SMURF UK 8.5 1999

ORANGE TAN BOX

1999 

DEADSTOCK

OG ALL

REALLY, THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. IN 1998 NIKE RECOGNISED THAT SKATERS WERE SWITCHING TO THE DUNK AS THEIR SHOE OF CHOICE, BUT IT WASNT REALLY COPING WITH THE WEAR. PETER MOORE WAS TASKED WITH COMING UP WITH A SKATER FREINDLY DESIGN, AND PRODUCED THE SMURF. THIS WAS THE FIRST SHOE WITH A PADDED TONGUE, A NYLON TONGUE, ELASTIC BANDS, STRONGER CONSTRUCTION, ALL TO PROTECT THE SKATER AND GIVE THE SHOE A LONGER USABLE LIFE. MANY SMURFS HAVE BEEN RE DYED OVER THE YEARS, BUT THESE ARE UNTOUCHED MINTY AS THE DAY OF RELEASE. ONLY AVAILABLE IN SIZES US8 TO US10, AND WITH A LIMITED RUN OF ONLY 200 PAIRS PER SIZE, THESE ARE A DEFINITION OF THE WORD "GRAIL"