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Sam filmed by Vincent The Running Collective France in English about his 2 weeks of Hyperboost Edge testing.
Weight 242g / 8.54 oz US8.5 sample
Stack Height 45mm heel /39mm forefoot
Full in depth written review with 7 Comparisons
https://www.roadtrailrun.com/2026/03/adidas-hyperboost-edge-in-depth-review.html
The Hyperboost Edge will release March 17, 2026. $200/200 Euro.
https://app.therunningcollective.com
Samples for testing provided at no cost for review by Adidas
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Hey, it's Sam from Road Trail Run with
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Van Saul from the collective [music] in
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France. I did a French one with him and
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now I'm going to do an English one. So,
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we were just introduced to the
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Hyperboost Edge. I've been running in it
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for 2 weeks. Uh you'll see the rest of
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my YouTube uh video coming right up, but
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this is a really spectacular innovation
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from Adidas. Um you'll see some
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commentary but uh I'll focus on the
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stack height 45 at the heel 39 4 foot.
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So this is definitely a super trainer.
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The foam is a uh eba beaded type foam a
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beaded type foam. So it's sort of
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related to light strike probe but in a
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beaded form similar to the way boost has
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been done before. Uh, it deforms 40%
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they say. Uh, but what I noticed, and
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you'll hear in the commentary, it's
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still very stable because there's a film
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on the outside.
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Plus,
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you can see here they have a a rand
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similar to a trail shoe, almost a thin
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but dense mesh, a very well padded
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tongue with a gusset which also has a
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reinforcement on the gusset. There's
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like a panel inside. The lacing is
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unusual in that the um the loops are on
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the inside with the eyes stay the
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outside. This wraps the foot really
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well. Um, this white
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section here, the white uh overlay is a
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single overlay front to back and that
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also provides really good structure, but
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there's no undo lace pressure because of
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what they've done here. The heel counter
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very much unlike
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uh prior Ultra Boost. Much more kind of
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uh modern, great bolsters on the inside,
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well supported. It's a complete new
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running shoe. It's not a lifestyle shoe.
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>> No, no, no, no, no. It's complete new
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running shoe. Although I am sure it will
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be a very popular lifestyle shoe. But
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look at this first as a high
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performance,
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>> hyper light
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uh hyper modern.
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>> Don't you think we can super trainer?
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>> Don't you think we can compare it to
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another brand like AS6 Super Blast or
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Mega Blast?
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>> Yes. Uh mo closest [music] comparison
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would be mega blast because um like u
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our hyperboost edge the mega blast is
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[music] just foam uh whereas the super
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blast has a lower firmer non um super
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critical foam uh which makes it uh I'd
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say a bit more stable but kind of noisy
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and slappy and kind of stiffer feeling
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than here. Um, uh, that's the Super
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Blast, but very close to the Mega Blast.
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Just a few kind of statistics, the Mega
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Blast is slightly lighter, uh, in
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ounces, I think about a little more than
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half an ounce. So, 14 or so gram,
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something like that. Um, but it has a
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lighter and for me less supportive upper
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than here for the big stack, which is
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about the same. Our um our edge here has
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4 mm more forefoot cushion at the same
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heel height. Okay. The other thing is uh
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we have a full coverage outsole um here
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whereas in the Mega Blast there's
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patches. Nothing wrong with that but it
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saves saves weight. So that's where
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probably the weight difference comes
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from. And Adidas tells us the little
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kind of hardened foam piece here. It's
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very small is purely decorative. may
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give a bit more support. So, overall, I
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found this shoe very very fast for
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training. Um, as I said, some of I broke
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uh some of my Straa segments or came
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close. I'm no younger. Um, so it it it's
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a sort of an effortless feel. You look
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at your watch and you're going faster
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than you expected. Uh, one other
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comparison of Vomero Plus from Nike.
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>> But I think the Vomero Plus is more
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accident oriented comfort oriented
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comfort oriented then this one is more
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maybe more performative
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>> I would say. Yes. And the the Vomero
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Plus has, you know, the mini waffle
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maybe a bit bit would be a bit better on
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dirt. Considerably heav heavier. An
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ounce and a half, which is uh 28 30. I
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think it's 31 g heavier in my US 8.5. I
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would say its upper is
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not as comfortable, but more kind of
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supportive, more locked down. This is a
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bit more uh minimal, although it the
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support is good. Um, so the Vomero Plus
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is a is also a clear comparison.
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>> And my last question, I think that may
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many of your followers would have it
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would have it, sorry. Um, it's about the
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comparison with the Evo SL, another
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which is which is for me the first
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Alidas Super Trainer
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>> but lighter.
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>> Uh, so how would you make the difference
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between those two?
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>> Very good question. Uh, I'm one of the
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few, and probably for good reason, who
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did not particularly care for the Evo
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SL. Um, so, and I'll tell you why. I
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think the Light Strike Pro is fantastic.
