With the previous X Ghosted series from adidas, it was difficult to justify going for the Ghosted+ since the Ghosted.1 was fairly similar and the Ghosted+ do not have too much about it to justify the increased price or the foregoing the extra lockdown that the Ghosted.1 had available. However, with the launch of the […]
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Laceless boots that make sense Adidas having been doing the laceless concept ever since the launch of the Ace 16+ Purecontrol back in 2016. That is six years of chopping and changing models without really making a solid case for why a laceless boot is the best option in a line up. There is an […]
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A Unique Piece Back in 2020, adidas dropped a bombshell when they revealed that they had collaborated with The Pred Collective and The Predator Pro to create the Predator Archive as part of adidas’ return to a “proper” Predator. Which is a Predator that has the grip and all the aggressiveness that one expected of […]
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Remember, nothing exists in a vacuum Adidas dropped the gorgeous Legends Pack last week that included a Predator Pulse remake and an adiPure I remake. While the Pulse was never one of my favourite Preds, the adiPure I is one of my favourite adidas boots. I had a pair of the originals in the white/black […]
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Surpassing potential With the release of the X Ghosted last year, adidas put themselves back in competition with Nike in the speed boot race. The CarbiTex soleplate showed that carbon fibre could be effective when used properly. Having gone with a synthetic, adidas tried to push the envelope of what a synthetic could do but […]
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Balanced and Interesting After the launch of the first model, the Nemeziz has been somewhat of an all arounder without ever being the most popular of boots. If you asked most people which boot silo adidas should drop, most people would conclude that the Nemeziz should go. And to a point, this is understandable. After […]
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A good idea/A bad idea Yesterday saw the release of the first 100% vegan adidas football boot through a collab (supposedly) between Paul Pogba and Stella McCartney. If we want to be diplomatic, the colourway of the boot can be described as polarizing. But while this splits opinion, the boot itself seems like a great […]
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80 OVR, 90 POT Adidas has never truly dominated the speed boot market since the release of the original adiZero. Apart from the astonishing weight of the boot, the soleplate made the boot stand out among the crowd. In an attempt to replicate the success of that boot, adidas has gone back to the drawing […]
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