We create footwear to seduce or serve, possibly both.
Footwear wears out, people buy more footwear, people demand better and better footwear.
Twenty-first century athletes have a huge selection.
Our tennis heroes Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka have opted for red and pink shades for this year's Australian Open, and their shoes are getting their own little blog.
Nadal and Federer have their shoes custom-made for them (check out Rafa's name-tags), but apparently Wawrinka hasn't walked this way (yet). Good old working tennis shoes. Yonex's star is rising.
RAFA'S SHOES
Custom-finished Nike pinks
aka Lunar Ballistec(!)
Nadal Wears CB 4.3 Imitating Nike Lunar Ballistec in Round 2
Rafa Uses a Disguised Nike Court Ballistec 4.3 Instead of “Redefined” Lunar Ballistec Shoes
Whahh?? those were quotes from the above website.
These photos don't capture the hot pink we saw on TV during the Australian Open. HOT!
ROGER'S SHOES
Nike-Zoom-Vapor-9
I think he also has them in other color combos
Light, sensible, tri-color
STAN'S SHOES
Yonex SHT-PRO EX
Never heard of them before, but they're on the radar now!
THE CHAMP!!
via Getty Images/Michael Dodge
