Football Boots Nonsense by trOXIon - has nothing to do with ADIDAS' TRAXION

Football boots....

All are getting wierder and wierder looking. Nicer though :)

They used to have studs... but now, it seems like the BLADE has taken over and conquered most of the market :)

KIKA was among the first to adopt blades if I'm not mistaken. Saw the advert when I was like 10 or 11. KIKA BLADES!!! ... Thought it was a loser concept... But who knew that all the other boot makers were gonna use the same thing as well... 20 years plus later... Sheesh!

Anyway....

The difference between blades and studs are as seen below :)




Copa Mundial... It means World Cup I reckon... 12-studs altogether. To me, it's an ageless masterpiece of boots-manship. The leather has always looked classy, with its fine, trademark stitches adorning the upper sole. The 3 white Adidas stripes used to wreak havoc upon opponents (I am talking about the little leagues when I was a kid).... for it gave out a GERMAN aura... that out about to pounce like a hungy lion onto its prey.... HUA HUA HUA!!!

Apa aku merepek ni. Anyway... As I've illustrated above... the blades, as seen on the F50+, is getting widespread popularity now. Provides better grip I suppose. And surely, would leave a gash bigger any other stud mark in the galaxy! HAH!

Pattern....

Ok. Now lets go there. Boots used to have this very boring look of Black. Mostly... BLACK! With dabs of other colours... But mostly... black monopolized the market. There were the occasioanl mutans... or even albinos that tried to be different and adorn other colours. But, like any other new thing... was not sought after due to being too different.

But... after countless top players converted to RED, WHITE and even GREEN boots... the masssess started to throng sports shops... asking for Ronaldo's boot, Zidane's Predator... and also Beckham's Curler!!! All of which.. had unconventional patterns and color.

Some examples...



No more boring "NOIR" ... that's supposed to mean black in another language I guess :)
Anyway... boots are getting nicer and nicer each day :) The design battle has just begun... and I just can't imagine what future designs would be like.

Price...

Well... can't do much controling that. Cuz inflation's like this one zit you cant get rid of. Keeps gettin bigger and bigger. Until one day it POPS! But that's the thing with inflation... Never seems to have a POPPING point. So.. I guess the analogy to a zit cannot be made possible.

I leave you all with my ADIDAS alligator.

Cheers!