Heaven’s Gate Nike Dunk SB Laid to Rest

Heaven's Gate Nike Dunk High Sample

The Heaven’s Gate Nike Dunk SB was rumored to drop in August of this year. Inspired by the Heaven’s Gate religious cult that was headed up by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles. The cult resulted in 38 dead bodies found in a mansion in San Diego, CA on March 26, 1997. All of which were rocking brand new Nike Cortez at the time of the suicides, dressed in black and white uniforms, and covered with a single purple cloth.

Nike decided not to proceed on the project, most likely because it’s a little on the controversial side, or maybe because the colorway, like the cult’s followers, might have been a little too crazy for the Heaven’s Gate uniforms.

Available on eBay now for $3000.  Info thanks to The ShoeGame/Wikipedia.

Heaven's Gate Nike Dunk High Sample
Heaven’s Gate Nike Dunk Sample

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  1. Rich

    These are dope tho

  2. unknown23fan

    That is weird that Nike would do a shoe for this. I remember this vividly and it definitely an event in history deserving of a shoe.

  3. soulie17

    thats stupid to make a shoe out of thats a horrible event and should not have a shoe made for it!!!

  4. unknown23fan

    Sorry,

    That is weird that Nike would do a shoe for this. I remember this vividly and it definitely is not an event in history deserving of a shoe.

  5. ohiosnkrhead

    The colorway is flawless! A little bit of purple goes a loooong way.. Ask the Dinosaur Jr.’s, but they should release these without the ‘Heaven’s Gate’ title.

  6. Elvira

    these are pretty wet, but I see why Nike wnt put em on

  7. agenda

    RELEASE THESE!!!!!!

  8. wat it dew

    these would be some boss shoes if they didnt have them for that reason cults are not to be celebrated we need some Barack Obama dunks and forces

  9. Jerronimo

    WTF was Nike thinking? Do they come up with colorways and paint these bs stories behind the creation to create a buzz….hmmm, makes sense don’t it?…now make dollars

  10. sb addict

    Like damn these shoes are sweet !
    These should of been a realease
    DEFINITELY !

  11. unknown23fan

    Jerronimo,

    Definitely all about the buzz. Pretty lame way to make money on this one to say the least. Imagine if they were the PlayStation Dunks.

  12. tmac2magic

    and this news is on the front page why?
    this was news months ago…

  13. moosecow417

    I remember hearing about these a little while ago, but I didn’t think it was true. The colorway is nice, but the inspiration is in bad taste.

  14. TUNO

    oh I GET IT nike did it because they were ll found in nike sneakers. I think this is a silly idea

  15. z

    WTFFFFF i been waiting for these to release for like a couple months now, but i neva new the story behind em i thought they were ust for heavens gate

  16. Keenan

    Now really how stupid of an idea was this.
    but at least i got a history lesson from it.
    i definitely did research on it and ……
    damn people believe anything.
    but these would be hot but using that as a buzz wouldn’t be the smartest idea.

  17. ThaForced1

    i would still rock these are nice man really nice haha just dumb that they would use that piece of history to represent the shoe.

  18. Whoop Dat Trick

    these are fresh to death

  19. hahaa

    these are cool but too controversial lol

  20. brennan

    Release these!

    Nike isn’t stupid enough to dub these the “heaven’s gate nike dunks”, but when they are released with no name, the people will tag them with that name on their own. It is inevitable.

    (then again, by the decisions coming out of JB recently, i wouldn’t doubt if JB was stupid enough to give a name like that to a pair of hybrids etc — maybe the Ray Carruth 6-Rings, or the Jennifer Hudson dead family fusion III. Flight club would make a ‘KILLING’ off those)

  21. ImfromHtown

    I just read the whole Wikipedia page on this cult and it wowed me!I bet Applegate must be pissed to find out that no UFO spaceship really exist behind the moon and that he has to lie down in his grave until JUDGEMENT DAY !!! Well at least him and his followers had on Nike when they drunk the Life taking Purple Potion

  22. Boogie

    These janks are nice, its def contriversal but isn’t Nike known for that? They def should but realeased tho with or without the name, I don’t know if I would want somthin that symbolizes thid in my closet tho…yeah I know my comment is kinda scitso or however its spelled

  23. EVillian87

    Controversy sells… Nike is too big of a monopoly to go under over ONE shoe. I say go ahead with the release… DOPE

  24. solesaved

    Naww that’s FOUL they made the right choice not to release these. I remember when this happen i would not be the rocking a pair of kicks the was made after something that tragic.

