When Reebok brought back their Blacktop division, which designed sneakers specifically for outdoor/streetball play in 1990, I was excited for the return of their classic Blacktop Battleground silhouettes to return.
With the Blacktop Battleground III steadily releasing throughout this year and the news that the Blacktop Battleground II coming back in 2015, it would have been easy for Reebok to continue to overlook their performance hoops line and focus on their popular Classics division. Instead, Reebok came up with a great meld of old school/new school in the Blacktop Retaliate Pump.
There are already two Blacktop Retaliate colorways out, but these three open up the shoe to people not looking for a black hoops shoe or the extra-fly grey pair with several other accenting colors. The green/red pair first seen during the Reebok BIV20 tournament in Boston in June previously thought to be a PE made especially for the tournament is now available for sale.
Still recovering from the disaster that Zig tech was, I was caught off guard with how quickly the Vector brand has been able to move forward; especially by pairing their previous ideals of making performance basketball sneakers that can last thru repeated asphalt games, but adding upgrades thru current shoe tech and materials.
All three new colorways of the Reebok Blacktop Retaliate seen here are available on the Reebok webstore for $125.
