Look, 2024's been Predator's coronation year at Adidas, hasn't it? Another revival lap in the nostalgia circuit. And now? They're hauling out the Megaride, drenched in Becks-era '06.
These 'Absolute'-inspired sneakers are dripping in that metallic blue and silver we all associate with Beckham’s glorious floppy-hair phase. Remember that World Cup? Zidane going supernova, then bang. Becks doing his thing with that precise swerve. Magical, really. This ain’t the boots though, let’s be clear. But those tongues...that folding, familiar gesture over the laces? Textbook '06, bringing back feelings.
Then there’s that Megaride sole. Bouncy castles for your feet. We were all sold that promise in the mid-2000s, weren’t we? That somehow our very walk would have more spring in it, catapulting us somewhere just a little bit better than wherever we currently were. Ah, consumerism’s soft power in full play.
Sure, they’ll say it ain’t ‘officially’ a Becks collab, right? But c’mon, the echoes are louder than an overexcited football announcer. Almost feels like he’s just stepped off the set of his latest slick marketing deal, sprinkling some of his stardust on the ol’ Three Stripes, and off we run again, eager to snap up a piece of that past.
Don’t get me wrong – I appreciate an iconic aesthetic. There’s an art to it. This particular blend just screams, buy me, and relive an age of hope when golden balls floated in slow-mo and those tracksuits seemed like the peak of human fashion. Or was it just me?
Is it cynical or smart? Reaching for those golden-era triggers. They’ll probably fly off the shelves, powered by those same cravings they used 18 years ago. They’re probably in boxes waiting for a December release...just to tickle that inner child screaming for a Christmas miracle pair under the tree. Makes you wonder though, innit? What’s coming next after the past, but the past repeated? We gonna do this forever?
Look closely enough and tell me – you can practically hear that Beckham sigh, can’t you? Right before that corner gets swung. He ain’t kicking the Megarides, but they certainly aren’t forgetting his freekick clout!
So… you in or out on this retro kick?
