Buy, Sell or Hold: Air Jordan 1 Hyper Royal Retro High

By Oliver Tan 19 May 2021 1 minute readUpdated October 2026

The sneaker world was hit with a bombshell on April 17th with the highly anticipated Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG Hyper Royals releasing online and through in store raffles.

For this release, it looks like the Jordan Brand did not hold back again giving sneaker heads a clean faded light blue look of the iconic silhouette.

Sporting a vintage feel, the Air Jordan 1 Hyper Royal features white leather, a grey outsole and distressed Hyper Royal suede overlays.

Overview

With the release date being rumoured from as early as October 2020, online sneaker news outlets released official images of the shoe and created a lot of hype for the colourway.

The Swoosh and Panels around the ankle are a Light Smoke Grey Duraback and the shoe features the classic white wings logo on the lateral ankle.

Furthermore, the "Nike Air" label is stitched to the white tongue in a blue woven material creating a contrasting look.

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Analysis

Now one of the strongest arguments currently made towards the Jordan 1 Hyper Royal is its comparison to the Jordan 1 Turbo Green released in early 2019.

Both of these shoes are similar in colour and are both primarily made from Suede.

Judging from demand there is a lot of potential in the Jordan 1 High Hyper Royal.

Photo Credit: @FinishLine

Demand for Jordan 1 Highs has exploded in the past 2 years and we don’t see the demand for shoes like these to die down.

Final thoughts

Overall, the Jordan 1 High Hyper Royals is definitely an interesting shoe.

Just only coming out after the Jordan 1 High University Blues and before the Air Jordan 4 UNCs, it has really shown the demand of light blue colourways.

Reminiscing Michael Jordan's days in the University of North Carolina, this Hyper Royal colourway and color blocking is stylish and easy to rock and will definitely only gain interest over time.

If you manage to cop these, congrats and all the best!

You can purchase the Jordan 1 OG Hyper Royals here.

Written by Oliver Tan - analyst intern.