Nike SB Japan | CITY POP

Bright city lights, classic J-POP synth, and next level skateboarding. With only four months of filming, and a dozen obstacles in the way, the Nike SB Japan crew does their thing in CITY POP. Featuring Ryo Motohashi, Taihou Tokura, Keyaki Ike, Kenya Okuno, Yuto Horigome, and Ryuhei Kitazume with appearances by Sora Shirai, Issei Morinaka, and Japan legend Toru Yoshida.

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Nike SB Japan | Toyosu Park Chaos Derby

The Nike SB Japan crew finally christened the Tokyo Sport Playground Skateplaza with a proper, fun ceremony October 13, 2020. The Chaos Derby, hosted by local community brand Chaos Fishing Club, featured Taihou Tokura, Keyaki Ike, Ryuhei Kitazume, Daisuke Ikeda, Ryo Motohashi, Toru Yoshida, and many more. The Tokyo Sport Playground, located in Shin-Toyosu, is now open to the public free of admission. Pre-registration needed via the Nike App’s Events page.

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Nike SB | Grateful Dead | #WeAreEverywhere

Elissa Steamer and Simon Jensen shred the Dead’s hometown of SF; Pedro Attenborough, Pierre Leze and Jose “Sixas” Vivero keep on truckin’ in Barcelona; and Ryuhei Kitazume tunes in from Tokyo to the tune of the Dead’s “Cumberland Blues” 2/21/71 from Workingman’s Dead 50th Anniversary Edition. Listen HERE.

The Orange colorway of the Grateful Dead Dunk is available July 18th @ FTC San Francisco. The Yellow will hit July 24th on SNKRS and select skateshops, with the Green hitting select skateshops the same day.

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Nike SB Japan | WAMONO

Nike SB Japan presents ‘WAMONO’, featuring a cast of Japan’s finest, including Keyaki Ike, Kenya Okuno, Issei Morinaka, Ryo Motohashi, Yuto Horigome, Taihou Tokura, and Ryuhei Kitazume. Filmed by Daisuke Takahashi, Hidenori Tanaka and Nino Moscardi.

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