Beyond Store's Nike SB Dunk honors Alvar Aalto — the first Nordic shop colab

Vertical skating was born in the drought-empty kidney pools of 1970s California; Alvar Aalto designed the first documented freeform pool, at Villa Mairea in 1939. Beyond Store gave the architect his flowers through skateboarding.

White-and-cream upper with a birch Swoosh, brick-red outsole, and deep navy patent leather heel; Beyond branding behind the tongue tag and a circular logo on the insole, printed with freeform-pool sketches and the words 'Lines That Never End'. Launched July 8 in Jyväskylä, July 11 in Helsinki, globally July 25 via Nike SB skate shops and SNKRS at $140.

The first Nike SB Dunk High release since 2024, and the first time a skate shop from the Nordic region produced its own Nike SB sneaker.

Beyond Store, a Finnish skate retailer in Jyväskylä, marked 20 years in business with its first-ever Nike SB project: the Dunk High 'Lines That Never End', honouring the town's legendary architect Alvar Aalto and becoming the first Nike SB sneaker produced by a skate shop from the Nordic region.

The design reads as an Aalto field guide. The upper blends white and cream under a birch Swoosh, nodding to the architect's iconic furniture; brick red lands on the outsole as a reference to his preferred building material; deep navy patent leather on the heel panel points to the glazed ceramic tiles found in his most famous works. Behind the tongue tag sits Beyond branding, while the insole carries the boutique's circular logo, sketches of freeform pools, and the colab's title.

The pool connection is the story's twist: vertical skating grew out of 1970s California droughts that left kidney-shaped pools empty and skateable, and Aalto had designed the first documented freeform pool — rounded edges, curved walls — at Villa Mairea, Finland in 1939. The shoe released in stages: July 8 at the Jyväskylä store, July 11 in Helsinki, and globally on July 25 via Nike SB skate shops and SNKRS for $140.

Aalto is Jyväskylä's identity; a skate shop celebrating its 20th year through the hometown architect is a story locals and collectors both want.

Every material choice maps to a real Aalto detail, so the design rewards knowledge instead of just printing a logo.

The freeform-pool thread gives the colab an origin myth that connects skateboarding's birth to Finnish design history.

Local pride scales: a shop's 20th anniversary became a national first by translating hometown architecture into a global product.

As of 2026-07-17 the three-stage release was rolling out — Jyväskylä on July 8, Helsinki on July 11, global on July 25 via SNKRS and Nike SB skate shops at $140.