The talented skateboarder Lucas Puig and his sponsors Adidas and Palace are back today with a third signature model. After two previous pairs released in 2013 the « Puig Pro LTD Stan Smith » and in 2017 the « Lucas Premiere ADV », which Puig himself confessed to have some flaws: one too inflated, the other too low, this new silhouette appears as a perfect mix of the essential elements for a skate shoe. This latest creation, named Palace Puig, is a combination of comfort, technology and elegance.
First of all let’s start with a short interlude on the career of our national skateboarder :
For almost a decade, the thirty year old Lucas Puig from Toulouse has been skateboarding for the German company ADIDAS and since 2016 he has also been associated with the English skateboard brand PALACE after having refused to ally himself with the Americans from NUMBERS, remaining faithful to the European continent. This winner of the first Teenage Tour, a competition aimed at revealing the new best French skateboarders, has a great career. He appeared in the documentary movie “Lakai Fully Flared”, he was on the cover of the specialized American magazine “Transworld Skateboarding”, he was represented in skateboarding video games and even got a portrait in the popular newspaper Libération. This famous Frenchman, who has established himself abroad and gained international visibility, is also the founder of the streetwear brand HELAS. Lucas is multiplying his projects… stay connected… but now let’s come back to this novelty.
This model designed by Lucas Puig and Palace, and conceived by Adidas is available in three monochrome colorways: black, white and pink.
For each colour, the upper consists of smooth and supple leather with perforations on the toebox at the front of the laceguard, providing comfort and making it easier to feel the board.
The three Adidas stripes are subtly revealed on the side panels almost in tone-on-tone.
There are gold-coloured details, including the PUIG name inscribed parallel to the stripes and aligned with the upper laces eyelets in the same colour. The Branding Palace “Tri-Ferg” also appears in gold on the beautifully textured tongue with a striped print on the inside.
To complete the neat design of the model, the lining and laces are in the same colour as the shoe.
The whole is based on a midsole combining technology and comfort, in a matching colour with the pair and featuring the embossed Palace inscription.
To finalize the aesthetic and technological combo of the model, the rubber outsole is equipped with a new traction pattern to increase the grip on the skate. Also, the outsole appears two-tone, depending on the colorway : black with a blue stripe, pink with a white stripe and white with a red stripe. This strip goes up on the heel to draw a triangle, the emblematic logo of the Palace brand.
This new PALACE x ADIDAS SKATEBOARDING x LUCAS PUIG is announced for Friday 22nd May 2020 on Adidas.fr and PalaceSkateboards.com websites.
The price has not yet been communicated.
In the meantime, you can go and see the mini teaser video published on the Instagram accounts of the interested parties.
