FLOAT 100 · Sneakers · No. 51
Nike SB Dunk Low 'Travis Scott'
Travis Scott's first skate shoe was built to fall apart on purpose: rip off the bandana canvas and a hidden print shows through, which is one reason no two worn pairs look alike.
- Year
- 2020
- Maker
- Nike SB x Travis Scott
- By price in sneakers
- 47 of 100
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Create a free account- Official name
- Travis Scott x Nike SB Dunk Low, often called 'Cactus Jack' or 'Jackboys'
- Style code
- CT5053-001
- Colorway
- Black/Parachute Beige-Petra Brown-Black
- Released
- February 29, 2020, at select skate shops; a special-box version went out through Scott's own web store on February 22
- Retail price
- $150 (men's)
- Signature detail
- Navy paisley bandana canvas overlays that tear away to reveal a printed layer underneath
- Other details
- Plaid mid-panel, tan suede and nubuck, rope laces, Cactus Jack tongue label, mismatched Swooshes
- Release type
- No release on Nike's own app; stock went to skate shops and select boutiques
- Production
- Not published by Nike
Teased in a music video
Travis Scott's Cactus Jack Records released JackBoys, a compilation by the label's collective of the same name, on December 27, 2019. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart dated January 11, 2020, the first number-one album of the 2020s.
The shoe appeared first on screen. In the video for the single 'JACKBOYS,' an almost nine-minute short film, an SB Dunk shows up eight seconds in, with its paisley overlays partly ripped away. Within days, in-hand photos circulated, and by January 15, 2020, sneaker outlets were reporting a February 29 release at $150 for men's pairs.
It was Scott's first project with Nike Skateboarding. He had already worked with Nike and Jordan Brand on other models, including an Air Force 1 whose Cactus Jack Records print reappears under the Dunk's tear-away canvas.
How to read the shoe
Nike SB's own archive describes khaki-toned uppers with deep navy canvas overlays printed in a bandana pattern, mismatched black and pink Swoosh logos and tartan plaid on the mid-foot panels. 'The canvas tears away,' it says, to reveal 'woodsy-style camo patterns' seen on Scott's other Nike collaborations. Accounts of what lies underneath differ: one release report describes the Cactus Jack Records print from his earlier Air Force 1, and one retail description says the bandana is designed to come off after a few wears, or kickflips, exposing textured nubuck.
Other details collectors look for: rope-style laces, a thick tongue with a Cactus Jack label, Cactus Jack branding at the ankle collar, olive liners, nubuck navy Swooshes, a white midsole with navy stitching and a cream rubber outsole. Pairs came with both white and navy laces. The style code is CT5053-001.
Because the overlay is meant to be torn, a worn pair can look very different from a new one. The sources describe the paisley as tear-away canvas, not a removable or hook-and-loop panel, and the plaid on the mid-panel is fixed.
Skate shops only
Nike chose not to release the shoe through its SNKRS app, as it had with other heavily demanded SB Dunks. Instead, stock went to select skate shops around the world and to some boutiques. Sneaker Freaker reported that the first pairs went out February 22, 2020, through Scott's official website in a special limited box; the wider release on February 29 came in Nike SB's regular striped box.
Complex wrote that keeping the shoe true to 'the quickstrike SBs of old' made it one of the harder SB Dunks to get, 'much to the chagrin of plenty of fans and collectors alike.' Nike SB filmed a skate video in Houston, Scott's hometown, featuring Robert Neal, Theotis Beasley, Ishod Wair and Kyle Wilson.
In May 2023, rumors spread that the shoe would restock that September. By June 2023 the report had been walked back, and no restock followed.
A modern grail, priced in public
The shoe's retail price was $150. On the resale market it has traded far above that ever since. In October 2026 the lowest listing for a new pair at one sneaker resale shop was $1,490, and a size 6.5 pair was listed at $5,276.
Nike does not publish production numbers for the release, and no source reviewed for this page states one. Claims about how many pairs were made should be treated with caution.
Why it matters
Complex credited Scott with putting a large share of attention back on Nike SB Dunks before he released his own. The SB Dunk Low became, in WWD's phrase, 'Travis Scott's only Dunk to ever get a public release' with its paisley bandana look. His later PlayStation Dunk, by Complex's account, was made in just five pairs and sold by raffle.
It arrived at the end of February 2020, days before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
The numbers
- Release date
- February 29, 2020 (special-box version February 22, 2020)
- Retail price
- $150 (men's)
- Style code
- CT5053-001
- Colorway
- Black/Parachute Beige-Petra Brown-Black
- Release type
- Select skate shops and boutiques; not on Nike's SNKRS app
- Production
- Not published
Timeline
Cactus Jack Records releases the JackBoys compilation.
The shoe, teased in the 'JACKBOYS' video, is reported with first in-hand photos.
JackBoys debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 chart dated this week.
A February 29 release date at $150 for men's pairs is reported.
A special-box version is released through Travis Scott's official web store.
Wide release at select skate shops and boutiques, with no release on Nike's app.
A rumor spreads that the shoe will restock in September 2023.
The restock rumor is reported as false.
Lowest listing for a new pair at one resale shop is $1,490.
The world in 2020
The Chinese city of Wuhan is quarantined at the center of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others die in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.
The World Health Organization declares a public health emergency of international concern.
The WHO names the disease COVID-19.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 1,190.95 points, its largest one-day point drop to that time.
The WHO declares COVID-19 a pandemic.
Price record
| Date | Price | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 2020 | $150 | Asking price, not a saleRetail price for men's pairs. |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $1,490 | Asking price, not a saleLowest listed price for a new pair at a sneaker resale shop; individual sizes were listed from $1,490 to $5,276. |
This is an asking price, not a sale. It is what a seller wanted on the date shown. Asking prices often sit above what buyers pay, but an ask is not a ceiling: a sale can land on either side of it. It is not a value.
By reference price, Nike SB Dunk Low 'Travis Scott' is number 47 of 100 in the sneakers entries of the FLOAT 100. 22 of those 100 rest on a realized sale; the rest carry an asking price or a guide value, and each page says which. Rank within the FLOAT 100 itself (51 here) is editorial: how much an object defines its field, not price alone.
Did you know
- The paisley canvas is designed to tear off as the shoe is worn, revealing a printed layer underneath.
- The shoe was first seen in a nearly nine-minute music video for 'JACKBOYS,' eight seconds in.
- JackBoys, the album the shoe arrived alongside, was the first number-one album of the 2020s.
- Pairs shipped with two sets of laces, white and navy, plus rope-style laces on the shoe.
- The release came less than two weeks before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.
How this page is made
- The figure
- One reference price, shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. An asking price, an estimate and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- The story
- Researched from published records and checked fact by fact. Updated Oct 1, 2026.
- Archive
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