Zoom freak 3 review full#

Half botty style isn’t available here too. You won’t find a one-piece botty construction. So you do have that slip & stop, instead of just slip. Therefore, while the lateral side slips, the rest of the forefoot tries to hold on. Only the nub portion of the pattern is tightly spaced. The successor suffers from the same disease, though, symptoms are less effective.

Ultimately, the traction tooling did put out a solid bite with the floor before it clogs up with dust and debris. Yeah… How are my rhyme skills, huh? Probably most of you didn’t understand what I tried to say with that.

Zoom freak 3 review full#

A full potential straight out of the box. It was that “put it & gun it” type of performance. There you do have one of the most trustworthy circular traction pattern, which smoothly transitions into nubs going towards the lateral side of the outsole. The forefoot, on the other hand, is where the elite stuff is sitting. Definitely doesn’t look promising, but I actually didn’t have any tangible issue with it. This year, you will be still getting some Gianni’s family tree knowledge in the heel section, together with some sort of “kid’s doodle” like lines. You can say the first model was quite an exception to the rule, offering a solid performance until there wasn’t dust in the way. That family tree (no offense) isn’t something that would improve performance, usually, it’s the opposite. There’s simply no way around for the first signature models not to have storytelling stuff displayed/implemented into the outsole. This is exactly how the cushion setup performs in the back of the Freak 2 – solid amount of impact protection, yet minimum bounce/energy return. That rubber ball will bounce all over the place while the pillow mostly will absorb energy going up only an inch max. It’s like throwing a rubber ball from those machines from your local grocery store, versus throwing a pillow to the ground. No doubt about it, you can’t compare foam with Zoom Air. It’s more of an impact absorber, and so Cushlon is a solid option for that nonetheless. That’s a trade that most of us can live with no problem since the heel area is not the one we strike from, or you definitely shouldn’t if you do so. However, in exchange, the heel was left “airless”. So the Zoom Air unit made its way in the forefoot section for the Freak 2. Did Nike listen to us, consumers, on this one? Yes, they did. That was the only big issue I had with the Zoom Freak 1. Obviously, that doesn’t add any big value to the performance sheet, but it definitely does feel & look more premium.Ī double-stacked Zoom Air unit in the heel without having one in the forefoot didn’t make sense to me. Therefore, not only creating quite a big real estate for sick designs but also quietly being a strong structure for sustainable lateral coverage.Ĭontinuing with side paneling, the inner one is made from synthetic leather or nubuck to be more precise, rather than mesh on the Freak 1.

As a result, the swoosh is covering pretty much the whole outer side panel. Nike got rid of that reversed swoosh for the Freak 2 and went for a classic look that we all are familiar with. Yeah, but that also means less rigidity on the sides, right? Well, that would have been true if not for the replaced swoosh logo. That means improved pliability, as well as more free-flowing sensation for the toe section. The mesh paneling that makes for the main body construction got rid of that plastic spider web-like overlay found on the predecessor. Materials haven’t changed vastly from the original model. Sheesh… That’s a heck of a year.īut while the Greek Freak is putting the league on notice, let’s see if the new Nike Zoom Freak 2 can make some noise in the sneaker world too. I would guess Giannis probably isn’t completely pessimistic about this year as most of the world winning a consecutive MVP trophy and getting his second signature sneaker.