The new Puma football boots are all the rage. Not just because of their hugely famous innovations and signings, but also because they embody, like nothing else, the crazy times we live in – and we don’t mean that in the negative sense we’re all familiar with; we are referring to that aspect of reinvention and rebirth that only a select few can achieve. Two weeks ago, the brand kitted out all its footballers with the new Puma Turbo Pack, a collection designed to go full throttle, putting the power of a turbocharged engine and the full control of a finely tuned machine at your feet. Celebrating football at full speed with colours inspired by the smoke and dust left on the racetracks. Today, the Fear Pack emerges from the shadows to pay a natural tribute to fear and darkness.
Fear Pack by Puma Football
Football starts in the mind and ends at the feet. What does a footballer do with the negative thoughts and fears that cross his mind, before or during a match? We know that there are three primal emotions in human beings: love, anger and fear. Machines feel neither fear nor pressure: according to Gary Kasparov’s comments when he faced the Deep Blue computer: ‘It feels no pressure’. Fear is a legitimate emotion for every human being, and often the secret or strategy is not to eliminate it, but to control it, to master it, so that it does not disturb, hinder or impede effective action. A player knows this deep down; but what happens when the opponent is unaware of this predicament? Today’s football boots are colours, and colours are emotions, as well as sensations. Puma, aware of this, harnesses fear and, through a colour palette of dark shades contrasted with purple and vibrant hues, makes it effective.
Puma Future 6.1 Turbo Pack
Just as we described them months ago in the post on the Puma Chasing Adrenaline Pack, they were created to provide a boost halfway through this challenging year of 2020. A true statement of intent, designed to give the competition a run for their money. The Puma Future football boots are, as their name suggests, the future. Starting with the upper, we see a dramatic change compared to the Puma Future 4.1 from the previous generation, and absolutely none from the earlier 5.1. We can see that there is no longer as much mesh in the NETFIT, and there are fewer lace holes, with laces now positioned only where necessary. Furthermore, they feature a much more adaptable NETFIT support system, with a fully knitted upper for a better fit and stability, and a GripControl Pro Layer applied to the areas most frequently struck by the ball, in the form of grooves.
One of the key features of the Puma Future football boot is its lightness; to achieve this, it features a reactive Pebax midsole with RapidAgility technology, stabilising bars across the instep, and a combination of laminated and conical studs to ensure traction in all conditions, supporting explosive, multi-directional movement.
Puma ULTRA 1.1 Turbo Pack
As we explained in our previous post on the new Puma ULTRA football boot, the German brand has combined a fully dynamic silhouette with an extremely lightweight upper, known as MATRYXEVO. It is a fully engineered, technologically advanced boot featuring an outsole designed for instinctive running. The MATRYXEVO upper allows Puma to use a single layer of material, bringing this fabric much closer to the foot, whilst providing exceptional support with extraordinary lightness. This is the first time this material has been used in a football boot. In addition, an extra component has been applied across the upper: a GripControl Pro skin in key areas of the shell to provide complete control and precise grip on the ball when moving at extreme speeds.
Attached to the upper is a lightweight Pebax SpeedUnit outsole, featuring a bifurcated outsole design inspired by Puma’s stud DNA for dynamic acceleration. The outsole plate combines subtle triad-shaped studs in the forefoot with V-shaped blades for added aerodynamics, engineered for explosive speed.
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