The Nike Air Max Dn8 ‘Snakeskin’ Is Set to Slither

Nike Air Max Dn8
Originally Published14 Mar 2025

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It’s Month, baby! Previously we only had a single day to celebrate premiere franchise, but now we have 31 glorious days. This means that we don’t have to wait until March 26 for all the heater drops, as they’ve already started touching down. The key figure though is the , a fresh-faced silhouette that has caused a stir among sneakerheads.

‘For the Dn8, we wanted to be lower to the ground. We wanted to feel more Air. We wanted to improve transition,' says Jonathan Kosenick, lead designer, men’s sportswear at Nike. ‘All of those goals led us to design the shoe with eight Air chambers directly in contact with the ground, which allows the chambers to more effectively compress and be way more flexible, delivering a much bouncier, springier sensation that channels a Nike performance footwear approach into a shoe you want to wear every day.’

Following the batch of Dn8s that landed at the beginning of March, Nike are now set to drop a snakeskin variation. The entire upper has been doused in a reptilian vibe, kitted with the graphics on the midsole and yellowed bubbles.

A release date hasn’t been locked in as of yet, but we suspect pairs will land soon.

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