Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 25 'Ink Teal Lime Green'
Colorway: Ink Teal/Lime Green · Style code: 1012B356-401 · Release date: June 4, 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: ASICS Wmns Gel Nimbus 25 'Black Pure Silver' (1012B356-001) · Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 25 'Triple Black' (1012B356-002) · Asics Wmns Gel Nimbus 25 'Black Reborn Blue' (1012B356-003) · ASICS Wmns Gel Nimbus 25 'Black Glow Yellow' (1012B356-004) · ASICS Wmns Gel Nimbus 25 'Piedmont Grey' (1012B356-020)
ASICS treated the twenty-fifth Nimbus as a reset rather than an increment. Two pieces of the midsole changed at once.
The first was PureGEL. GEL had been the brand’s signature since the mid-1980s, usually visible through a window in the midsole wall; PureGEL is softer and lighter, hidden inside the foam and placed to smooth the transition from landing to toe-off rather than to advertise itself. The second was the foam around it: FF Blast Plus Eco, roughly twenty per cent more of it than the previous generation carried, made with at least twenty per cent bio-based material sourced partly from sugar cane processing waste.
The pairing set the template for the rest of the range. PureGEL moved to the GEL-Kayano 30 later the same year, and the GT-2000 line picked it up after that, which makes the 25 the generation that redefined what a modern ASICS midsole looks like.
The colourway is a high-contrast one for a neutral daily trainer: ink teal across the knit upper, lime green on the branding and midsole sidewall.