Five Favorite Cinco de Mayo Sneakers
Posted by Matt Halfhill | May 5, 2009
Cinco de Mayo has quickly been adopted by many as a day of fiesta including sneaker companies. To celebrate the day we assembled our five favorite Cinco de Mayo kicks. Click here to check our fab five and let us know what are your favorite Cinco de Mayo sneakers! |
#5 - Nike Vandal Low
Released in 2008, this Vandal low receives the treatment of green and red on the strap plus a lasered eagle on the back panel. A clean look that can be pulled off year round.
#4 - Air Jordan 1
The Cinco de Mayo Air Jordan 1 came in two colorways, but we had to roll with the white colorway since there is no black on the Mexican flag. A nice detail about these kicks is the green to red fading stitching.
#3 - Nike Dunk SB
The Cinco de Mayo Dunk SBs were one of the first Cinco de Mayo sneakers to release when they dropped back in 2005. Clean color blocking put these at number 3 on the list.
#2 - Nike SB P-Rod
Nike SB hooked up with young talent Paul Rodriguez who is very proud of his Mexican-American heritage. This special Cinco de Mayo colorway was worked up on his first signature shoe the P-Rod and released in 2006.
#1 - Mister Cartoon x Nike Air Force 1
Is there much explanation needed for these? Nike and the legendary Mister Cartoon worked up this Air Force 1 complete with the Mexican flag on the tongue label, patent leather with contrast stitching.
Jul 11, 2009 at 4:48 pm
#2!
Jun 23, 2009 at 1:51 pm
thm kicks is off the chain.
May 7, 2009 at 8:07 pm
had to rock em 2day
May 7, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Da cinco de mayo air jordan 1 are da illest of them all
May 6, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Me caee que esto noi tiene nombre, son una autentica basura, y ni sabe lo que es el 5 de mayo.
May 6, 2009 at 10:49 am
wat bout the Heineken
May 6, 2009 at 9:28 am
^^^mwheeler1987 - thats funny you mention chuck taylors when converse is owned by nike
May 5, 2009 at 11:07 pm
My fav cinco de mayo shoes were the black 1’s..had 2 rocc them 2day
May 5, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Sz. 10, for anyone who wants to cop my Mr. Cartoons $220
May 5, 2009 at 7:06 pm
I don’t think they count as cinco de mayo shoes but does anybody remember the mexico world cup edition af1’s released in 06?
May 5, 2009 at 6:37 pm
those p-rods are so nice
May 5, 2009 at 4:16 pm
seen da jays in person dis week n ahhhhh …. But those p rods r on point…. Viva mexico kabrones!!!!!!
May 5, 2009 at 4:06 pm
the js are the best
May 5, 2009 at 3:34 pm
personally, the Nike SB Calis were my favorite
May 5, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Someone is on nike’s nuts, where are the cinco de mayo chuck taylors?
May 5, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I’ll be rockin my cinco p-rods today! And those racist comments were a little funny, but whats even funnier is how the USA would fall apart without mexicans.
May 5, 2009 at 1:52 pm
¿Cuánto es que paso?
May 5, 2009 at 1:03 pm
“mow the lawns in style” oh man that’s fcukd up that’s hella racist!!
May 5, 2009 at 1:01 pm
yeah that was kinda racist….but, i’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you were trying to be funny and really don’t think that way about latinos. but you gotta watch that, i made a similar comment like that at work that was taken way out of context and been tagged as a racist ever since. dunks are off the hook though. i really hope sb dunks last forever. i’m learning that i love them.
May 5, 2009 at 12:44 pm
to tom go take those racist comments somewhere else fukin dirtbag but i think the dunks are the illest ones
May 5, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I want those 1’s !
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May 5, 2009 at 12:32 pm
What about the white/varsity red-classic green spizikes same colorway as the rest of these shoes and look better than some of them
May 5, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Que bueno los zapatos de Nike! Puro fuego especialmente el numero uno de Senor Cartoon. Clasico..classico! Feliz cinco de mayo, cabrones! Vamos a beber un corona!
May 5, 2009 at 12:02 pm
gotta love the dunk