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First Flyknit skate shoe pays tribute to Nike leader

06/07/2021
First Flyknit skate shoe pays tribute to Nike leader

Sportswear giant Nike has released its first skate shoe made with a Flyknit upper, which has been designed as a tribute to veteran Sandy Bodecker, who died in 2018.

The Flyknit upper has been printed with Mark Smith's “Blue Sky Dreamer” portrait of Bodecker, which hangs in The Bodecker Foundation space in Portland, Oregon.

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