Browsing the "Nike Footscape Free" Tag
March 6th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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The Nike Footscape series has been all about providing avant garde luxury to the most discerning of forward-looking sneakerheads, and with this latest arrangement of materials and colors, Nike Sportswear very well might have nailed down the epitome of this offset-laced icon. The Nike Footscape Free Premium NRG looks the part of a top-notch release thanks to soft black leathers on its upper paired with the peanut butter interior that instantly denotes quality. This black edition is like the olive green joints we showed you last week with its white sole adding a pristine punctuation mark to this classy design, so stick with Sneaker News for updates on US availability now that they’re arriving at Asian retailers like Limited Edt.
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March 1st, 2012 by John K.
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For you fans of all-things Japanese-derived, check out this sick trio of Nike Footscape Frees we’ll call the ‘Sawtooth’ Pack; coming in navy, red, and an off-white colorway, these Footscape Frees utilize perforated uppers that wrap on the medial and lateral side-walls of the shoe with a sick white ‘sawtooth’ detailing that gives the shoe an aggressive look. While the Footscape wasn’t necessarily born out of Japan as mentioned previously, the Footscape is a huge hit in that region, and once these drop at mita sneakers ths April, they’ll likely fly off the shelves. Like with the Air Sabaku ‘Samurai’ from roughly 7-8 years ago to the adidas OT Tech Pack of 2012, this trio of Footscape Frees elevate to another level of ‘cool’ thanks to the carefully applied sawtooth design. We’ve got a look at extra angles of all three colorways below so take a look and we’ll let you know if these will hit the states.
Nike Footscape Free
487785-401 (Navy)
487785-600 (Red)
487785-100 (White)
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February 28th, 2012 by John K.
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The Nike Footscape has a unique cult following that dates back to its original days in the mid-90′s. There are plenty of OG releases that demand a pretty penny, and even the more recent GRs are tough to find at a ‘fair’ price because they’re just so darn hard to come by. Recently, Nike Sportswear combined the Footscape construction with Free technology to create the Footscape Free - a foot-formed upper and a bare-foot sensation on the lower. Quite the perfect shoe for the primitive we’d say, and with this basic combo of khaki and salmon orange with hints of light blue on the lace eyelets makes for the perfect combo of ‘natural’. We’ll let you know if and when these hit stores, so take a look at the extra shot below and let us know what you think. via regularolty
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January 10th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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We’ve seen the Footscape’s trademark offset lacing system paired with a flexible, grooved Free sole plenty of times before on the various ‘Motion’ hybrids, so the fact that it’s taken this long to see the original get the barefoot treatment might come as even more of a surprise than just the sheer unlikelyhood. The Nike Footscape Free has indeed been a long time coming, and with a colorway like this upcoming Charcoal grey edition, you might find yourself rocking them for an equally extended duration. This is the kind of shoe that’s servicable as an everyday member of your rotation and comes with the comfort you need to make a shoe your go-to model of choice. Click through so you can see more angles on this relatively simple colorup and stick with Sneaker News for the US release date. via Sneaker Freaker
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December 30th, 2011 by John K.
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Footscape and Free? Really? They’re a lot more closely knit than you think. In the early 90′s Nike researched a ton of ‘barefoot’ running, and born from that thought process was the Nike Footscape, which featured a unique mold that was designed in the shape of a foot and an off-centered lacing structure that displaced pressure away from sensitive areas of the foot. Of course, Nike Free arrived much later, but the idea of ‘Free’ was born around the same time. In comes the Nike Footscape Free, which seamlessly welds these two schools of thought – not exactly identical twins, but very close cousins. Featuring a breathable upper with the key Footscape and Free design elements, the Footscape Free hones in on the advantages of both models to create what might the most comfortable foot-formed running shoe to date. Premier has these 2012 launches available just before the New Year ($110 a pop), so check out the detailed angles of both and give the Footscape Free a whirl.
Nike Footscape Free
487785-400 (Treasure Blue)
487785-800 (Safety Orange)
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December 9th, 2011 by Aaron Hope
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Our first taste of the model came in USA-flag colors plus a bunch of polka-dotted teeth scissoring up and down atop their soles’ grooves, neither of which we’ve seen since from the Nike Footscape Free since. The last two pairs previewed have come in colorways more appropriate for fall hunting season than next year’s Summer Olympics, this khaki and olive edition adding orange accents in a shade not unlike the upper on the ‘Safety Orange’ edition we showed you earlier this week. Luckily, both have a certain versatility about them beyond the outdoorsman lean, because despite the earthy tones and hiking-style ticked laces, both of these pairs are on tap for early next year. Click through to see more angles on this spring 2012 runner and stick with Sneaker News for the exact release date. via SF
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December 8th, 2011 by Aaron Hope
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Next March marks the 30th anniversary of Men Without Hats’ hit single ‘The Safety Dance’, and Nike Sportswear wants to ensure that any attempt to celebrate the occasion can be done both with comfort and avant garde style. The Nike Footscape Free is something like the modern equivalent of the wacky asymmetry that typified 1980s new wave movement, its distinct eyelet configuration now taken up a notch by a barefoot-mimicking Free sole. The overall look is even sleeker and more futuristic than the Air Footscape, a model still considered to this day to be one of the most ahead-of-its-time designs ever issued. Click through for a closer look at the Safety Orange Footscape Frees and stick with Sneaker News for the official release date on this spring 2012 offering. via SF
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October 17th, 2011 by Aaron Hope
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We’ve been getting more and more information over the past couple weeks regarding the entire Nike, Inc. family’s plans for next summer, and the latest preview for Q2 2012 sees a cult classic runner paired with a cushioning platform with which it’d flirted in days gone by but never fully committed. Images of the upcoming Nike Footscape Free will instantly call to mind the Air Footscape Motion and its variants, but this new style is a bit less structured with more of a true ‘barefoot’ feel. There’s also a curious new sawtooth pattern eminating from the Free sole on these three pairs; can we expect this polka-dotted zig-zag look on all the pairs to be unveiled beyond the initial previews we saw this June? Check these out with more images after the jump, let us know what you think and stick with Sneaker News for the Footscape Free release dates. via CK
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