Like arrivals from another dimension, Adidas presents the X Speedportal shoes, from the hand of rick and morty, and together with soccer stars like Leo Messi, Mohamed Salah and Vivianne Miedema. In the year of the Qatar World Cup, it seeks to be the most recognized model.
The main color scheme of these sneakers It’s neon green which is the color that identifies Rick Sánchez and Morty Smith, grandfather and grandson, mad scientist and number 1 assistant. The stars of the Adult Swim series (which can also be seen on Netflix and HBO Max for Latin America), they teamed up with Salah and Miedema in the introductory video.
In a minute and a half, Rick and Morty They are part of an adventure like the ones we are used to, with the caricatured Salah and Medema in conservation capsules.
Other real images show Leo Messi with the impressive sneakers. Messi, in charge of Argentina, is one of the main candidates to lift the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which begins on November 21, closing on December 18.
So are the Adidas X Speedportal sneakers
Adidas describes the X Speedportal as “sleek and super comfortable,” supporting “instant reactions with a full-length elastic Carbitex carbon plate on its firm-ground outsole.”
The main version of these shoes does not use laces, and the upper part is made of Primeknit technology, which “hugs the feet with EVA inserts on the inside and a light carbon blocking in the heel on the outside, to keep you stable during the game at the speed of light”.
Another version, like Leo Messi’s, does have laces.
Franziska Aurnhammer, senior product manager at Adidas, spoke to Collider regarding the continued focus on speed for this X-series shoe.
“With X Speedportal we listened to what some of the fastest players on the planet wanted from their boots.”
“It was clear”, continues the Adidas executive, “that the mental element of speed was as important as the physical, which is why it was so important to create a boot that not only supports explosive movements, but also allows players to enter a state of flow where movement is fast and autonomous.”
What do we find with the Adidas X Speedportal, in the words of Aurnhammer? “A boot that unlocks multidimensional speed for the fastest players on the planet.”