Earlier than we get the (GT) Future, we should honor the previous. This Spring 2026, Nike is ready to deliver again the Zoom Hyperflight, a basketball shoe from 2001 that many take into account to be among the many greatest ever in Nike Basketball historical past.
On the flip of century and notably within the early 2000s, Nike was entrenched in a futuristic design aesthetic and innovation route that usually outlined the Alpha Challenge. The Zoom Hyperflight was deliberately designed for level guards, however its shiny, fake leather-based higher drew curiosity from gamers of all positions. There have been no layered leathers or mesh toe-boxes; only a unibody construct with an exterior body for lockdown that seemingly spelled the lowercase letter “h”. The design was led by the legendary Eric Avar and was touted because the lightest basketball shoe ever (so far); this set to groundwork for future classics just like the Zoom Ultraflight and Air Flightposite III, each designed by the equally legendary Aaron Cooper.
The Zoom Hyperflight final surfaced in 2013 when Nike’s life-style basketball class was obsessive about patterns and prints. Sadly, it didn’t resonate with shoppers and definitely not with the unique fanbase, and thusly the Hyperflight Retro period was short-lived.
In Spring 2026, Sneaker Information can affirm that two colorways are set to launch, each of that are unique drops from 2001. The Black/White and Varsity Purple/Black are at the moment anticipated within the first quarter of subsequent 12 months with an MSRP of $145.
This naturally brings the Nike GT Future into the subject; this new mannequin first debuted throughout All-Star Weekend 2025, and immediately the comparisons to the Hyperflight have been made as they share an analogous silhouette (notably the perimeters of ankle).
With basketball developments shifted to that futurist aesthetic that largely outlined the early 2000s, anticipate Nike to bringing again extra hits from that early catalog sooner or later.
Above picture by way of Nick Depaula.
