Product – Page 14
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News briefsAdidas presents away jerseys for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
Source: Adidas Sweden’s FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ away kit Partnering with ten teams participating in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand™, Adidas has unveiled the away jerseys for Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Japan, Spain and Sweden. The jerseys for Costa Rica, Italy and ...
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News briefsSpeedo teams up with Chinese fitness club
Speedo has teamed up with China’s premium fitness club, Wills, to help inspire its 1.5 million members to take up swimming. The one-year partnership will see 900 of Wills’ swimming trainers teaching exclusively in Speedo x Wills co-branded swimwear products. The customized collection, a redesign of Speedo’s classics, consists of ...
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News briefsResurgent racquet brand, resurgent racquet
Snauwaert saw the light of day in Belgium in 1928 and went under in the early 1990s, only to reemerge in 2020, after nearly 30 years of dormancy, in another land: Italy. The brand released its high-end, eponymous racquet, the “Snauwaert,” in the 1970s and followed it up in the ...
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News briefsAllbirds to launch net zero carbon shoe
Source: https://www.allbirds.com Allbirds has announced the launch of the M0.0NSHOT, which it claims is the “world’s first net zero carbon shoe.” The name refers to the company “shooting for the moon with a net zero carbon shoe,” Allbirds said. The midsole of the M0.0NSHOT consists of a ...
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News briefsPeak Ski Company integrates tracking device directly into ski
Peak Ski Company, the U.S. ski brand founded in 2022 by Bode Miller and Andy Wirth, and its strategic partner Pebblebee have unveiled Peak Lôc8, a tracking device that will be integrated into some models of Peak’s 2023/24 ski line. Peak Lôc8 allows users to locate their Peak skis (not ...
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ArticleMetaverse NPCs that can learn
NPCs are familiar to gamers around the world as mindless characters that populate the backgrounds of video games. They are non-player characters, or NPCs, because no player is in control of them. A California company called Infinite Reality (iR) is endowing the NPC with data collection and machine learning to ...
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News briefsSabrina Ionescu and Nike team up for signature basketball collection
Source: Nike Sabrina Ionescu’s Unicorn sock with Dri-FIT ADV Nike has unveiled Sabrina Ionescu as its newest signature athlete, continuing to follow through on its self-imposed commitment to develop the next generation of basketball players and advance the game both on and off the court. Ionescu is ...
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News briefsAdidas partners with Rheon for new high-tech workout apparel
Source: Adidas Adidas Techfit Control with Rheon super polymer For Spring/Summer 23, Adidas is launching the new Adidas Techfit Control apparel line in collaboration with Rheon Labs, the company behind Rheon, an energy-absorbing “super polymer.” The latest high-tech collection combines Adidas’ material constructions with the intelligent polymer ...
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ArticleAcushnet opposes proposed golf ball bifurcation
Acushnet Company, parent of the popular Titleist golf ball brand, has voiced its disapproval of proposed rule changes by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (R&A) and the U.S. Golf Association that would create two golf ball specifications – one for professionals and one for recreational players. ...
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News briefsAdidas launches soccer shoes with Parley to help reduce plastic waste
Source: Adidas Mapi León In collaboration with Parley for the Oceans, Adidas has released a soccer shoe pack with three Adidas x Parley footwear franchises: Predator Accuracy, X Speedportal and Copa Pure. The three models are the first to be made partly from Parley Ocean Plastic, re-imagined ...
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News briefsCheers to Jake: The Burton Mine77 x Underberg collab
We had to read twice to make sure it wasn’t April’s Fools Day yet, but Burton Snowboards unveiled a story on March 16 that most of us probably didn’t know about the late Jack Burton: “It could be argued that Jake enjoyed an Underberg on more mountains ...
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News briefsAdidas, Y-3 present glueless shoe that can be easily dismantled
Source: Adidas Y-3 Itogo Earlier this year, Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto introduced the world to the new Y-3 Atelier. Now, the German sporting goods brand and the Japanese designer present the first footwear from their experimental new collaboration: the Y-3 Itogo. The shoe consists of just five ...
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News briefsOrthoLite partners with Novamont to produce circular solution for footwear
Insole and footwear materials brand OrthoLite has announced a partnership with Novamont, a B-Corp manufacturer of bioplastics and biochemicals, to escalate the scalability of its circular foam material solution for footwear, the OrthoLite Cirql, originally launched in 2022. OrthoLite Cirql foam is positioned as free from “forever chemicals” and responsibly ...
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News briefsWinners of the first ISPO Awards round 2023 announced
The winners of the first of four rounds of the ISPO Awards 2023 have been announced following a jury meeting in Innsbruck. An independent jury of six, including three industry experts and three members of the ISPO Collaborators Club, was supported by textile expert Louisa Smith, who advised on sustainability. ...
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News briefsSalomon introduces second generation of its recyclable running shoe
Salomon has unveiled the new Index.02, a new recyclable running shoe that builds on the Index.01 model the company introduced two years ago. Like its predecessor, the Index.02 is 100 percent recyclable. It’s also 10 percent lighter (263 grams) and offers massive improvements in comfort and performance thanks to enhancements ...
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News briefsMichael Jordan’s 1983 Converse sneakers go up for auction
Source: Infinite Auctions Michael Jordan’s 1983 Team USA Game Worn Sneakers Sports fans and collectors will soon have a unique opportunity to own a piece of basketball history when Michael Jordan’s game-worn sneakers from the 1983 Pan American Games are auctioned off at Infinite Auctions. The iconic ...
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News briefsNew ski collection from Porsche and Head in historic rally design
Following the launch of their first joint products last fall, Head and Porsche continue their successful collaboration. The second-generation Porsche | Head Ski Collection once includes two ski models, ski apparel, and equipment and picks up on the iconic design of the new 911 Dakar. The blue and white color ...
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News briefsPuma replaces kangaroo leather with K-Better material
Puma has revamped its legendary King soccer shoe, worn in the past by stars such as Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona, Eusébio, Lothar Matthäus and Pelé, by introducing new K-Better™ technology to deliver the same great performance without kangaroo leather. The new King’s upper, which contains at least 20 percent recycled ...
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News briefsOn launches a collection for “young movers”
Swiss running brand On has launched its first-ever footwear collection for kids and pre-teens. Inspired by the brand’s best-selling performance shoes, the new Cloud Play and Cloud Sky feature various biometric-informed features, including a combined velcro and lace closure system and a fortified toe cap for durability. Gérald Marolf, head ...
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News briefsPolar shares fitness algorithms with partners, first collab with Casio
Polar announced a groundbreaking move in the wearables industry, with the Finnish fitness software and product provider making its fitness algorithms available to partners. Polar has led the industry for nearly 50 years, maintaining a gold standard in heart rate measurement technology. Polar’s current professional solutions offered to partners provide ...
