Supreme x Sky Bounce Handball
The original behind the Supreme x Sky Bounce Handball is the Sky Bounce One Wall Handball — $3.99 retail.
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
About the original
The Sky Bounce One Wall Handball is a hollow high-bounce rubber ball, roughly 48 mm across, engineered for New York City one-wall handball, stickball, and stoop ball. The dense rubber compound produces the flat, fast bounce the street games rely on. Sky Bounce has supplied handballs since 1979 and is the ball of choice on public courts across the five boroughs and the broader Northeast; the brand sells direct and through the New York Handball Store on Kingsbridge Road. The SS16 Supreme version added a box-logo print to the pink ball and was given away as a free promo with Spring 2016 purchases; the standard pack of two retails for $3.99.
About Sky Bounce
Sky Bounce is an American rubber ball brand produced by the Sky Bounce Ball Co., a manufacturer that has supplied hollow high-bounce rubber balls to New York street players for decades. The balls are roughly 2.5 inches in diameter, sold in pink, blue, green, and orange, and are used in handball, stickball, Chinese handball, and catch. Sky Bounce sits in the same lineage as the Spalding Spaldeen, the pink rubber ball central to mid-century New York playground culture, and remained in steady production after Spalding discontinued the original Spaldeen in 1979. The balls are sold in bulk through hardware stores, toy shops, and sporting goods retailers. Supreme has released co-branded Sky Bounce balls.
Questions
Is the Supreme x Sky Bounce Handball just the regular One Wall Handball?
The Supreme x Sky Bounce Handball, released in Spring/Summer 2016, is based on the Sky Bounce One Wall Handball. Supreme collabs sometimes change the colorway or materials; the description on this page covers the original's specs and any notable differences in the Supreme version. If you want the product without the box logo, the Sky Bounce One Wall Handball is the one to buy.
Where can I buy the Sky Bounce One Wall Handball?
You can buy the Sky Bounce One Wall Handball from Amazon or from New York Handball Store. Retail price is $3.99. The buy links on this page go straight to the product listing at each retailer.
