Nike and Hyperice‘s second collaboration folds heat and vibration therapy into the shape of an everyday slide. The Nike Air Zoom Hyperslide, arriving September 29 through Nike, Hyperice, and select retailers, houses a removable, magnetically connected pod inside its strap — a piece of hardware that turns a low-profile Air Zoom sole into a wearable recovery device rather than a passive one. The choice to build recovery technology into footwear this ordinary, rather than a bulkier dedicated device, says something about where both brands think the category is heading.
The Hyperslide Pod at the center of the design is the slide’s defining feature: a removable, rechargeable unit that clips magnetically into the adjustable strap and sits across the top of the foot, delivering three levels of heat — up to 117°F (47°C) — and three levels of vibration in 15-minute recovery cycles. Controls live directly on the pod or route through the Hyperice app, and the heat and vibration technology draws from Hyperice’s existing Venom line rather than introducing an entirely new system.
Underfoot, the slide keeps things familiar. Nike built the Hyperslide on its established low-profile Air Zoom cushioningplatform, tuning the pressure specifically for comfort rather than performance rebound — a deliberate departure from how Air Zoom units are typically calibrated for basketball or running, where higher pressure supports energy transfer during movement.
Positioning the Hyperslide as a more accessible entry point into the Nike and Hyperice recovery line than its predecessor, the brands set it well below the $900 Nike Hyperboot that launched the partnership, reflecting what Hyperice describes as an intentional effort to keep the value proposition in check even as the technology inside remains comparable in ambition.
Design responsibility for the Hyperslide reportedly shifted between the two companies compared to their first release. Where the Hyperboot was led more heavily by Hyperice’s recovery expertise, the slide’s silhouette and execution were driven more by Nike, with the goal of producing what the brand considers the definitive version of one of its most enduring, if understated, product categories.
Tobie Hatfield, Senior Director of Athlete Innovation at Nike, frames the design intent around immediacy: “Athletes leave everything on the field, and the approach to recovery needs to meet them at the same level. With the Nike Air Zoom Hyperslide, we wanted to create a solution that kickstarts recovery the moment you power it up.”
Hyperice founder Anthony Katz describes the collaboration as a continuation of a shared design language between the two companies, said in a statement: “Our partnership with Nike has always been driven by a shared commitment to innovation for the athlete.” The remark points to a broader pattern across both brands’ recent output — Nike’s parallel explorations into neuroscience-informed footwear and adaptive, robotics-assisted footwear suggest a company increasingly treating the shoe itself as a piece of responsive hardware rather than a static object.
Pricing and availability place the Hyperslide at $250, a figure the brands position deliberately between everyday footwear and the premium recovery-device market. The Nike Air Zoom Hyperslide release date is set for September 29, with black and beige colorways confirmed at launch. The slide will be sold through nike.com, hyperice.com, and select retail partners globally, including Best Buy and Dick’s Sporting Goods in the US — a distribution footprint that reads as a deliberate move beyond specialty recovery retail and into mainstream reach.
Positioned as the second product in an ongoing collaboration rather than a standalone release, the Hyperslide extends a recovery-focused design language that began with the Nike Hyperboot — one that treats the moments between competition, training, and daily movement as worth designing for in their own right. Whether that logic scales beyond footwear remains, for now, an open question the partnership seems content to keep answering one product at a time.