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PUMA Court Rider 2.0 Performance Review

The PUMA Court Rider 2.0 has been released. The Foamstripe logo is moved to shoe heel. The main colorway is black and orange. The sole is thick. It uses Rider Foam. The resilience is similar with PUMA Court Rider 1.0. The reactivity is fast. The forefoot sole is wide. So the forefoot sole is stable. The center of gravity is not high. So it’s very stable and safe when touching the ground.

The sole is outrigger design. It can offer excellent lateral supporting performance. It uses the same outsole pattern as PUMA Court Rider 1.0. The traction performance is still excellent. There is a big groove pattern which improve the flexibility and ductility. The big outsole structure is more comfortable and flexible.

For the size, you can choose the standard size. It’s low version. The fitness is softer than PUMA Court Rider 1.0. The vamp of shoe head is a little narrow. If your instep is high, it would press your instep. The insole of shoe tree is wide and comfortable. After fastening the shoelaces, it can fix your foot well. The leather part is a little narrow.

The center of gravity is low and the feedback is faster. It’s suitable for guard. If you already have PUMA Court Rider 1.0, you will adapt to the PUMA Court Rider 2.0 fast.

The feedback of PUMA Court Rider 2.0 is similar with the Court Rider 1.0. The center of gravity is low, and it offers fast response. It’s suitable for the defenders who has fast response. If you have PUMA Court Rider 1.0, you can adapt to the PUMA Court Rider 2.0 fastly. The fitness is improved. It can offer stable fitness. The price is also lower. It’s worth to have a try.

 

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Unboxing & Closed Look: UA FLOW VELOCITI WIND 2

UNDER ARMOUR released the UA FLOW VELOCITI WIND running shoes in 2021. With its subversive rubberless outsole design and integrated cushion system, runners can enjoy light and zero-burden experience, it sets off a brand new running shoes’ revolution. Now, the brand-new UA FLOW running shoes UA FLOW VELOCITI WIND 2 has been released. It helps the runners to move efficiently.

UA FLOW VELOCITI WIND 2

The big UA logo on the front side of shoebox

The shoe tag on the side of shoe-box

The UA Warp vamp is made of multiple layers of woven fabric that provide excellent support for the running movements. The fitness is improved.

The UA warp vamp is light and comfortable. The air permeability is also excellent.

The vamp is covered with reflective material. It’s safer for night running.

It has 6 couples of shoelaces holes which is reinforced by suture. It’s durable and also reduce the weight of shoes.

The shoe-tongue is integrated type. The anti-skew design fits your feet better. It’s printed VELOCITI WIND 2 on the shoe-tongue.

The shoe collar is filled with comfortable foam.

The UA FLOW insole technology not only reduce the weight, but also offer excellent cushion performance and resilience.

The outsole uses different pattern according to the force position. It offers excellent skid resistance and traction performance.

The pattern on the rear sole is flat. It offers more stability.

The upwarping radian on the rear sole is high. It increases the land area.

The surface of shoe-pad uses fabric material. The shoe heel position is printed with the name UA FLOW VELOCITI WIND.

The reverse side of shoe-pad uses anti-skidding particle design which increase the friction.

The length of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 270mm.

The width of EUR42.5 forefoot shoe-pad is about 97.52mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 3.83mm.

The insole fabric is EVA material.

The unit weight of EUR42.5 is about 238.4g.

Overall:

UA FLOW VELOCITI WIND 2 continues to use the UA FLOW technology as UA FLOW VELOCITI WIND. The upgraded UA WARP vamp fit the feet well and offers good air permeability. The first feeling after wearing is the light weight. The size is about one size smaller than standard size. The width of shoe tree is moderate. The UA Warp is light and offer good fitness. The UA FLOW insole technology offer excellent cushion performance and resilience.

