Creating the Nike Ballestra Fencing Shoes
As part of the Nike branding launch for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Nike.com created a nice multimedia press site highlighting the various products that were launching at the Olympics. One of the products was the Ballestra, the fencing shoe designed by Nike with input from world class fencers.
More on the Nike Ballestra
Rumors have shown up on the Fencing Discussion board that Nike had decided to halt production of the new fencing shoe, the Ballestra, and only
Nike Fencing Shoes – Comments
Since the original story about the upcoming release of the Nike fencing shoe (the Ballestra), we’ve received several comments from fencers who have read about the shoes or seen them at one of the events. We received several comments at the NAC and via email concerning the arch support of the Nike Ballestra.
First Look at the Nike Fencing Shoe
What do you get when you have the Nike design team create a brand new shoe for your sport? How about something that is 20%
Two kinda obscure foil point problems
Okay—you’re at wit’s end. The problem showed up when you were fencing, but not when you tried to reproduce it on strip during a halt,