The History of Speed – Mercurial Superfly
06 April 2009
The pursuit of speed never rests. And just a year after the Mercurial SL blazed through the game, the latest Mercurial boot is tearing into defences.
Mercurial Superfly is inspired by a revolutionary construction method first developed for the world’s leading sprinters. Nike Flywire uses super-light filaments to support to the foot with minimal materials, keeping the weight down and the speed of the world’s fastest players up.
Innovative drill-through studscombine with a 7-layer carbon-fibre outsole to fuse lightweight design, strength and flexibility – giving players ...
The History of Speed - The Mercurial SL
11 March 2009
The designers and engineers at Nike HQ had done it before, and in 2004 they were asked to do it all over again. Their brief was as simple and as ambitious as ever: stop at nothing to create the fastest football boot the world had ever seen.
Four years later, the 100% carbon fibre Mercurial ...
The History of Speed - The Mercurial ...
11 March 2009
It’s the first rule of working as a Nike designer: never believe those who say you can’t improve on perfection. After years of development work – and the input of Mercurial athletes from R9 himself to the latest brilliant Brazilian – the Mercurial Vapor IV is living p ...
The History of Speed - Mercurial Vapo ...
10 March 2009
The facts speak for themselves: the Mercurial Vapor III took speed to a whole new level. Sleek as a sports car. Equipped with the traction of high performance tyres, for full-throttled changes of direction. Aided by an anatomical heel lock to hold feet moving quicker than ever.
Once the Nik ...
The History of Speed - Mercurial Vapo ...
10 March 2009
If the first two incarnations of the Mercurial were all about R9, the Mercurial Vapor II was the boot that announced CR7’s arrival at the highest level. While the original ‘Phenomenon’ was routinely slotting home 20-odd goals a season in La Liga, his Portuguese namesake was ...
The History of Speed – Mercurial Vapo ...
10 March 2009
The original Mercurial caused the kind of stir a shark makes in a fish pond. And with its standard-bearer R9 still ruling the world four years later, the new Mercurial Vapor was the most highly anticipated boot ever to emerge from the Nike Lab – in time for the showpiece event of 2002. ...
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