Supreme x Nike SB Gato
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
About the original
The Nike Gato was introduced in 2010 as part of Nike's Nike5 futsal line, built for sala — the five-a-side indoor game played on hardwood — with a low-profile indoor sole and Lunarlon cushioning. Skaters adopted it for its flat gum outsole, thin profile, and minimal heel, and Nike SB formally released the silhouette in 2013 with reinforced suede toe panels for ollie wear. The original upper combines suede and leather over a gum rubber outsole. The Supreme version uses a calfskin leather upper, lenticular side panels that shift between Supreme and Nike SB graphics, a Cushlon midsole, and "World Famous" heel typography, released Fall/Winter 2018 in four colorways at the November 8 drop.
About Nike SB
Nike SB is the skateboarding division of Nike, launched in March 2002 in Beaverton, Oregon, under the leadership of longtime Nike employee Sandy Bodecker. Bodecker, who joined Nike in 1979, structured the line as a grass-roots imprint distributed through independent skate shops rather than big-box retailers, after recognizing that skaters were already wearing the Air Jordan 1 and Blazer Mid. The Nike SB Dunk, a reworked basketball silhouette with a padded tongue and Zoom Air sock liner, became the program's anchor product and helped establish modern sneaker collecting. Supreme has collaborated with Nike SB on multiple Dunk Low and Dunk High releases since 2002.
