Matt Varga With his extensive work on mainline models from the Forum to the Campus to the Gazelle to the Ballerina, Bad Bunny has more than proven his ability to move product for adidas. However, regardless of who you are, stepping into your own patented designs can be a nervy proposition; with more of your personal DNA on display, there’s inherently more risk.
Luckily, Benito’s adidas BadBo 1.0 has been flying off the shelves the same way his most coveted previous collaborations have, redoubling the Puerto Rican superstar as a North Star for the German giant. As we were shown in a no-holds-barred activation on the island in 2025, he’s been hard at work in forging ahead in his catalog, with arguably the breakout story from that showcase being the adidas x Bad Bunny Stone Slide.
A molded, one-piece innovation with drop-in soles bearing his serrated Three Stripes signature, the silhouette made good on its title with rocky exterior textures, meant to again pay homage to PR by mimicking the surfaces of its extensive cave networks. Though adidas reported to Sneaker News at the time that those colorways shown were just sample editions, that was a reversal of course from original info, which indicated that the Stone Slide would indeed see a release.
As we continue to sort through those mixed signals, the plot now thickens as an all-black edition comes to light. Notably missing those geological patterns on the outside, it’s likely that this is an alpha-stage wear-test pair, a phase in which typically these blacked-out looks are the standard.
We’ll continue to track this story, as surely the Bad Bunny x adidas Slide would be another instant smash for all parties involved. For the moment, peruse some of the aforementioned samples shown in Puerto Rico within the gallery below.
