Nike Dunk High Pro Sb
Colorway: Classic Charcl/Tar-Black · Style code: 305050-010 · Release date: August 20, 2012 · Price: $147 · Availability: Available now
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Three shades of dark, classic charcoal against tar and black, make up this Dunk High Pro SB, with no bright contrast colour in the official palette. It is the kind of general-release colourway Nike SB puts out between the named collaborations: a shoe meant to be bought, skated and replaced rather than kept in the box. That practical role is why the spec matters more than the story here. The Pro SB build carries a thick padded tongue held in place by elastic straps, a padded collar for support, and a Zoom Air unit in the heel, all additions the skate division made to the original basketball Dunk.
It released on August 20, 2012, in the same summer that Supreme marked ten years with Nike SB through a 'Red Cement' Dunk Low, and in the year collectors' box timelines move from the blue box to the tape box. Neither footnote changes what this pair is: a dark, low-key High for anyone who wants the padded SB feel without a graphic or a collaborator's name on the tongue. It carries no nickname, just the colour names, which suits a shoe this quiet. Charcoal runs softer than pure black, so in daylight the upper reads as deep grey rather than a flat blackout, and that subtle shift is the whole case for picking this pair over an all-black one.