Nike is a big player on the grid iron for the way football is played in America, but it also has a new boot for the pitch as well. The new Nike GS Football Boot – designed for what we in the States call soccer – promises to be the lightest and most innovative shoe yet. It is also quite green, and not just in color.
The shoe or boot as it is labeled is made from castor beans, which require little water to grow and thus have little environmental impact. This material also makes for a shoe that is 15 percent lighter than traditional thermoplastic polyurethane. Still not convinced it is green – consider that the polyester tongue and quarter are made form 95 percent recycled plastic bottles.
That’s the good news. The bad is that Nike is only making 2,012 pairs (as in this is the year of going green). The shoes will be available in August and let’s hope this is the future of shoes for the pitch.