Product description
"Ousadia e Alegria", is the mantra that Neymar is associating himself with. This is what the Brazilian superstar from FC Barcelona has tattooed down his calf. Words, which means boldness and joy, are some of the essence of the Neymar's play style. 'Ousadia' is the boldness that Neymar poses, this is what makes him try stuff that are unexpected and spectacular. 'Alegria' is the joy of being alive and playing football, the beautiful game, the things which Neymar loves the most in the world.
Nike Free Hypervenom II is the ultimate combination of football and fashion. The shoe is combining Nike's well known Chukka silhouette. The upper is from Nike's Hypervenom football boot and the sole if the classic Nike free sole.
The upper on the Free Hypervenom II is made from two separate parts, which are put together to give a high level of comfort.
The upper itself is made from a special mesh material, which gives a light comfort and good support. This mesh material is furthermore coated with a thin layer around the mid foot and the heel, which gives an increased durability and a smart look.
The two part upper is really expressed around the entrance to the shoe. Here the shoe is made with an extra layer, which is made from a fabric material. The material covers the tongue and it is furthermore going higher up the wrist. This will give you and increased protection of the foot. Moreover, this layer gives an increasing comfort, because the fabric material is extremely soft.
Nike has incorporated their Flywire cables around the laces, to give you the best lockdown effect and increased support to the shoe. When you are laced up, the laces will activate the Flywire cables, so they will tighten the mid foot so you get a feeling of your foot is closed in to the shoe.
Nike Free Hypervenom is made with the extreme flexible Nike Free sole, which gives your foot the room to move all the natural directions. Phylon mid sole gives you furthermore a light and good shock absorption, which increases the comfort. The classic Waffle outer sole, with the classic Free flex rills, becomes furthermore a complimented by the strategic placed rubber, which gives increased durability to the sole where it is most needed.
The Nike Free Concept originates in Stanford, where Nike looked into the training methods of the very successful athletes there and found out they trained barefoot. 3 of Nike's most esteemed and creative innovators went to work on this basis and in 2002 they began work on the first Nike Free by mapping the foots bio mechanics.
8 years later the first Nike Free went on sale and the result was a shoe that "understood" your feet, how they land, where the pressure is applied. It was an unconventional shoe, but sparked the interest of many around the world.