · Price: $254 · Availability: Available now
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Syracuse orange has been part of the Dunk story since 1985, when the basketball original launched in team colorways for a set of college programs, Syracuse among them. Nike SB revisited the school in its 2005 'Be True to Your School' pack with a white and college-orange Dunk High, and this March 2015 pair flips that formula. The base is now Obsidian suede, with Team Orange as the second color and white as a third tone. Tumbled leather covers the toe box and the Swoosh, a texture change that separates those panels from the matte suede around them.
Underneath, the Pro SB spec applies: extra padding through the tongue and collar, and Zoom Air in the heel. The navy-heavy palette makes this the easier Syracuse to wear off a court or a board; orange stays a highlight rather than the main event. Anyone who missed the 2005 white pair gets a moodier route into the same school colors here.