Milestones – Adidas Predator Powerswerve 2008

Regarded by many as the last proper Adidas Predator made. So what did Adidas change to make the PredatorPowerswerve so good?

Let`s start with the fact that Steven Gerrard said that the Predator Powerswerve was his favorite ever in the Predator range, that says quite lot about the boot. Adidas did also change the original rubber fins to “Predator SMART Foam” to give extra power and swerve. The soft foam reacts to the impact and kind of bounces back the effect straight to the ball.

Adidas did also create a “Power Pulse” system in the innersoles, by adding a chamber to the innersole filled with 30g metallic powder. So when kicking the ball the powder shifts forward in the chamber which increases the power. Adidas proved this in tests and the boot was said to create 3% more force and 8% more swerve than the Predators before. This popular boot was released in 2008 and there were more than 20 different colors available. Biggest stars to wear these were Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Michael Ballack and Daniele De Rossi.

Thank you for reading. More to come as always 😉

Eidur Gudjohnsen match worn Predator

I forgot to show up these, Adidas Predator Powerswerve Sg match worn by Eidur Gudjohnsen from Iceland! He scored a beautiful chip goal in these boots in 08-11-2008 in Barcelona faicing Valladolid (6-0)!
  
Stats:

1994 Valur 17 (7)
1995–1997 PSV Eindhoven 13 (3)

1998 KR Reykjavík 6 (0)

1998–2000 Bolton Wanderers 59 (19)

2000–2006 Chelsea 186 (54)

2006–2009 Barcelona 72 (10)

2009–2010 Monaco 9 (0)

2010 → Tottenham Hotspur 11 (1)

2010–2011 Stoke City 4 (0)

2011 → Fulham (loan) 10 (0)

2011–2012 AEK Athens 10 (1)

2012–2013 Cercle Brugge 13 (6)

2013–2014 Club Brugge 46(7)

2014–2015 Bolton Wanderers 21 (5)

2015 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 14 (1)

I think he was an underrated player!

  

Can you spot the difference?

So what is going on here? 😜
Few weeks ago I bought these from local internet site selling second-hand items, I paid 25€+ shipping for them. Once I recieved them I noticed an interesting thing, something wasent right! I contacted the seller and told him about the problem, seller didn’t notice this issue (people in general wouldn’t notice) and I believed him. The seller refunded the money and I kept the boots.

Can you spot the problem? 

   
   

Adidas Predator “Made in Germany”

So I’m on my way to complete my collection of Adidas Predators. The collection concists of boots between 1994-2011, after this Adidas didn’t manufacture leather Predators anymore…

The big challenge in my collecting, regarding Predators, is that I try to find all boots that are made in Germany. The public version of Predators were made in coutrys far East, like Indonesia. As some of the proffesional players Predator boots are made in Germany. These means usually that they can be measured to the players foot, different leather used in the upper, different/combined soleplate, different innersole (like Beckham prefered the innersole from Predator Accelerator 1998 in his boots) and some uniq details to improve the boots to a style the player likes.

So I’m lucky enough to have found recently three new pairs to my collection that are made in Germany.

     
   

Selling!

All these for immidiate sale:
-Nike Mercurial Vapor III Fg “brazil” 8.5uk 9.5us 43eu
Price: 120£+shipping

   

 -BN Nike Mercurial Vapor V Fg 7.5uk 8.5us 42eu
Price: 80£+shipping

  
-Adidas F50+ Spiderweb Sg 8uk 8.5us 42eu
Price: 80£+shipping

  
-Adidas Predator Pulse Sg 8uk 8.5us 42eu, 8.5/10
Price: 60£+shipping

  
-Adidas Predator Powerswerve Fg 8.5uk 9us 42 2/3eu, 8/10
Price: 60£+shipping

  
-Adidas Predator Powerswerve Sg 8uk 8.5us 42eu, 9/10
Price: 60£+shipping

  
-Adidas Predator Precision II Sg 8uk 8.5us 42eu, 9.5/10
Price: 120£+shipping

  
-BN Adidas Samba Primeknit Replica 9uk 9.5us 43.5eu
Price: 80£+shipping

  
  

Message me or mail me: christoffer.malmberg@windowslive.com
Offers welcome!
  

Selling!

Selling!
-BN Nike Mercurial Vapor V Fg 7.5uk 8.5us 42eu

Price: 90£+shipping

-Adidas Predator Pulse Sg 8uk 8.5us 42eu, 8.5/10

Price: 70£+shipping

-Adidas Predator Powerswerve Sg 8uk 8.5us 42eu, 9/10

Price: 70£+shipping

-Adidas Predator Precision II Sg 8uk 8.5us 42eu, 9.5/10

Price: 120£+shipping
Message or mail: christoffer.malmberg@windowslive.com 

    
   

Recently sold boots

As many of you may know I’m also selling boots! I recently sold couple real beauties:

-Adidas Predator Touch Fg “Made in Germany” 

    

 -Nike Mercurial Vapor IV Fg back from 2008  
-Adidas Predator Powerswerve Fg black/red & blue/white from 2010

   
 
Contact be for more boots for sale at: christoffer.malmberg@windowslive.com

All made in Germany!

Here is all my Predators that are made in Germany! Public versions were made in Indonesia and the made in germany versions were only worn by proffesionals, so rare rare rare! 😋

         

R.I.P Adidas Predator

Adidas has announced that Predator, F50, Nitrocharge and 11Pro are gonna be retired 😞 something new to come, I think it’s a bold move?
  

The circel of Predators

After 9 years of collecting, I’m slowly compleating my collection of Adidas Predators! I’m proud of what I have accomplished!