adidas Samba ADV "Black Grey"

Colorway: Core Black/Grey Four/Gold Metallic · Style code: IH3348 · Release date: October 2024 · Lowest resale ask: $202 · Availability: Available now

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About the adidas Samba ADV "Black Grey"

Gold Metallic branding against black suede gives this ADV a dressier finish than skate footwear usually gets, and the colour list rounds out with Grey Four. The designation matters more than the palette. adidas Skateboarding reworked the Samba with added support structures and materials chosen to survive griptape, so what looks from a distance like a general-release pair is built for a completely different kind of wear.

It arrived in October 2024 at 100 dollars in the United States, the same figure adidas charges for a general-release Samba OG, which is unusual for a version carrying extra construction. That parity is deliberate. Skate lines price to be bought and destroyed rather than collected, and holding a standard retail keeps the shoe within reach of the people it was built for. The colour complicates that slightly, since black suede with gold branding pulls in buyers who have no intention of ever stepping on a board. In practice the ADV has spent years serving both audiences at once, and its long survival inside this family owes a good deal to that double appeal.

Written with AI from brand specs; facts checked against our catalog data on Sep 18, 2026.