Putting rivals on the 'Slab'

Posted in Rated or Slated by Matt Ward on Tue 21 Jul '09

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Pure science...

Whilst on my little ‘press trip’ to the recent Annecime race, I was handed some new kicks by those lovely people at Salomon. The XT Slab 2 is a new shoe from the French innovators and we think it could be a 2010 product, as there is no sign of it on the Salomon site?

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Style!

Jerome “Gino” Decisier tells me that it is an “ultimate competition product”, and having not run in them yet I will take his word for it. All I can tell you is that on from the XT Wings Slab the shoe has a new lighter weight upper, a new Quicklace system and they also seem to be narrower.

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New Quicklace lacing system

These things really are like slippers! They are extremely comfy and given Salomon’s history I do not expect any issues on the run. You won’t be missed via the colour scheme either – totally disco!

Review soon after I have put them to the test…

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The XT Slab 2 colourscheme is fresh!

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The aggressive yet light XT Slab 2 contagrip sole

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