Let's talk about tennis shoes. Adidas tennis shoes. Like many of you, I'm a Barricade devotee. I've played in nothing but them for years (except an occasional foray with Adidas Adizeros after a snooty tennis club wouldn't let me wear black soles during a national tennis tournament).
But, Adidas discontinued the Barricade line a couple of years ago. They replaced it with the SoleCourt Boost. I never tried that, but, on a visit to the official Adidas website today I noticed that even that shoe isn't offered anymore.
So what is a Barricade fan supposed to do? The closest to it now appears to be the SoleCourt Primeblue tennis shoe, shown below:
Apparently, much of this shoe is made from a material called Parley Ocean Plastic which is basically recycled plastic recovered from the oceans. So, for all of you environmental types (and I guess that includes me because I have over 30 years of professional work experience in environmental compliance), this shoe seems to be one to try.
I just saw Felix Auger Aliassime wearing this shoe in a tuneup to the 2021 Australian Open (he lost in the finals to Dan Evans btw), so, I guess it can't be that bad.
But, is it as good as the old Barricades were? I still have a couple of pair of the old Barricades that aren't worn out yet. How about the rest of you Barricade fans - what are you playing with now? Let me know in the comments below.
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