Big Bubble Nike Air Max 95... More like Medium Bubble
Nike Air Max 95 2025 (Left) Nike Air Max 95 2023 (Right)
This year was already set to be monster for sneakers, with a plethora of herculean retros on the horizon and anniversaries galore. The one we’re most excited about though is the 30th, and are yet to let us down with what they’ve got planned. On the cards is the Air Max 95 Big Bubble, which will follow in the footsteps of its older Air Max 1 cousin and get an Air unit that’s closer to the OG. First look at imagery has emerged, and the first thing that came to mind is: that it’s not actually that big of a bubble.
The Big-Bubbled AM95 has emerged in the tried and true ‘Triple Black’ iteration, which gives us our best look yet at the upcoming rework. Initially, the rumours of the rehashed AM95 build came from the confirmed ‘Neon’ retro; however, we aren’t surprised that more colourways were on the way. The upper of the ‘Triple Black’ stays true to the many currently on the market, boasting leather sidewalls, mesh-clad panels and synthetic tongues.
Back in 1995 when the Air Max 95 originally released, the Air unit protruded out way past the midsoles. In the present day, the model boasts a unit that’s flush with the sidewalls, and now the Big Bubbled iteration sits somewhere in between. The biggest difference between then and now is the type of air used in the cushioning. When the AM95 first released, Nike used a greenhouse gas known as sulfur hexafluoride, which was previously used to fill tyres and the US Navy uses it for Torpedos. In an effort to go green, Nike switched to full nitrogen in sneakers with Air cushioning back in 2006. One of the major differences between these two is that sulfur hexafluoride is more chemically stable than nitrogen, so the latter may not be able to support a wider bubble.