My clubmate Katie has mostly white with red soles and red swooshes.
At the Northwest Fencing Center, I've seen ones that are similar, but with blue. And similar but with orange, too.
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Oh dear...now I've got a crisis. I was just about to put an order through for the Leon Paul Scimitars when I just ran across this post. Granted fencing in street sneaks has landed me in physiotherapy so I'd be keen to get good fencing shoes as soon as possible. But then, those Nike's look really nice....
Hm, would we be able to get them in any sort of different colour combinations or will it only by the blue ones? (Yeah, yeah I'm a cheesy symmetrical person. Most of my stuff is All Star, so it's red)
OK. Sorry about the long delay. A big batch of real life(tm) caught up with me!
I've talked to Nike a couple of more times and also had a chance to view all of their media releases when they showed off all of the new Nike footwear for the 2008 Olympics (special gymnastics and kayaking shoes anyone?)
The Ballestra will be available in August and we'll have links to order available here when they launch.
I've also been talking to a couple of people at Nike about what we need to do to get them in more people's hands for display and trying on at NACs. Since Nike isn't sure of the real market size here, they've stated that expansion will depend on seeing the market materialize.
At their suggestion I put together a form to gauge interest. I can show the aggregate numbers back to Nike to help push them forward in our market and also let anyone who signs up know exactly when they are available and how to get them.
I remember seeing eight different color combinations.
One is mostly white with red accents (the photo posted on the forum), although I think the Chinese model is slightly different.
The USA and Hungarian (on the front page)
I think Mariel Zagunis has her own kind and dare I say it had hot pink accents and some other color. I hate pink, so I didn't even bother to keep looking at it, and I don't remember it well.
Mostly white with navy blue and Carolina blue accents.
I think there was a grey one somewhere, or another darker blue one that isn't too bright, but I don't remember very well.
I just realized this probably wasn't a very helpful post....beyond saying that the most tasteful one is the last one I mentioned.
I know this has been covered before. It basically goes something like this:
White/Red/Red - like the other red ones with a red tongue. Chinese team only.
I can't actually think of another color scheme that was listed as being planned. Could be wrong though...
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Update: the street price is, as expected, set at $150.
Craig
Suddenly glad that no matter what I do with my life I have a hookup for a complimentary pair this season....
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If your register at nike.com you will receive free ground shipping on your first order, and free returns on all of your orders with no restocking fees. Should save you some $$.
RR
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I know three as mentioned in the article are.
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