Now though they have topped themselves. Introducing the Adidas Springblade.These shoes are to give "explosive energy" with 16 plastic blades on the bottom that propel you forward. Kind of reminds me of Spira shoes which literally had springs built in them help you run. I honestly just don't know who thought this was a good idea. Oh wait, we'll find out. At $180, it's only going to attract people who really don't care what they wear when they run, if they even wear them for running,which seems to be the market they are going for. The article here mentions Mikal Peveto, Adidas America's Director of Running (ah, he thought it was a good idea), who says this shoe is going to be embraced by athletes who run for fun or for other sports. You know, because competitive and hard-core runners are into that barefoot trend. What he seems to fail to understand is that a majority of competitive and hard-core runners still want a traditional shoe, not a barefoot/transitional shoe. Adidas has time and time again shown how clueless they are when it comes to running shoes. Which is funny when they seem miffed by the lack of sales we have at the store for their product. Also, who thought it was a good idea to name a shoe so similar to a movie staring Billy Bob Thornton? This is not what I want to think of when I buy my running shoes.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Oh Adidas...poor poor Adidas.
Now though they have topped themselves. Introducing the Adidas Springblade.These shoes are to give "explosive energy" with 16 plastic blades on the bottom that propel you forward. Kind of reminds me of Spira shoes which literally had springs built in them help you run. I honestly just don't know who thought this was a good idea. Oh wait, we'll find out. At $180, it's only going to attract people who really don't care what they wear when they run, if they even wear them for running,which seems to be the market they are going for. The article here mentions Mikal Peveto, Adidas America's Director of Running (ah, he thought it was a good idea), who says this shoe is going to be embraced by athletes who run for fun or for other sports. You know, because competitive and hard-core runners are into that barefoot trend. What he seems to fail to understand is that a majority of competitive and hard-core runners still want a traditional shoe, not a barefoot/transitional shoe. Adidas has time and time again shown how clueless they are when it comes to running shoes. Which is funny when they seem miffed by the lack of sales we have at the store for their product. Also, who thought it was a good idea to name a shoe so similar to a movie staring Billy Bob Thornton? This is not what I want to think of when I buy my running shoes.
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