Nike ZoomX Zegama 'Spring Green Olive Flak'
Colorway: Spring Green/Olive Flak/Black/White · Style code: DH0623-302 · Release date: April 4, 2023 · Price: $189 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Nike ZoomX Zegama Trail 'Black White' (DH0623-001) · Nike ZoomX Zegama 'Ironstone Vivid Purple' (DH0623-002) · Nike ZoomX Zegama Sneakers (DH0623-004) · Nike ZoomX Zegama 'Light Carbon Cosmic Clay' (DH0623-006) · Nike ZoomX Zegama 'White Vivid Sulfur' (DH0623-100)
Zegama-Aizkorri is a mountain race in the Basque Country with a reputation for punishing climbs and worse descents. Nike named a shoe after it, and the shoe is built for the kind of day that race represents rather than for a groomed path.
The midsole is the interesting part. ZoomX, the same foam Nike uses in its road racers, is placed where impact concentrates at the heel and forefoot, then set into a firmer carrier foam that supplies the bulk and, more importantly, keeps the platform from folding on uneven ground. Stack heights come in around 37mm at the heel and 33mm at the forefoot, which puts it at the maximal end of the trail category.
The upper handles the rest of the job: engineered mesh through the forefoot and midfoot, bumpers around the toe, reinforced overlays at the rearfoot, and a stretch gaiter at the ankle to keep grit out.
This pair runs spring green against olive flak, with black and white in the detailing.