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It’s okay to be worried. It’s okay to be sad. It’s okay to feel worn out. It’s okay to be frustrated. It’s okay to feel unmotivated. It’s okay to take “me time”. It’s okay to self-care. It’s okay to relax. Your feelings are valid. It has been rough the past few months and it is […]

Brands rely on pressure for sales At the moment we are in a bit of a lull in terms of releases in the market. Knowing how brands are, especially the Big 3, this won’t last for long. When all of the big releases finally start coming again, brands will all big making a big push […]

Brands can use this time to readjust and redesign The present issue worldwide has really thrown everything into a loop. The boot market is struggling and there are massive sales left and right at almost every retailer and even the big brands are pushing releases back. Given that most boots are developed on a two-year […]

Exceptional Design Hummel used to be a lot more relevant internationally in the football boot market than they are now. They tried a lot of bold designs and were among the first brands to use goat leather for the upper of their boots, noting that it was stronger than kangaroo leather. A lot of interesting […]

Tips to help you out It’s a scourge of Ebay and a threat to everyone looking to pick up boots they’ve missed out on. Almost every person I know has had trouble figuring out if some boots they have found are fake or not. I recently have had my own issues with this. I (thought […]

We might start seeing some brands disappear With the ongoing uncertainty around the globe right now, the market has become quite volatile. While a lot of the conversation in the football boot industry has been about whether release dates will be kept and what will happen to product that was scheduled to release this year, […]

Gavic has been a staple in the Japanese market for some time. Although primarily an apparel and futsal shoe brand, much like Athleta, they made the leap into football boots in 2018 with their Mathieu Ten and Jin silos. Unlike Athleta though, Gavic’s impact has been much smaller. It isn’t for lack of trying and […]

In a first for GaijinBootBlog, BOOTHYPE.com writer JayC gives us his review of the Pred 20.1 Low! The most iconic boots in history often makes people question their pre-conceived notions. The 1994 Predator questioned the idea of what a football boot could be. The 2010 adizero questioned if you had to make a sacrifice between […]

A stealthy underrated boot from an underrated brand Hummel has kept a fairly low profile in the boot industry over the past several years. From their high points with the Vault Series from 2004 to slowly leaving the industry altogether in the past few years, there have been a few highs and some lows. However, […]