GearHeads: Nike Year of the Rat Wildwood 90

Every year Nike creates shoes dedicated to the Chinese New Year. According to the Chinese Calendar, February 7, 2008 is Chinese New Year and this year is the Year of the Rat.

While I haven't been the biggest fan of many of Nike's recent releases, every now and then, they drop a gem. This Wildwood 90 is a hybrid of the Wildwood, Air Max 90 and the Free Trail. Nike's meshing of these sneakers resulted in a pretty stylish and simple shoe with a very fresh design. There are two versions, one with white "rat" hair, and one with grey "rat" hair. The white sneaker is actually horse hair, which in my opinion, is the DOPER one of the 2. And the grey sneaker is suede.

And to top of the theme, the Chinese symbol for the word "rat" is printed in red on each outside heel of the shoe...And guess WHAT, they're available right now at select Nike retailers...click link below for more info, or just check your local nike retailers..




View More Pics of the white and grey @ My Air Shoes

Exactly!