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- Upper
- Flyknit
- Released
- 2024
- Colourway
- Blue
- Cushioning
- Zoomx
ZoomX VaporFly Next% 3 Blue Ribbon Sports
ZoomX VaporFly Next% 3 Blue Ribbon Sports
- Upper
- Flyknit
- Released
- 2024
- Colourway
- Blue
- Cushioning
- Zoomx
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Released on 25 January 2024 and part of Nike's ZoomX VaporFly Next% 3 line. This release has a flyknit upper in Sail/Hyper Royal/Safety Orange/Burnt Sunrise/Sesame/Coconut Milk. This colourway is Nike arguing with its own myth. Blue Ribbon Sports was the company's real name from 25 January 1964, the Eugene, Oregon outfit that imported Onitsuka Tiger and shifted 1,300 pairs for about 8,000 dollars in its first year before the Swoosh or the Nike name existed. Putting that name on a Vaporfly Next% 3 is a deliberate collision: the fastest thing the brand builds, dressed in the identity of a two man importer working out of a car boot at track meets. The Vaporfly arrived in 2017 pairing ZoomX foam with a full length carbon fibre plate, and it is the shoe that made carbon plates a mainstream running argument. Wearing the old name on it is the joke and the point at once.
Treat this one as kit, not as a sneaker. For a goal race, run it with plain black shorts and a single colour top so the heritage graphics carry the whole look, and pair it with paper thin socks to keep the fit locked. For a shakeout the day before, a grey sweat set and the same shoes read intentional rather than sporty by accident. Save your long slow miles for a trainer, use this for tune ups and the race itself, and rotate rather than wearing it daily. Fit runs snug and narrow, so try it late in the day when your feet have spread. Brush dirt off dry, avoid washing machines, and never leave ZoomX in a hot car.
Nike's whole origin sits in this colourway. Blue Ribbon Sports opened its first store in Santa Monica in 1966, expanded to Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1967, and only became Nike after the Onitsuka relationship ended in 1972, with the name coined by employee Jeff Johnson and the Swoosh drawn by design student Carolyn Davidson, first used on 18 June 1971. The Vaporfly is the modern half of the story. Independent research found it could improve marathon times by up to 4.2 percent, and on 31 January 2020 World Athletics responded with limits on sole thickness and plate count plus a general retail availability requirement. Compliant Vaporfly models stayed legal, which is why the shoe still turns up on start lines.
The Vaporfly formula is ZoomX, Nike's altered Pebax foam, wrapped around a full length carbon fibre plate designed to generate extra spring in every step. The upper is deliberately minimal, because on a shoe like this weight is the enemy and the plate does the structural work. What that means for you is a shoe with a distinct rolling feel rather than a soft one, best understood at race pace and slightly awkward when you jog it. The Blue Ribbon Sports execution treats the heritage graphics as the decoration rather than adding hardware, so nothing extra is bolted on. Keep expectations honest about lifespan: race foams are tuned for response, not mileage, so save the good sessions for it.
- Upper
- Flyknit
- Released
- 2024
- Colourway
- Blue
- Cushioning
- Zoomx
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