Which Asics Skyhand gives off the strongest hype signal?

The Hypescore reads the signal strength of every Asics Skyhand colorway. Community votes, resale movement, search demand and scarcity together decide how much hype a sneaker gives off, expressed in GSv. On the left the strongest hype signals, on the right the colorways just being picked up and rising fast.

Strongest hype signal

  1. 1ASICS Skyhand OG Graphite Grey Coneflower (1203A451-020)ASICS Skyhand OG Graphite Grey Coneflower (1203A451-020)INERTAsics Skyhand · from £58 · 3 shops14GSv

About Asics Skyhand

Asics Skyhand

The Skyhand comes from a sport Asics rarely mentions: handball. The model appeared in the eighties as an indoor court shoe, with the low-profile construction and flat sole typical for that sport, and then disappeared from view for decades. The reissue in the SportStyle line brings it back as a street shoe, in materials that have nothing to do with the indoor game.

The design is sober and low. The upper is soft suede with a perforated panel on the toe, and the crossed brand stripes lie like stitched bands across the side, continuing into the sole rim. A double contrast foxing runs along the sole with the brand name printed into the gum rubber, and there is a small fabric heel loop. The sole is flat and thin, as an indoor shoe should be.

The collaboration with Danish furniture brand HAY put the model on the map with an audience that cares about colour and material rather than technology. That fits the positioning: this is the quiet, handcrafted side of Asics, far from the running models the brand owes its name to.

Within the same taste, the Asics Japan and the Adidas Gazelle serve the low retro silhouette from the same period.

On this page you can see which versions of the Asics Skyhand are currently hottest according to the Hypescore, from which price they can be found and in how many shops they are in stock.