adidas UltraBoost 1.0 S&L 'Blue Grey'
Colorway: Blue/Footwear White/Grey Three · Style code: EF1982 · Release date: June 23, 2019 · Price: $104 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas UltraBoost 1.0 'Oreo' (IH4924) · Adidas UltraBoost 1.0 'Navy' (S77415) · adidas UltraBoost 1.0 'Alumina' (JQ2270) · adidas UltraBoost 1.0 'Linen Green' (HQ2199) · Adidas UltraBoost 1.0 'Solar Orange' (S77413)
This pair came out on June 23, 2019 in a group of three suede and leather UltraBoosts, and it is the one that took a blue lead. Suede and leather overlays sit on a woven mesh upper, with Footwear White and Grey Three balancing the blue so it never dominates. The three-stripe lacing cage at the midfoot provides the foot lockdown, tightening its grip on the arch as the laces pull through it.
A responsive Boost midsole and a Stretchweb outsole in Continental rubber sit underneath, the same running hardware the knit versions use. Stretchweb is the grooved rubber pattern adidas built to flex with the foot as it rolls rather than hold a rigid plate against it. At $180 the S&L versions asked no more than a standard release, which is unusual for a material upgrade and part of why the family ran across several colourways that year.