Key Details
Price: $220Release Date: October 2, 2026
- Oregon's Outdoor School program has sent sixth graders to outdoor campsites since 1957.
- The wood cookie hangtag on each pair is stamped “Horizon Cabin” and includes frog, compass, whistle, slug and fish charms.
- The New Balance 992 x Aminé “Outdoor School” retails for $220 through Club Banana.
New Balance 992 x Aminé “Outdoor School” marks the Portland rapper’s first colorway for New Balance’s MADE in USA line, and it releases October 2, 2026 for $220. The reddish brown pair pulls its story from Aminé’s sixth grade trip to Oregon’s Outdoor School program, a detail he says sparked the whole project when he rediscovered a keepsake from that trip hanging in his childhood bedroom.
Aminé has built a reputation for personal work with New Balance, from the multicolor “Best Day Ever” pack to a converted 610 that leaned into his love of the outdoors. This MADE in USA project traces back further, to the MESD Outdoor School program, a field science program that has sent Oregon sixth graders to campsites like Milk Creek since 1957. Students spend a week away from phones and screens learning about soil, water, plants and wildlife, and each kid receives a wooden name tag, nicknamed a “wood cookie,” to decorate with charms. Aminé held onto his for years, and finding it on his bedroom door three Christmases ago is what led him back to New Balance with this idea. JustFreshKicks will have more on the MADE in USA line as new colorways surface.
The New Balance 992 x Aminé “Outdoor School” Design
The 992 lands in a reddish brown colorway that blends suede overlays and mesh underlays with deep red patent leather panels set between them. Club Banana branding sits on the tongues, more branding runs across the heels, and the insoles carry graphics tied directly to the Outdoor School program. The sole unit carries its own color story, with a blue stripe running through the outsole traction and blue and gold plus red and green plates at the midfoot. Each pair ships with a wood cookie hangtag stamped “Horizon Cabin” and charms shaped like a frog, compass, whistle, slug and fish, mirroring the trinkets kids added to their own wood cookies at camp. The shoebox itself is built to resemble a fishing tackle box, carrying the outdoor theme through to the packaging.
What Is Oregon’s Outdoor School Program That Inspired Aminé’s New Balance 992?
Outdoor School is a field science program that has sent Oregon sixth graders to outdoor campsites since 1957, teaching them about soil, water, plants and wildlife away from phones and screens. Aminé attended the program at Milk Creek and based the “Outdoor School” 992 on that week away.
New Balance 992 x Aminé “Outdoor School” Release Information
The New Balance 992 x Aminé “Outdoor School” releases October 2, 2026, retailing for $220 exclusively through Club Banana. Check JustFreshKicks’ Sneaker Release Dates page for the rest of the MADE in USA rollout.
New Balance 992 x Aminé “Outdoor School”
Color: Reddish brown with deep red patent leather panels
Style Code: TBD
Release Date: October 2, 2026
Price: $220
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the New Balance 992 x Aminé “Outdoor School” release?
October 2, 2026.
How much does the New Balance 992 x Aminé “Outdoor School” cost?
$220.
Where can I buy the New Balance 992 x Aminé “Outdoor School”?
Through Club Banana.
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Quotes via Aminé; images via New Balance.
