ASICS has been holding two new sneakers very hush hush. Even assembly with them final yr at The Working Occasion the place manufacturers are taking part in up all the brand new issues, nada. Not a phrase! Then final week on my doorstep had been two model new fashions for the Blast line up of sneakers: Megablast and Sonicblast.
Many manufacturers are going to this silo strategy of getting a household of sneakers. Nice in some methods and really complicated in others, so here’s a fast breakdown of the road:
Actually, right here’s what we’ve already reviewed from this line and our evaluations:
- ASICS Novablast 5: Every day coach with good quantity of cushion, not made to select up the tempo
- ASICS Superblast 2: Light-weight, nice cushioned coach that may choose up the tempo and carry many by way of their marathon feeling actually secure
- ASICS Sonicblast: Pebax plated uptempo shoe with extra bounce and pace, however can nonetheless perform on straightforward days.
- ASICS Megablast: Lightest shoe within the line up, utilizing bouncy foam from their high tier sneakers
- One degree up from all this might be the ASICS Metaspeed Sky and Edge as entrance of the pack race day sneakers
Critiques of the Sonicblast and Megablast are within the works, however they sneakers received’t be launched till Sept 1 so we largely wished to present you a heads up and sneak peak as you begin to hear about it throughout social media.
Your entire blast line up was ASICS elevating their hand to say “hey runners, we’re again and we’re totally different. We’re not simply the gel sneakers you’ve identified eternally.” These two model new sneakers are completely extending that dialogue.
For these ready on updates to the present sneakers, we’re taking a look at March 2026 for the Superblast 3 and July 2026 for the Novablast 6. That provides these two new sneakers a while for everybody to know what they’re and see how they slot in to a working shoe rotation.
Sonicblast Specs
A big contingent of runners have been asking ASICS for a superblast with a plate and that is their reply. As a substitute of simply inserting a plate, they got here up with a distinct foam and put in that PEBAX plate to make it extra broadly accessible and usable than the carbon plated race day sneakers.
- Very drop: 8 mm
- Stack: 46 mm
- Weight: 7.8 oz girls’s, 9 oz males’s
- Not obtainable in Huge
- $180
- Out there Sept 1, 2025
Megablast Specs
All proper, so then what’s the aim of the Megablast? It’s not plated. It’s not only a max cushion tremendous delicate shoe. It’s energetic, it’s bouncy, it’s the closest factor I’ve discovered to the a lot cherished Adidas EVO SL.
- Very drop: 8 mm
- Stack: 45 mm
- Weight: 8 oz
- Not obtainable in Huge, Unisex match
- $225
- Out there Sept 1, 2025
New Foam Is a Distinction Maker
One factor these sneakers each share is utilizing their latest foam, the FF Turbo Squared.
New now typically means they’re taking an current foam and doing a little remixing. It’s an enchanting technical course of that I received’t bore you with, however ends in some huge positive aspects for these sneakers.
What we’ll all be ready to see is this implies the FFBlast we’ve come to count on within the Nova and Superblast can be up to date as effectively. It does have a softer feeling, however individuals are obsesses with bounce and weight…so who is aware of.
After all, the query on my thoughts was will this new tremendous foam be as sturdy. ASICS mentioned of their testing it meets all the conventional sturdiness requirements, which sounds slightly like a politician answering with out answering. As famous, we’re testing these proper now and can have some ideas.
All proper, that’s your Sonicblast and Megablast preview coming in September 2025, what a shock to have two model new sneakers from the model!
Ideas?
How do you’re feeling in regards to the naming silos? Complicated or simpler to know?
