The Air Diamond Turf II “Patent Black” is on Foot Locker’s release calendar for Friday, November 13, at $160 in men’s sizes. Nike’s own product data has no row for it yet in the US, the UK or Spain, so for now Foot Locker is the one shop that lists it.
Prime Time’s second trainer
Nike launched the Air Diamond Turf for Deion Sanders in 1993, a cross-trainer with a strap across the midfoot. The II followed in the 1994–95 season, with rounder lines and mesh panels on the sides.
That was Sanders’ one season with the San Francisco 49ers. The Pro Football Hall of Fame records that he was the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year. He also started at right cornerback when the 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49–26 in Super Bowl XXIX.
Patent where the leather was
This pair is almost all black patent leather, with the strap still across the midfoot. Foot Locker lists the colorway as Black/Red/Gold. The red is on the Swoosh on the strap, the tongue and the AIR lettering at the heel. Gold shows through the windows in the side panels, and each tongue carries a 21.
The midsole and outsole are black too, with a lugged toe.
How to get a pair
Foot Locker’s launch page lists it for men at one pair per person. No UK or Spanish shop lists it yet, and neither do Nike GB or Nike Spain. More of Sanders’ pairs, as they’re announced, will be on our Nike page.