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Unboxing & Closed Look: PUMA MB.01 LOW UFO

PUMA released PUMA MB.01 for LaMelo Ball. Adhering to the core concept of PUMA basketball, both of the the overall style and details reflect Ball’s personal style, a variety of practical configurations have a bright performance on the court. It releases the low version for the Summer games.

PUMA MB.01 LOW UFO

The shoebox is covered with brilliant universe colors. The middle position has windowing design. You can see the shoes from it.

The shoe tag on the side of shoebox

The fabric material vamp is covered with hot melting material to offer supporting performance and protection. It’s printed with Ball’s slogan ‘NOT FROM HERE’.

There are 5 couples of shoelaces’ holes. The front 2 couples are dynamic design.

The shoe tongue is printed with UFO pattern.

The outboard vamp has embroidered flame pattern.

The inboard vamp uses hot-melting flame pattern.

The insole uses PUMA NITRO FOAM cushion technology. The light low density integrate the comfort and energy feedback.

The outboard forefoot outsole has uptruning design to improve the stability.

The ‘XXX’ on the insole represents Ball’s youngest triple-double honor. The stiff TPU improve the lateral stability.

The outsole uses full-length semi-transparent rubber.

The forefoot axis of rotation as the center point, multi-direction lines offer better traction.

The rhombus pattern on the shoe heel offer better stability.

The fabric of the shoe-pad is bestrewed with gorgeous universe color to echo the pattern of shoe-box.

The length of EUR44 shoe-pad is about 283mm.

The width of EUR44 forefoot shoe-pad is about 95.94mm.

The thickness of EUR44 shoe-pad is about is about 5.52mm.

The insole fabric is EVA material.

The unit weight of EUR44 is about 462.70g.

Overall

The gray green colorway of PUMA MB. 01 LOW UFO basketball shoes looks nice. It continues the specific design of MB.01. The low model improve the flexibility. It’s suitable for the dressing style of most of basketball players.  The size of this model is a little bigger than standard size. The fitness is comfortable after fastening the shoelaces. It improves the flexibility. The insole uses full-length NITRO FOAM technology. The resilience of the forefoot sole is good. And the feedback of rear sole is obvious.

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Unboxing & Closed Look: UA CURRY 4 FLOTRO

The Warriors won the 2022 NBA Finals with a 4-2 win over the Celtics, and Curry won his fourth championship ring and his first Finals MVP trophy. Curry’s offensive performance in the 2022 Finals was spectacular, but it was the UA CURRY 4 FLOTRO that drew the most attention from the sneakerheads. The idea of FLOTRO is to combine Under Armour’s insistence on innovative sneaker design with its homage to classics.

UA CURRY 4 FLOTRO

The white shoe-box is printed with Curry’s logo.

The shoe tag on the side of shoe-box

The vamp is made of anti-fur with a lot of ventilated holes.

There are 6 couples of shoelaces holes covering the whole instep. Both sides of shoelaces holes are different.

The reverse side of shoelaces holes are reinforced, which improve the durability.

For the force bearing point on the outside of the shoe, the original Curry 4’s TPU material was changed to leather, which improve the lateral stability and reduce the phenomenon of foot stuck.

The round leather material on the outside of ankle position has built-in foam, which offer the protection and supporting performance.

The combination of elastic webbing and leather offer comfortable fitness and good supporting performance to the arch.

The brand-new elastic UA Intelliknit shoe collar is flexible and convenient for putting on and taking off.

The inner side of shoe heel has independent foam which fit the foot well.

The insole uses UA FLOW technology. It cancels the outsole rubber, so it reduces the weight. And it offer excellent cushion performance and resilience.

It uses different pattern on the outsole according to the position of the force. The traction performance is excellent.

The arch position has a big area of TPU stability plate.

The pattern of the rear sole is flat. And the heel part is the axis. It improve the flexibility.

The front sole and rear sole use upturning design.

The shoe heel is widen, which more better stability.

The surface of shoe-pad uses fabric material.

The length of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 271mm.

The width of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 95.45mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 5.75mm.