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Uh, I know they've improved the upper,
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it needed work, but the big difference
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is whereas here we have this decorative
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almost, but I think it does a little bit
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plate. The Evo SL had a plate uh
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directly below the sock liner.
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>> Direct plate,
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>> a small plastic plate right in here.
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>> Uh right in here. Directly below the
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sock liner. So with that great Light
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Strike Pro foam, unless you were going
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fast all the time, you were kind of
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>> hung hung up on the plate
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>> and with the upper being not as um not
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not being as um locked down as here. So,
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this is a much more practical day in
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dayout trainer. The Evo SL is still a
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fantastic kind of speed shoe, but as far
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as a recommendation, um, for the average
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runner or the runner who wants a long
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run Adidas shoe, um,
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>> this one is more versatile,
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>> much more versatile. Yeah. Yeah. And
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then the Boston 13.
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>> Uh, for me, it's too firm. The vers,
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it's firmer. It's very, it's kind of
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oldfashioned. Nice shoe. I like it a
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lot. But this could be also a substitute
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for Boston 13. Maybe not for fast short
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tempos, but but again more versatile. So
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this is a big innovation.
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>> I think that the Boston 13 has the roads
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also. It has the carbon roads.
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>> Oh, the rods. Yeah. No rods here. And
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that's the thing we're seeing more and
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more um these days in um in the super
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trainers is no rods, no plates or very
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small plates because the foam can do so
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much. Now, how do they do that? And I
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think they explained it really well.
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Adidas, the upper hold has to be good.
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Can't be minimal or you're, you know,
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you're all over the place. And then I
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think you need a substantial full
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outsole that's welld designed. If there
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was something I might improve here, I
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might like a little bit more pronounced
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rocker. A little bit more.
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>> Okay. To feel the a bit more roll.
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Although it doesn't impact speed. It's
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more sort of a I'd like a bit more roll
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impulse.
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>> Okay.
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>> But that that's about it. And and I
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think also personally I would like to
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see Let me get it right. I think it
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might benefit for a patch of firmer
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continental rubber here.
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>> You think the rocker is too stable on
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this one?
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>> Right. Okay.
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>> But the reason is because you have 39
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mm. You know, if it was 34 it would be
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fine, but at 39 it's tricky. So that's
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why for me a shoe such as the um the
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Brooks um
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>> glycerin glycerin max I I can't move
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that shoe at all. You know, too soft.
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The rocker is not good for me. It's
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pronounced, but this is much that's
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another comparison. This is a much
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livelier, much lighter, much much
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lighter shoe. So um Adidas has done a
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great job. And go ahead. Yeah.
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>> Last question. In terms of uh price
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because it's something important. We are
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euros it's 200. I think that it's same
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in dollars. 200
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>> same in dollars which which you know is
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right right in the hunt. You know I
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think it's 20240. It's very fair. Very
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fair.
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>> It's it's a bit less than the Mega Blast
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that is in euros. It's 220.
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>> Yeah. It's about the same dollar. About
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the same dollars. Yeah. Um, and then,
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um, uh, I think the, uh, uh, Vomero,
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uh, pre, uh, plus is $180, something
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like that.
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>> It's, uh, in euros, it's, uh, €170.
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>> Yeah. So, so this is a very, uh, it's
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competitively priced, premium materials.
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Um, yeah, the upper could be be a bit
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more breathable, you know, but they had
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to do this. They either could go with a
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heavy reinforced upper like the um
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Vomero Plus or go with a light quite
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dense material with these overlays as
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they did here. And I think they made the
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right call. I'm not too worried about
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the breathability.
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>> And even even if it's uh too expensive
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right now, I think that if people want
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to wait like a few months, it will lower
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up to
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>> there'll be new colors, you know, the
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usual. And this one will be like I think
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for moments like Black Friday you can
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have it maybe 150.
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>> Yeah. Who knows? Who knows, right? But
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let's I hope they sell some at full
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price to make back the investment in all
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this technology. Oh, the last thing.
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This is light traction. Light traction
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with an X.
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>> Yeah. Same as that just pro.
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>> Yeah. It's not a conventional rubber.
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Much lighter. Much lighter. Um that's
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why they can do this. I found this type
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of
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>> I have some doubts about the grip here.
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I I must confess I think that uh on um
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wet roads it may be a bit slippery.
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>> I've run on wet roads. No problem. No
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problem. No problem. However, I'm not
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sure on any kind of slushy snow this
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would be my choice. I would go with the
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ATRL
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which for me is a much better shoe than
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the regular because the full again the
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outsole plays a role with soft foams.
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the the outsole gives the ATR a platform
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that's more consistent, less of a kind
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of tipping point as with from the
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plastic plate that the uh Evo SL has.
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And you can see they tell us what the
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stack height is.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Thank you very much, Vas.
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>> Thank you,
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>> Aato.
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>> Yes. The heat.
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