Air Trainer SC High "Auburn"

The Nike Air Trainer SC High ‘Auburn’ is one of the most recognized cross-training silhouettes in sneaker history, arriving originally in 1990 and tied inextricably to two-sport athlete Bo Jackson. The model emerged at a moment when Nike was pushing hard into cross-training, and Jackson, coming off the back of his ‘Bo Knows’ campaign, was the ideal face for a shoe designed to perform across disciplines. The ‘Auburn’ nickname references Jackson’s alma mater, Auburn University, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1985, though the color palette, bright neon orange against concord blue and white, runs hotter than any official Tigers colorway. The upper is built from perforated white leather with mid-grey nubuck overlays, giving it the kind of structured, padded feel that defined serious training footwear of the era. Web-Tec, the lateral and medial webbed overlay system that replaced the support strap of prior Air Trainer models, runs across the midfoot in orange mesh, providing lockdown without the bulk. TPU eyelets reinforce the lacing system, and the orange pull tab on the tongue is one of the silhouette’s most recognizable details. A visible Max Air unit sits in the heel, flanked by an orange midsole stripe that ties the upper palette together. The outsole is white rubber with a multi-directional lug pattern suited to the gym floor and the baseball diamond alike. Nike has retroed the ‘Auburn’ colorway several times over the decades, most recently in May 2025 at a retail price of $130, each time returning to the same essential spec: style code DV2212-100, colorway officially logged as White/Light Zen Gray/Tart.