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Colour updates don’t make a boot special The past decade in the boot industry has seen more than its fair share of releases. On top of the regular releases, we are seemingly seeing more and more limited edition releases peppered too. There is a good reason for this. Limited product almost always sells product at […]

Bizarre boots from the past There have been many lists over the last few years looking at some of the weirdest boot releases that have been brought to the market. We always tend to see boots like the Zygo Deztruct or the Serafino 4th Edge, or even boots like the Concave PT+ on such lists. […]

Just a short, quick update. I wrote about my thoughts on modular boots over on BOOTHYPE. Please go give it a read if you haven’t already! Creating a modular football boot Thanks! じゃあね！

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 […]