Combine that with the synthetic SprintSkin and Traxion studs-these studs are triangle shaped rather than round in order to be better distribute acceleration forces and limit the rotational movement, thereby limiting the chance of injury-and you’ve got an idea of what makes the adiZero 5-Star stand out. It makes the cleat’s outsole up to 50 percent lighter than previous footwear.
McGillis credits much of it to their new SprintFrame, which has been in development for more than three years.
With the 5-Star, Adidas hopes to have leapfrogged the competition by such a degree that it will put an end to the usual song-and-dance of, “Company A launches light boot in January, Company B launches marginally lighter boot in February,” and so on.Įxactly how did Adidas manage to make the cleat so darn light? They did not, as I had initially asked, discovered a new element in the galaxy. That’s not insignificant, I think you’ll agree.Īdidas’s previous lightest, the adiZero Scorch, was 8.6 ounces. No idea how light that is? According to McGillis, that’s about 3 ounces lighter than the next lightest cleat on the market today. If you give players the lightest cleat (but not a flimsy cleat!) on the field then you’ll have helped them immensely.Īgain, the cleat weighs in at 6.9 ounces. Since football is a game of inches, the best way to make a killer play is to be faster than the guy breathing who’s down your neck. McGillis says that players these days are interested in one thing above all others: speed. Right before the holiday mini-but-not-really break I spoke to one of Adidas’s designers, Jeff McGillis, to get the lowdown on the new adiZero 5-Star. The cleat will makes its official debut at the U.S. As you can tell by the photo it’s a football (as in American football) cleat, but what you can’t tell by the photo is that it’s the lightest football cleat ever created. There’s ton of stuff there if you want to sift through the archives.īut for today we have something from Adidas, namely their adiZero 5-Star. Last year saw a number of such convergences, from the Jabulani soccer ball at the World Cup (by the way, where did all those complaints surrounding the Jabulani go? The ball is being used in the German Bundesliga, Portugal’s Primeira Liga, and MLS, and I don’t see too many people in those leagues complaining), Chuck Liddell-approved ZigTech sneakers from Reebok, and Nike’s very own exercise iPhone App. ( CES is this week, woo~!) The first big thing I have to share with y’all? Yet another example convergence of tech and sport.
The new year has started, and we’re getting back into the swing of things here at CG.
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