The insole uses EVA material.

The unit weight of EUR42.5 is about 340.9g.

Overall:

Under Armour has re-created the CURRY 4 with UA FLOW technology, combining the unique vamp with the Flow cushion technology. It’s a very good news for the fans of CURRY 4. It’s supported by the championship, it’s worthy to collect.

The size is half size smaller than standard size. The width of forefoot is moderate. The brand-new UA IntelliKnit shoe-collar is comfortable. But it’s not very suitable for person who has wide foot and high instep. We suggest you to have a try on physical store. The UA Flow insole has good resilience and cushion performance, and it reduces the overall weight of the shoes.

UA Flow technology is more suitable for playing basketball on indoor court. It’s better not to wear it to play the basketball on outdoor court.

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Unboxing & Closed Look: PUMA COURT RIDER 2.0 BATMAN

PUMA has teamed up with Warner Bros pictures and DC pictures and taken inspiration from the Batman movies, releasing the series shoes with the elements of Batman movies.Today, we want to talk about one of the models,that is PUMA COURT RIDER 2.0 BATMAN.

PUMA COURT RIDER 2.0 BATMAN

The black and white shoebox has big BATMAN.

The shoe tag on the side of shoebox.

The vamp is jointed with leather and fabric material. It has protective and air permeability.

The front 4 couples of shoelace holes uses braid model. The rear 3 couples of shoelaces holes uses leather model to reinforce. It’s durable.

The shoe-tongue has PUMA logo and BATMAN.

The shoe heel is covered with leather. The BATMAN pattern pays homage to the chivalry of the dark hero.

It uses full-length improved RIDER FOAM insole with gradient color.

The widen insole shoe heel improve the stability.

The outsole uses wear-resisting viscidity rubber.

The outsole uses special PUMA logo pattern with several grooves which improve the skid resistance.

The red shoe-pas has several black bat pattern.

The length of EUR42 shoe-pad is about 273mm.

The width of EUR42 forefoot shoe-pad is about 94.66mm.

The thickness of EUR42 shoe-pad is about 5.60mm.

The insole fabric uses non-woven fabrics.

Comparing the appearance of PUMA COURT RIDER 1.0 & PUMA COURT RIDER 2.0:

PUMA COURT RIDER 2.0

PUMA COURT RIDER 1.0

2.0 (L) : the leather area of shoe-head is bigger and the shoelace coverage is smaller.

1.0(R): the leather area of shoe-head is smaller and the shoelace coverage is wider.

2.0(L): braid and leather material shoelace holes, flat and round type shoelaces

1.0(R): braid and leather material shoelace holes, flat and wide type shoelaces

2.0 (L) : the shoeheel leather cover around the position of heel tendon

1.0(R): the shoeheel leather extends to both sides of shoe heel

2.0(above): the outsole rubber on the shoe heel has upturning design

1.0(bottom): the outsole rubber on the shoe heel is gently

2.0(L): The outsole uses PUMA logo pattern. 90° included angle design. The forefoot sole has several grooves design.

1.0(R): The outsole uses PUMA logo pattern. 90° included angle design.  The width of grooves on different position is different.

The unit weight of EUR42 PUMA COURT RIDER 2.0(L) is about 429.7g.

The unit weight of EUR42 PUMA COURT RIDER 1.0(R) is about 416.2g.

PUMA basketball shoes released several new colorways which are suitable for wearing in Summer.

PUMA TRIPLE

The outward of shoe collar, vamp and insole has PUMA track logo.

PUMA FUSION NITRO

FUZIONFIT with adaptive compressed bandage has good elasticity. It can fix the foot and offer more supporting performance.

Overall:

PUMA COURT RIDER 2.0 BATMAN uses the elements of BATMAN theme as decoration. The size is one size bigger than standard size. The thick vamp with inner sleeve design offer good and comfortable fitness. The improved RIDER FOAM material offer fast feedback. The widened insole design offer good stability.