The Speediest ASICS Boot For years, it seemed like the X Fly was ASICS’ go to speed boot. According to the brand though, they were never an outright speed boot and more of a balanced boot. In order to properly compete with other speed boots, namely their domestic rivals Mizuno, ASICS released the X Fly […]
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Limited Edition Boots are slowly killing the community This blog has gone on a lot about how limited-edition boots are causing issues by flooding the market with releases on top of releases and that limited edition don’t have the same power and mystique that they used to. There is also the issue that they are […]
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Remakes have become too common It seems as if brands didn’t think they had enough product flooding the market. On top of all of the regular releases, we get limited edition colourways. If that wasn’t enough, there are a load of remakes being dumped onto the market. I love the idea of remakes and I […]
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Boots I missed out on For about 12 years now I have been actively collecting football boots. Throughout that entire, many boots have come and gone, but among those I’ve collected, sold, wore out, etc., there are still some pairs that have managed to elude me. Some for good reasons, others through bad luck, and […]
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A Truly Bizarre Year The Boot Industry had its work cut out for it this year. It did ok but a lot of the problems that have followed the industry for years now were only accentuated by the craziness that was 2020. Overstocking, flooding the market with releases, limited releases for days and a general […]
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This year will be remembered for a lot of reasons. Its been absolute chaos in just about every aspect and this is before even getting into the boot industry itself. We’ve seen remakes, rereleases, colourways for cancelled tournaments, and an incredible deluge of regular releases. Even for people who don’t normally pay too much attention […]
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The Italian-made boot Par Excellence Its almost a bit of a stereotype now. Classic leather boot in black, handmade in Italy with a classic soleplate. It’s a formula that is becoming more common as more and more smaller brands become more well known and bigger brands try to capture that unique selling point. One might […]
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Kind of like regular retailers Over the past year we have all seen resellers pick up stock that was either product that had already dropped out or the market and even some pro issue stock. It did seem a bit confusing where this stock had come from. After all, a lot of these products were […]
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Leaving a Legacy At the start of this year, adidas launched the Predator 20+ Mutator. It featured a return to what fans had been wanting for years – the return of grip elements. Along with the top of the line laceless model, adidas finally released something else that people had been going on a about […]
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A crazy idea with incredible impact The football boot enthusiast community exploded with surprise earlier this week with the launch of adidas’ Memory Lane pack, which brought back revamped versions of the much-beloved adiZero series. Even crazier, each different colourway was a product of adidas’ designers working directly with different retailers. While some of adidas’ […]
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