New Nike Aust Open gear

Babolast

Legend
Saw the line today in person and it looks great!

Del Potro will be rocking a cool polo and Fed and Rafa's shorts have an awesome print on them.
 

Sinner

Professional
^ Oh mine? It's just Photobucket. Never had any issues with it. As far as I know, it should be safe.
 

Pap

New User
Yeah, it was at a Wankee shop. They have a decent selection of tennis gear, but there are also a lot of pro-shops here, which I'd prefer to go to. I wouldn't want Wankee to string my sticks though. Once saw a guy pull 2 mains at once. No, thanks.

Some shops will have bigger sizes, but they won't have a lot of pairs. Maybe a handful of, for example, US12's or 13's for the bigger shops. Once they're sold, that's it.


I agree re the stringing I took them unstrung and got them strung here in Australia.
 

West Coast Ace

G.O.A.T.
Lunar Ballistecs just dropped in HK today...!
Thanks for sharing. Seems like things drop a week or so early in Asia; I got the Fed violet clay court shirt last year a few weeks early on a trip to SIN.

PS - 640x480 is big enough for pics...

At the end of the day whatever colour they call it is a very ordinary shirt.
Very true. These are not going to move at full price.

Go on the web and type in"strungout.au" and go to the nike mens section.
Thanks for that (had to put a '.com' in front of the '.au' on this side of the Pacific). Nice site. They still have some Nike RF sneaks from past years.
 

ilee259

New User
The person who posted RF's AO polos and shorts said that the shorts are to be confirmed on the colors. So we don't know what are the colors for RF's shorts.
 

Sinner

Professional
What color is "night factor" anyway?

A few other Nike "Night Factor" colorway items...

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Sinner

Professional
Interesting to see these shoes live - they feel really comfy!

Did you get to try them on? I guess they would probably fit like the Vapor 9's?

Anyway, one more pic... this time next to the Atomic Red Courtballistec for comparison. Hard to tell in the pic (lighting and limitations of my camera), but up-close, the Atomic Red was a bit more "pink", while the Light Crimson was more "red". For me, it "popped" more. It should also be noted that the Atomic Red was a bit more faded, having sat around for a few months already.

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10Aces

New User
@Sinner - yes I got to try on both the Vapor 9.5 and the Lunar Ballistec. The Vapor 9.5 felt pretty similar to the Vapor 9, although for me it was even more comfortable. Meanwhile the Lunar Ballistec was a different fit to the Courtballistec (more roomy and less snug) and much lighter.
 

trebbor

New User
Can anyone tell if the Lunar Ballistecs are "closer to the ground" compared to the Air Max Ballistecs?

One of the reason I choose for Vapor 9 instead of Air Max Ballistecs were because the Zoom Air made your feet feel like it almost touched the ground, so that I had more "grip" to the ground, if you guys know what I mean :)
 
Can anyone tell if the Lunar Ballistecs are "closer to the ground" compared to the Air Max Ballistecs?

One of the reason I choose for Vapor 9 instead of Air Max Ballistecs were because the Vapor made your feet feel like it almost touched the ground, so that I had more "grip" to the ground, if you guys know what I mean :)

Corrected for you. The Vapor line has always been low to the ground.
 

Bobby Jr

G.O.A.T.
Corrected for you. The Vapor line has always been low to the ground.
He was also right. Zoom air is the version of the air sole which has always been the lower profile variant. No doubt it came about as a further development since the Air Max/360 shoes generally quite high profile.
 

Homeboy Hotel

Hall of Fame
If you go onto Novak Djokovic's twitter profile and check his second photo, you will see Nadal in his full Australian Open 2014 outfit, when standing in a line with the rest of the Abu Dhabi players.

Let me do the hard work for you - here is his profile: https://twitter.com/DjokerNole

The photo raises two thoughts:
- It looks big, not fitted at all
- Will Nadal play the Australian Open wearing a hat? :O
 

XFactorer

Hall of Fame
@Sinner - yes I got to try on both the Vapor 9.5 and the Lunar Ballistec. The Vapor 9.5 felt pretty similar to the Vapor 9, although for me it was even more comfortable. Meanwhile the Lunar Ballistec was a different fit to the Courtballistec (more roomy and less snug) and much lighter.

I think that's what Nike was going for!
 

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
Did you get to try them on? I guess they would probably fit like the Vapor 9's?

Anyway, one more pic... this time next to the Atomic Red Courtballistec for comparison. Hard to tell in the pic (lighting and limitations of my camera), but up-close, the Atomic Red was a bit more "pink", while the Light Crimson was more "red". For me, it "popped" more. It should also be noted that the Atomic Red was a bit more faded, having sat around for a few months already.

Lunar-Ball_zpsa29f2a5b.jpg

doesn't the Red color crash with the Blue courts ? LOL
 

JoshT

Semi-Pro
Did they do a pair of BLACK Nike Shorts for Nadal?
I've been waiting forever to see...

When is TW getting this stuff in?
 

raphMODE

Professional
If you go onto Novak Djokovic's twitter profile and check his second photo, you will see Nadal in his full Australian Open 2014 outfit, when standing in a line with the rest of the Abu Dhabi players.

Let me do the hard work for you - here is his profile: https://twitter.com/DjokerNole

The photo raises two thoughts:
- It looks big, not fitted at all
- Will Nadal play the Australian Open wearing a hat? :O

Homeboy Hotel, No he won't play with a hat for official matchs.
It's just for exo or training.
 
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