Bargain price, great performance There is no doubting that there has been a massive increase in the companies that make grip socks these days. A lot of these brands seem to take one of two paths: decent, but inexpensive or higher, performance and higher price. But not too many socks seem to marry decent price […]
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Vying for my affection The Mizuno Morelia Wave was a boot that never really caught my attention when it was available as a regular retail model. There were many people who praised the boot and would only wear the Morelia Wave. Even pros who did not wear the Morelia Wave often used a mixed version […]
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Comfort at the expense of fit GrpStar first really made a name for themselves with their unique SG studs that were designed to provide more grip. Moving into the competitive grip sock market seems like a natural progression for the brand and to their credit, they seem to be doing quite well for themselves. There […]
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Top of the class. Like Mizuno and ASICS boots, something that is also quite common among players in Japan is Tabio Sports’ Five Finger Grip socks. Several members of my team wear them, I have noticed a lot of people in my league wear them and every sports store in Japan carries stock of them. […]
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Mizuno should pay attention ASICS is mostly known as a running and athletics brand in the global market but in its home country of Japan, it is one of the biggest brands when it comes to football boots. Any match you watch, any place where people are playing the World’s Game, you will see at […]
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An incredible boot – with one noticeable flaw The Morelia Ultralight is another boot that I have quite a long history with. The white colourway, which was originally released in 2008, was the second ever pair of Mizuno boots I bought, and I had them for years. I bought a second pair after they were […]
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Well…not what was expected This might surprise some people but I have quite an extensive history with the Mercurial Vapor series. I only had the Talaria for the first model but after that I had the Vapor K, two pairs of the Vapor II, almost every colour of the Vapor III, the Berry Vapor IV, […]
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An impressive offering Desporte was formed in Shizuoka, Japan in 2003 with the goal of creating top quality futsal shoes and apparel. The company’s motto is Quality Touch Control and they have strived to make shoes the are not only comfortable, but also supportive and a barefoot touch on the ball. Along the way, Desporte […]
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The Italian-made boot Par Excellence Its almost a bit of a stereotype now. Classic leather boot in black, handmade in Italy with a classic soleplate. It’s a formula that is becoming more common as more and more smaller brands become more well known and bigger brands try to capture that unique selling point. One might […]
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Good foundation for future potential Kingdom Football appeared seemingly out of nowhere as a new classic boot brand last month, though they were actually founded in 2019. The brand is a bit unique in the fact that they not only use leather that is a by-product from the meat industry and vow to only be […]
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