Porsche and Adidas Kick It with Carbon Fiber to Create Springy New Running Shoes

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BOUNCE:S4 Sideview

Feet don’t fail me now. Porsche and Adidas have reconvened for the fourth installment of their car-inspired kicks, the BOUNCE™:S4. And now, thanks to carbon fiber, these new school running shoes look to be springier and sturdier than their groundbreaking brethren.

Utilizing a streamlined version of Porsche Design Sport’s BOUNCEâ„¢ technology — which includes a car-like suspension system built into the back of the shoe — the two teams have combined minds to improve on its previous iterations by incorporating a high-tech carbon fiber plate right into the heel.

Close-up on Suspension system

“From a design standpoint, one of our targets was to make the lightest BOUNCE™ shoe ever,”

says Jacques Chassaing, head of footwear design at Porsche Design.

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They hit the mark by dropping the weight by about twenty percent thanks to carbon fiber and a revamped spring system that uses a polymer often seen in automobiles. Both additions not only make the shoe lighter, but they also add to its overall durability and minimalistic design.

Porsche and Adidas Kick It with Carbon Fiber to Create Springy New Running Shoes

The shoe boasts a host of other upgrades as well, including an aerodynamically designed mesh upper with 3D debossed lines and a grippy rubber soul. It also won a Plus X Award for its high quality design ergonomics and was honored at the same event as the 2014 Best Product of the Year.

Porsche Design Logo

Unfortunately though, they’re in short supply – the product is already sold out on the official website – so if you don’t have them already, you might want to see if Santa Claus can’t work his ways and magic a pair to put under your Christmas tree. Otherwise it might be a while before you’re able to put that extra pep in your step and take a jog in these swanky new running shoes.

BOUNCE angled-view

For more on the BOUNCE™:S4’s, or if you’d like to find out how and when you can buy a pair of your very own, you can visit the sneaker’s official website here.

Or, if you already own a pair, or are planning on buying them whenever they’re available, drop us a line, let us know how they ran. We’d love to hear about it.

[Sources: Adidas, RedDot 21]

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