nike mercurial – Kicks to the Pitch

Here to kick off our official inaugural KTTP Unboxing video series we have the highly coveted, much talked about Nike Mercurial Superfly 360 x Kim Jones. While we’ve dabbled in the Unboxing concept in the past, this episode marks our first full effort at highlighting all the details, notes, anecdotes and then some of the new soccer-related footwear releases that we feel deserve the limelight. To help talk us through the boots is our co-hosts Denise Jones, co-founder + EIC and all-around boss at sports hosting (who also apparently has some serious sauce!), and our very own soccer expert Andrew Medina, a face, and voice you’ll recognize throughout our platform (check him out on our KTTP Radio show if you haven’t already, and then be sure to subscribe!).

Throughout the Unboxing, Denise and Drew go in on the all-over Cheetah pattern, a design decision inspired by both Kim Jones’ own upbringing in Africa, as well as the speedy nature of the animal that went hand-in-hand with the performance of the boot themselves. The two then break down the construction, wearability, subtleties, accents and the finer details, as well as highlighting their own opinions and thoughts on Nike’s storytelling ability and about the highly limited Kim Jones Mercurials in particular. Hit play in the video above to watch Denise and Drew go at it on the Nike Mercurial Superfly 360 x Kim Jones.

Following our post on the announcement of the much talked about Virgil Abloh/Off-White rendition of Nike’s Mercurial Vapor 360, we managed to get our hands on a pair to truly see what all the fuss is about. Prior to that, we were basing our judgment on the quotes Nike News offered us from Abloh himself on the design and intention behind the boot, online reviews and comments, and our own opinions that took into account Abloh’s recent efforts towards the soccer realm – a conversation we went to lengths on in our KTTP Radio show.

Admittedly, from what I read about the Off-White Mercurials and the reasons behind Abloh’s designs, I wasn’t that impressed. It felt like the creative director/DJ was trying too hard to make himself and his soccer-related endeavors seem authentic when in reality, he only really played soccer during high school. That’s like saying I took a Judo class once in school and therefore I’m now a bona fide Judo fighter… While my sentiments on that remain, I will also admit that with the Mercurials in hand, I was surprised to find the attention to detail and the quality of the production was way better than what I had expected. That being said, was that in part due to Virgil Abloh’s input, or Nike’s continued effort at putting our quality products? Until we figure that out, check out our photo shoot of the shoes throughout for a closer look at the details.