Archive for February, 2010

A scary thought and a scarier fan

Chad Ocho Cino is an NFL wide receiver who, tellingly, changed his name from ‘Johnson’ to Ocho Cinco, apparently Spanish for his squad number 85. Being a wide receiver means he is considered a “skill” player in the NFL, which in American sports also means he is still bigger than Drogba. The man is well [...]

The Roos v2 in the works

Since their launch, The Roos club homepages have been going strong as more and more of you guys are using them as your search engine and snapshot to your club. I couldn’t be happier with how the first release has gone.
But I want to keep improving it so my team and I are working [...]

SU Review: Adidas Predator X

This has been a good season for me on the boots front. I was lucky enough to be sent a pair of the ridiculously expensive Nike Superfly’s by the fine folks at Soccerpro while Umbro sent me a pair of the ridiculously comfortable Umbro Speciali. Good times.
The latest pair to arrive at my doorstep is [...]

Slipping through the cracks at Nike

The folks at Nike are putting on a massive two day media event this week to launch all their 2010 products, innovations and World Cup gear. Dubbed the “Nike Innovation Event” they’re going to give the media first hand access to all their new shiznit plus access to players and Nike designers/executives alike to ask [...]

Day 1 at the Nike Innovation Event: Cristiano Ronaldo and the Nike Mercurial Superfly 2

It’s almost 4am after a long first day for me at the Nike Innovation Event, so I’m tired as mother’s teet. But I wanted to upload a bunch of photos I took from the initial launch of the new flagship Nike boot as well as an appearance from one Cristiano Ronaldo. His face was super [...]

Back on Monday

Nike is whizzing us around to so many different events and areas that I’ve hardly had time to think! So expect a full post about the whole experience (and it was a hell of an experience) on Friday and then normal comic service shall resume on Monday. For my first photo album featuring the launch [...]

Studs Up x Nike Feature Schedule:

  • Dec 20: Kick Off
  • Dec 21: Nike5 Bomba Finale & Lunar Gato review
  • Dec 22: Nike Pro Base Layers & Total90 Tracer review
  • Dec 23: Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly II Safari review
  • Dec 24: Nike CTR360 Maestri II Elite review
  • Dec 24: Wrap Up and Lunar Gato winner announced
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Winner announced December 24th!

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