{"id":417101,"date":"2014-11-25T16:42:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T21:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=417101"},"modified":"2019-01-03T09:00:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T14:00:56","slug":"complete-history-black-friday-retro-jordans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/complete-history-black-friday-retro-jordans\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete History of Black Friday Retro Jordans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time, Black Friday was reserved for those hunting for deals on computers, laptops, TVs, and video games. \u00a0Today, while many of those items are up for grabs on the annual shopping holiday, Black Friday has quickly become an event for sneakers. \u00a0This year, virtually ever sneaker brand, small and large, are releasing some of their best kicks on the day after Thanksgiving including Jordan Brand. \u00a0This Friday will see the return of the “Black\/Infrared” Air Jordan 6 as the shoe celebrates 23 years since its debut in 1991.<\/p>\n

With so much attention this Black Friday, we decided to take a look back at the history of retro Jordans<\/a> dropping\u00a0the day after\u00a0Turkey Day.<\/p>\n

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The Debut – 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n Air Jordan 12 “Nubuck” (2003)\n

Year: 2003
\nShoe: Air Jordan 12 “Nubuck”
\nFor Sale: eBay<\/a><\/p>\n

Jordan Brand was far ahead of their time when they released the “Nubuck” Air Jordan 12 retro set as an online exclusive. \u00a0The package cost $200 and included the shoes, hoodie, and pinwheel hat. \u00a0This was Jordan’s first ever online exclusive and was many sneakerhead’s first online cop.<\/p>\n

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The Return – 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n Air Jordan 12 “Flu Game” (2009)\n

Year: 2009
\nShoe: Air Jordan 12 “Flu Game”
\nFor Sale: eBay<\/a><\/p>\n

Jordan Brand celebrated Michael Jordan’s historic performance from the 1997 NBA Finals where he played a remarkable game putting up 37 points despite suffering from “flu-like symptoms”. \u00a0While the illness has recently been disputed for being a case of food poisoning due to bad pizza, the stats and sickface smiley face etched on the nubuck upper still work.<\/p>\n

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Double Up – 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n Air Jordan 13 “Flint” (2010)\n Air Jordan 7 “Bin 23” (2010)\n

Year: 2010
\nShoe: Air Jordan 13 “Flint” \/\/\u00a0Air Jordan 7 “Bin 23”
\nFor Sale: eBay<\/a> \/\/ eBay<\/a><\/p>\n

For the first time, Jordan Brand dropped two pairs of retros on Black Friday in 2010. \u00a0The first, and more widely available, was the Air Jordan 13 “Flint” which saw their first return since the first initial retro of the colorway in 2005. \u00a0The second pair was the highly chased Air Jordan 7 from the “Bin 23” collection.<\/p>\n

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23 Years In The Making\u00a0– 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n Air Jordan 3 Black\/Cement (2011)\n

Year: 2011
\nShoe: Air Jordan 3 “Black\/Cement”
\nFor Sale: eBay<\/a><\/p>\n

The Air Jordan 3\u00a0in the Black\/Cement colorway released for the fifth time in 2011 on Black Friday during the 23rd anniversary of the AJ3’s 1988 debut. \u00a0While the shoe had released only 3 years prior as part of a Countdown Pack, many heads rejoiced at the thought of not having the task of unloading a black suede Air Jordan 20 that literally everyone was trying to unload.<\/p>\n

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Year of “Bred” – 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n Air Jordan 4 Black\/Red (2012)\n

Year: 2012
\nShoe: Air Jordan 4 Black\/Red
\nFor Sale: eBay<\/a><\/p>\n

Sneaker bloggers and hypebeasts got too lazy to call these or the Jordan 11s that released the same year as “black and red” and rather opted for “bred”. \u00a0Whatever you want to call the colorway, the shoes were a banger and a hot grab for the holiday season.<\/p>\n

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The Sleeper – 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n Air Jordan 5 “Oreo” (2013)\n

Year: 2013
\nShoe: Air Jordan 5 “Oreo”
\nFor Sale: eBay<\/a><\/p>\n

Jordan Brand ended what seemed like an annual tradition of releasing OG colored retros on Black Friday with the “Oreo” Air Jordan 5. \u00a0Many heads passed, and still today you can scoop a pair for not much more than retail + tax.<\/p>\n

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Back in (almost) OG Form – 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n Air Jordan 6 Black\/Infrared (2014)\n

Year: 2014
\nShoe: Air Jordan 6 “Black\/Infrared”
\nFor Sale:\u00a0November 28, 2014<\/p>\n

It’s hard to beat a classic. \u00a0Harder to beat a shoe MJ made history in. \u00a0And even harder than that when the shoe is almost identical to the original. \u00a0The Black\/Infrared Air Jordan 6 first returned in 2000, took a decade long break until it dropped in 2010 with the wrong shade on Infrared, but returns in 2014 with 3M underlays for the first time in 23 years. \u00a0All year long, Jordan Brand has celebrated the 23rd year of the AJ6 and what better way to close out the campaign than with the shoes MJ wore when he won his first of six rings.<\/p>\n

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