airchallenge2
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If I remember correctly, Lendl was wearing Australian apparel and SuperGa shoes while playing with the adidas racquet. I doubt that it was just a pj.
Vintage Tennis Shoes
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If I remember correctly, Lendl was wearing Australian apparel and SuperGa shoes while playing with the adidas racquet. I doubt that it was just a pj.
Tennis_Hands
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Yoooouuu’llll neeeeeeeveeeeer waaaaaaalk alooooone
If I recall Patrick was a high end football equipment company.. there was umbro, mitre, then obviously Adidas & puma.
Michael Ladrup too.. my Patrick boots were called “Ladrup Elite ”
It is Laudrup.
Very elegant style of play.
Yes it was. I'm not 100% sure, but i heard that Nastase played with Adidas pj of his Dunlop he was played with before.
It is a long story. Actuall Lendl played with Kneissl racquet and after Ivan signed with Adidas Kneissl continued made racquets for him in Austria w/Adidas pj. Only after several years Adidas began to made their own racquets for Lendl in France, but moulds were the same, probably it was another agreement with two companies. It's a well known story. But there was another one, you can read about it here:
https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/adidas-vintage-fiber-racquet.505346/
It's great if you also will remake tennis retro shoes. But it's by far more difficult to make shoes than clothes. Also it will be not so easy to create recognizable shoes without those trade marks stripes, swoosh, etc. These Wilson shoes are a little different story, you just can change small logo.a favs of mine:
i wish they still made this one:
and one day i would like to remake them:
As well as these Sergio Tacchini:
http://www.sneakerpedia.com/sneakers/22750?lovers=true
Or Romika shoes used by Victor Pecci:
http://www.80s-tennis.com/pages/pecci-1979.html
old man stringer 67
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Have you tried the new Made in Italy Diadora- Glad to see opening up old factories- Italians have always made fabulous shoes and Diadora was proof of this. New ones are really good, too.
airchallenge2
Hall of Fame
Fantastic news! Where can we find them? Are they available in Europe only?
Check out Diadora website. But Made in Italy is quite expensive.
I saw some in Prague, of course. But they're selling just casual shoes, design is very poor.
galain
Hall of Fame
They were the iconic shoe of Aussie teenagers in the 70's and 80's and have (very sadly) recently stopped being produced. Dunlop sold to another company who now make what they call the Volley International, which is the biggest piece of **** shoe you could imagine. Not even a pale imitation of the Volley. I was hoping to pick up a pair when I was last back home in Oz but sadly, no luck. It was rather a depressing day because as you say, for everything but hardcourt tennis, they were perfect.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Tretorn IMHO were as bad as the Stan Smith shoe for comfort. Rubber sole with a thin spongy insole. Polyurethane shoes were miles ahead in comfort. But that was in the late 70s
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Borg played due to the contract in Tretorn and in Jockey in Sweden and outside of Europe.
What polyurethane shoes were back then?
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Batas, maybe Rod Lavers. Shoes were soooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad BITD we wore them out in a month or less. Thank goodness duct tape was cheap.
Shoes were also cheap so our power lines are filled with souvenirs, literally littered.
Great picture!Batas, maybe Rod Lavers. Shoes were soooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad BITD we wore them out in a month or less. Thank goodness duct tape was cheap.
Shoes were also cheap so our power lines are filled with souvenirs, literally littered.
So Rod Lavers were better than Stan Smiths? Look mostly identical.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Lavers have a mesh upper, green poly sole. Btw, wearing a pr of Adidas Advantage shoes now, very similar to the Stan Smith, but has a Cloudfoam insole. Unbelievably comfortable.
Thank you, i got it. But do you use Advantage also like a casual, not performance ones?
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Casual, it's no Barricade
Ok.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
I have a few pairs of the Dunlop Volleys. Or so I thought...
Just checked. The oldest pair I have says, "Dunlop Volley". The new one says "Dunlop Volley International".
The back of the shoe looks slightly different but other than that I don't see much of a difference. Comfort-wise they feel about the same.
