Nike SB React Leo 'Black/Gum'

Black. Gum. The SB React Leo in Its Purest Form.

The Nike SB React Leo in 'Black/Gum' is the SB Leo at its most essential — black upper, gum outsole, React foam underneath, no color competing for attention, nothing to distract from the skating or the fit. Black and gum on a skate shoe is not a colorway choice. It's a position statement: this is what the shoe is, and the shoe is enough.

Style number DX4361-005.

Black and Gum: The Skate Shoe Standard

Black and gum has been the default colorway of serious skate footwear for as long as skateboarding has had a footwear culture worth discussing. The reasons are functional as much as aesthetic: black uppers don't show the grip tape marks, board scuffs, and pavement abrasion that skating produces as visibly as light colorways do, which means the shoe maintains its appearance longer under the specific wear patterns of actual skating. Gum outsoles provide the grip tape traction and board feel that technical skating demands while adding the warm, natural tone that prevents the black upper from reading as too stark or too formal. On the SB React Leo's technically serious skate construction, black and gum is the combination that lets the shoe's performance credentials speak without visual distraction.

What You're Getting

• Upper: Black leather and textile construction — the colorway that hides grip tape marks and skating wear patterns better than any other, maintaining the shoe's appearance across extended use
• Gum Outsole: Natural gum rubber outsole — the classic skate shoe traction surface that provides reliable grip tape grip and tactile board feel across technical skating
• React Foam Midsole: Nike's React cushioning technology — high-energy return foam that provides significantly more impact protection than standard skate shoe constructions while maintaining the Leo's low profile
• Skate-Specific Construction: Nike SB reinforcements throughout — the durability upgrades and impact zones that make the Leo a legitimate skate tool
• Low-Top Profile: Maximum ankle mobility for the footwork demands of modern skateboarding
• Style Code: DX4361-005

The 'Black/Gum' SB Leo in Your Rotation

The 'Black/Gum' SB React Leo is the version of the shoe that belongs in the daily rotation permanently — the colorway that pairs with everything that skateboarding is worn with, which is everything. Black fits give the gum outsole its warmest contrast. White fits create a clean two-tone look that lets the gum read as the shoe's defining detail. Olive, grey, navy, and earth tone fits all work with the black upper without visual friction. The 'Black/Gum' Leo is the skate shoe that never asks to be accommodated and never needs to be replaced with a different colorway for a different context. It simply works.

The Nike SB React Leo 'Black/Gum' DX4361-005 is the most essential colorway on the SB Leo's technically serious React foam platform. Classic black and gum Nike SB releases move consistently — secure your size today.