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Following the launch of its ADIZERO performance collection earlier this season, adidas Running returns alongside Tinman Elite with a fresh range of collaborative silhouettes.Founded in 2018, Tinman Elite is a professional running team built on the philosophy of “Chop Wood, Carry Water”, a metaphor for how hard work reaps incremental reward. Based out of Boulder, Colorado, the team, backed by adidas Running, has evolved to comprise twelve runners from different nations, some of whom are amongst some of the best athletes in the world.Now the pair have designed a range of Tinman Elite-inspired ADIZERO silhouettes, including its take on the popular BOSTON 10 all of which boast the team’s signature axe motif.“This partnership is about integrating the core values we look for in a running shoe while making sure the shoe’s colorway bleeds our team’s DNA and overall ethos,” Sam Parsons, Tinman Elite runner and Creative Director, tells HYPEBEAST. “The Tinman Elite BOSTON 10 is probably the most versatile shoe adidas Running has ever released. There’s so many hidden details and logo hits throughout the shoe that I’m so excited for people to see in person”.Featuring the core elements of the ADIZERO BOSTON 10 — including the same LIGHTSTRIKE PRO midsole foam and refined ENERGY RODS, united by a soft upper construction and CONTINENTAL RUBBER sole — Tinman Elite’s take arrives adorned in a crisp white colorway, alongside gold and black detailing. Arriving alongside the BOSTON 10 is the Tinman Elite ADIZERO XCS SPIKE, a unisex shoe designed for the varied terrain of cross-country running.”This partnership is about integrating the core values we look for in a running shoe while making sure the shoe’s colorway bleeds our team’s DNA and overall ethos.”While adidas Running’s affiliation with Tinman Elite officially began in 2019, for Parsons it’s been a long-time coming. “It all started in 2016 when I was interning at adidas, learning about the fundamentals of a shoe and the different types of marketing approaches,” he explains. “Years later I became a professional runner and was a co-founder of Tinman Elite. After a few years of selling our custom apparel out of our basement, we got the call from adidas to release a shoe within their new ADIZERO line and we couldn’t be happier”.Both shoes feature the signature Tinman Elite axe logo on the medial side of the shoe and the team’s DNA is embedded throughout the shoe from the smallest details in the eyelets, to the bold lightstrike metallic gold midsole.The full collection is set to drop on August 24 and will be available from both adidas and Tinman Elite webstores.In other footwear news, Casablanca has unveiled its latest automotive-inspired New Balance XC-72 collaboration.

Footwear designer John Geiger’s eponymous John Geiger Co. is back with its latest GF-01 colorway: a vibrant “Triple Volt.” A luxurious homage to the Air Force 1, Geiger’s GF-01 uses premium materials, special branding and intricate detailing to simultaneously communicate its inspiration and offer a look all its own. As can be gleaned from its moniker, the “Triple Volt” is not lacking for color. From toe to heel, collar to outsole, it serves up an ultra-bright neon yellow shade. The upper is built from premium leather, and Geiger’s signature cursive G logo takes place on the quarter before wrapping around to the heel. Though the heel tab would normally be done up in chenille, here it maintains the leather build seen on the rest of the upper for a more uniform look. Midsoles feature an embossed GF-01 hit, while insoles and outsoles alike round off the look with a repeating JG traction pattern.John Geiger’s GF-01 in “Triple Volt” will release via the John Geiger Co. webstore at noon EST on August 20. Its MSRP is set at $195 USD, in line with past models.For more footwear news, take a look at thisisneverthat and Crocs’ Realtree camo-covered take on the Classic Clog.

Nike and sacai are set to drop three major design collaborations for its iconic 2019 LDWaffle silhouette, partnering with industry friends fragment, CLOT and UNDERCOVER.fragment and CLOT have each worked on two fresh colorways for the Nike x sacai LDWaffle, with fragment designing a flooded navy and flooded grey colorway and CLOT tapping into its CLOT x Nike Air Max 1 “K.O.D.” take on Chitose Abe’s hybrid Nike footwear silhouette. The orange and burgundy highlight the stacked Swoosh branding while the second colorway follows grey undertones and a light blue and dark navy overlapping branding.Meanwhile, UNDERCOVER has revealed three official designs for this collaboration that sees a black white and yellow rendition, followed by a dark teal paired with red detailing silhouette and another that follows the rules of contrasts with a dark magenta undertone that sees a blue Swoosh highlighted above.The first of the collabs to release is the Nike x sacai x Fragment LDWaffle, dropping on August 24. Check out Nike for more details. View this post on Instagram A post shared by sacaiofficial (@sacaiofficial)In other footwear news, Aries has dressed the Vans silhouettes in mismatched prints and patterns.