Asics Novablast 3 LE 'Black White'
Colorway: Black/White · Style code: 1011B591-001 · Release date: February 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Novablast 3 LE 'Black Glow Yellow' (1011B591-003) · Asics Novablast 3 LE 'Indigo Blue Orange' (1011B591-400) · Asics Novablast 3 LE 'Bright Orange Neon Lime' (1011B591-801) · Asics Novablast 3 'Black Dried Leaf Green' (1011B458-005) · Asics Wmns Novablast 3 LE 'Black Cyber Grape' (1012B410-002)
The Novablast was built to feel like a trampoline. Asics cut deep channels into the midsole sidewalls so the foam could compress and rebound rather than simply absorb, and the first two versions developed a following on that bounce alone. The third changed the recipe. It moved to the company's lighter, softer foam and added a millimetre of stack while shedding half an ounce, but the sidewall cutouts were made shallower and the decoupling groove less deep, which took away much of the compression the earlier versions traded on. Reviewers split on the result: smoother and more controlled, certainly, but firmer, and no longer the shoe people had described as fun. This is a limited edition version of that third model, black across the mesh with white on the sole and branding, a plainer treatment than the line's usual bright colourways. It arrived in early 2023.