It’s Officially Nike Air Max 1 Big Bubble Season

It’s not 1986, but for Nike and their retooled Air Max 1, it is! For Air Max Day 2023, Team Swoosh tasked themselves with bringing back the legendary Air Max 1 ’86 Big Bubble, a mythical version of the silhouette that featured a larger midsole Air unit. Back when this pair first hit shelves, there was a recall due to major cracking in the midsole because of the bubble’s size. One for the history books; Air-heads have been patiently awaiting the follow-up releases of wider-release colourways, and they’ve finally arrived.

Following a reveal that Nike created four additional iterations of the AM1 ’86, which were limited to 1986 pairs and given to vendors of the Black Market Flea, a swathe of official imagery has surfaced of a ‘Smokey Mauve’, ‘Light Silver’ and ‘Light Armoury Blue’. Now, a fresh ‘Dark Team Red’ iteration has surfaced, and it’s set to drop soon.

Tri-tone colour-blocking adorns the upper, utilising a brown ‘Smokey Mauve’ and the namesake red hue as the suede overlays, with additional lighter mesh underlays and a slightly tinted midsole. Nike Air branding is present throughout, alongside a subtle mustard-coloured insole. This pair will also come housed in the special Air Max 1 ’86 box.

So far, a release date hasn’t been locked in for the Nike Air Max 1 ’86 ‘Dark Team Red’, but official imagery is out, meaning it shouldn’t be too far away.