Daverunner ‘Banned’

Origin

The ‘Banned Daverunner’ was originally created by Aglet in-house illustrator Dan soon after the initial release of the original Daverunner. The original was based on a Nike Dunk design, and featured a Nike ‘swoosh’ at the front of the shoe. It had Australian flag tongue and laces, and had a cigarette and smoke forming a second ‘swoosh’ shape. It also featured No7, a nod to the Jack Daniels label, partly obscuring the number 420. I have no idea what this reference is 😉

The show was about to be released into the game, but a senior member of the management team finally saw the design just prior to the release, and banned it! The release didn’t go ahead, and so began a ‘movement’ to get a release for this very stylish design.

Many subsequent iterations of the design took place. It was moved off a Nike based design and onto an Aglet One base. This design looked like this.

Again, the content was deemed to be too ‘adult’ in nature. Finally, after many different discussions and disagreements, a version of the banned Daverunner was approved. Notably the final design still kept the 420 hidden under a modified No7 (now N7 to avoid any copyright issues). Here’s the final approved design, which was released on August 7, 2022

Sneaker Story

The Wizard of Drops and star of Dave’s Gallery has a bad boy reputation, well earned, of course. This NFT iteration of the Daverunner series celebrates the darker side of our Hero of Help and features hints at Dave’s banned passions. The upper of this Aglet One silhouette features black and grey panels and overlays with white stitching throughout. Aussie-themed Laces burning at the ends and a gum sole round out the look. Don’t be like Dave, but love him for who he is and cop these kicks before they get completely banned.