Leaked Photo Confirms New Grateful Dead x Nike x Oregon Ducks Air Max 90 Sneaker Collab

The Grateful Dead have teamed up with Nike once again, this time for a three-way sneaker collab with the University of Oregon‘s Oregon Ducks football team. As was the case with the much-hyped Grateful Dead x Nike SB Dunk Lows that came out in 2020, news of the “Grateful Ducks” Air Max 90 leaked when a single photo appeared on social media and quickly spread, though the original post by streetwear retailer Bodega was promptly deleted.

The sneaker arrives in a white colorway with a canvas upper and colorful accents including a rainbow tie-dye mudguard and stitching, yellow and sea foam green TPU eyelet and heel panels, and a fuzzy chenille lightning bolt Nike Swoosh reminiscent of the 2020 collab. The shoe also features a Nike branded rubber hangtag with the Oregon Ducks mascot parading like the Dead’s classic dancing bears logo.

The retail price for the sneakers is reportedly set at $140, though if the hype over the Grateful Dead Dunks is any indication, they are likely to sell out quickly and fetch far more on the resale market. The 2020 collab retailed at $110 but now sells for several hundred dollars, with some sizes exceeding $1,000.

Though details of an official release remain unconfirmed at this time, many have speculated a drop date of October 24th, coinciding with the previously announced “Grateful Ducks” theme night at Autzen Stadium—which hosted 20 Grateful Dead shows between 1974 and 1994 and a Dead & Company concert in 2018—on October 25th, when the Ducks will take on Wisconsin Badgers [get tickets]. Fans are invited to flood the stands with tie-dye, and over the past few months, the Ducks have rolled out a line of official “Grateful Ducks” merch featuring mashups of the team’s mascot and Grateful Dead iconography, including designs by legendary Grateful Dead artist Shawn Kenney. One of the t-shirts, released last week, even features a dancing bear sporting the “Grateful Ducks” Air Max 90s.

Stay tuned for updates on the official release of the new Grateful Dead x Nike x Oregon Ducks “Grateful Ducks” Air MAx 90s.