  25. kfa$hdaalien

    lol man who cares….lol tell em to release these and stop bein babies bout the origin

    and right after they release em they need to release a dr. kavorkian (Spell check) sb lol

    =D

    no seriously tho

    these are goregous

  26. ufcchris69

    Wow those are some of the hottest dunks I’ve seen this year hope these get released.

  27. jimmyboy

    dese are dope sad story but nike should release these asap

  28. itsmedallas

    wtf these are FIRE drop these nike just drop that dumb name and drop these asap. These would go hard with aqua laces!

  29. Pasfinest

    wow siiiiiiick kill that name and just release these easy copp for me.

  30. wsjones1981

    I still hope something is done for a potential release.

  31. Tha General

    Kicks are dope! I remember that ish frm 97 crazy stuff!

  32. ohiosnkrhead

    Someone said ‘Fresh to Death’.. Pun intended haha

  33. Sanerio14

    those are hot tho…

  34. michaelwho?

    brennan you are funnay! lol
    hahahaha

  35. Whoop Dat Trick

    Dead Stock

  36. Flatsole

    These nicknames shoes get don’t come from nowhere you know…this was very much on the designer’s mind

  37. Aaron

    knowing the story now, i dont think i’ll be buying these, just too creepy, it’s like supporting the event, imo
    they dont really appeal to me as much any way

  38. DeBo

    This is all rididculous! Nike doesn’t come up with the names for all these SBs. That’s not to say that specific events, people, places etc. influence the creation of the shoes, but do you really think a sneaker company could legally release it’s product with official trademarked names and get away with it without offering compensation? This could easily be a “The ARTIST FORMALLY KNOWN AS” Dunk SB. Why Heaven’s Gate?

  39. nikeindabutt

    This idea is obviously tasteless…glad they canned it.
    With that being said I’d love to get a high SB where the primary color is purple…

  40. terrell

    i was wondering what the hell happened to these..
    it is kind of a tasteless idea but they still wouldve been sexy on my feet -_-

  41. swanson

    IF NIKE DONATED THE MONEY MADE OFF OF THESE SHOES TO THE FAMILIES OR SOME OTHER CHARITY THEN IT WOULD BE OKAY IN MY OPINION OTHER THAN THAT THIS WOULD BE I SILLY IDEA TO MAKE A PROFIT OFF OF SOMETHING SO TRAGIC!

  42. diego

    ONE OF THE DOPEST SHOES IN A LONG TIME… RELEASE PLEASE!!!

  43. diego

    theshoegame.com has way better picss

  44. Joe

    who’s the @$$#013 sellin these for 3000.00 dollars. This guy needs to get over himself. I really dislike oppurtunist like this guy, gumsoles. Good luck finding a sucker to pay 3 G’s.

  45. poscogrubb

    **Totally tasteless.** I remember when that HG suicide was discovered. It was awful. I might have boycotted Nike for a year if this were to release with the HG name.

    It’s too bad, because those were nice looking Dunks. If they release it with a different name, people will still call them the HG Dunks.

    Anyway, if Nike was to do it right, shouldn’t it have been a colorway for Cortez instead??? ;)

  46. whoop dat trick

    “the purple people eaters”, “the grape apes”, “the color purple” Kizzy SB Highs,

  47. YouKnow

    yea these are dope but not tasteful.

  48. malakidagod

    hmm…it doesnt matter if they drop these or not they not that crazy but y wud nike make kicks 4 such a weird story its creepy

  49. rising_tied

    just rename em and release em haha.. These are dope

  50. Optimus Prime Rib

    Rename the shoes and put them out. Call’em the blurples for all I care but don’t kill’em off.

  51. shaji

    wattt the heckkkk y r they 3000 dollars

  52. thatsnotcool

    this is like making a shoe for hitlar

  53. thatsnotcool

    HITLAAAA
    (it wont let me say da real name)
    hit
    ler

  54. FLYMIKE

    Man these are dope but they should make some jena 6 or sean bell or obama sneakers

  55. all about sneakers

    dese are a definitely cop

  56. all about sneakers

    these are ugly

  57. greenmaker24

    nice but wouldnt pay 3000

  58. LEXx

    thats realie weird to make a shoe about that ?? but they are hott

  59. greenmaker24

    i would pay 3000

  60. Mr Slate

    who cares just make the dang shoe


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