The old pair I have is pretty worn out. Several holes, sole worn smooth in many parts. I wore it for tennis, walking around, doing work on my roof -- everything. Well no more climbing on roofs in them b/c the sole is worn smooth, now.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
I hate teh Lavers. The green sole is way too slick and has no traction The Stan Smiths were much better, but horrible compared to many modern shoes.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
I tried wearing the canvas Tretorn shoes for tennis when I was a kid. They were indeed horrible. Poor cushioning and I wore through the canvas upper and bottom soles in about a week.
Dunlop were also canvas top with ankle padding and rubber sole if i'm not mistaken? Classic tennis shoes of the 60's-early 70's.
https://sneakernews.com/2016/05/12/nike-air-tech-challenge-iv-returning-later-summer/
Return of Boris Becker shoes 1993, ma I'm not sure of year.
airchallenge2
Hall of Fame
I want these so bad!!! I remember Jim Courier wearing these, not Boris. If memory serves me well, it should be AO around '91-'93
airchallenge2
Hall of Fame
Found them! You are right, the Made in Italy is quite pricey and they look fantastic. I need to start saving now
Yes It's true! Diadora has reintroduced also Jim Courier polos 1991!
Hopefully he will do the same thing with Kuerten and Kafelnikov equipment .... I will contact Diadora on these days, if they answer me ...
old man stringer 67
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I remember the days of the Robert Haillet-Adidas shoe, @$18.00, the Tretorn Leather at $25.00, possibly the most comfy of new shoes. but with only 5 days wear on red clay finances on this were questionable, even the Malmo girls from Sweden. could not persuade me, the Haillet became Stan Smith shoes with blemished shoes for $14.00 were the best deal. Gut was $16.00 strung, a Dunlop Fort was $25.00. and Fred Perry shorts. monogramed at $25.00. from Carl Fix in New Jersey. The new Italian Diadora shoes are also wonderful- plus they will get even better sending back the ignorant CEO's. to selling shoes again on the road until they learn people will pay for quality. I will never forget a clothing salesman who went with a startup shoe company from Korea as a salesman-I bet he made $10 mil selling them- There is still money to be made in tennis. good luck guys.
airchallenge2
Hall of Fame
^^^ Thanks for the heads up. I am about to order a pair, too.
Khalli
New User
I actually have a pair of the Duratech 670 which I loved.
Khalli
New User
They actually fumbled a bit, as thru social media I spoke with head of Diadora USA. That version release should have been the Rebound DA (Boris Becker) shoe. The Rebound Ace I have were made for Yevgeni
Then the 9.5 Us (Nike, Adidas etc.) corresponds to 9 Diadora? So the US 10 corresponds to the 9.5US? Thanks
I asked Diadora if other models of the past would also be proposed (eg Kafelnikov and Kuerten); they did not answer me ...
I really impressed with your collection! Great!
Khalli
New User
Thanks, here are a couple more I'd like to share.
Wilson Advantage
Wilson Pro Staff 3/4
Reebok RBT -1986
Sergio Tacchini Grand Prix (Pete Sampras)
Thanks, here are a couple more I'd like to share.
Wilson Advantage
Wilson Pro Staff 3/4
Reebok RBT -1986
Sergio Tacchini Grand Prix (Pete Sampras)
Very impressive!
I think Cash also used the last one:
https://www.****.com/itm/PAT-CASH-S...820063?hash=item362d92a85f:g:GZoAAOSwepZaoxMd
Khalli
New User
I never knew that ok cool. Here is one the company retro off my original model last year.
airchallenge2
Hall of Fame
Agreed! So happy to see that Khalli joined our little group! I saw the article about your sneaker collection on Sneaker News and I was blown away by the variety of your shoes. Please keep on sharing. They are fantastic!
Khalli
New User
Thanks guys, those interviews really show my age sheesh seems like so long ago, I am currently in the midst of a book on early tennis cross over appeal to the urban markets.
Prince FST 838 II
Sergio Tacchini Classico Metro
Sergio Tacchini Talent
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