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Paris Fashion Week
Originally created as a one-off featured in the 11 Athletic Bouldering Exhibit for Paris Fashion week in 2023, the Athletic Bouldering Climbing Shoe model quickly turned into a house favorite so, naturally, we had to share it with you.
BOULDERING IS FREEDOM. Climbing without ropes or harnesses over rock formations or artificial walls offers unique mental and physical challenges. As a keen climber, Saberi wanted to expand and enhance the apparel possibilities of bouldering. His personal connection with the sport together with his existing partnership with leading mountain sports brand Salomon resulted in a paradigm shift in bouldering style: the Athletic Bouldering FW23 collection. Created in collaboration with legendary climber Fred Nicole and So iLL, the collection brings together technical footwear, clothing and backpacks in a specific design language that both embraces and transcends utilitarianism.
The shoes are very soft and comfortable. Thanks to So iLL team for all the helps they gave me when buying the shoes. I would strongly recommend everyone to buy!
Comfort and Precision out of the gate. I love the feel and design. This shoe is a head turner at my local gym. Never really having a super soft shoe has opened my mind to really only wanting a soft shoe now. I have much more confidence in my foot placement.
I do believe the rubber could be a bit better and stickier. I also believe the lace system could be tweaked to wrap to the inside of the foot and connect there. Overall I think the future of this shoe and other shoes like it are going to be the future of climbing. This isn't just a great intermediate shoe it's a great shoe for climbers and beginners all around.
Can't wait to see what else you cook up next.
Your AB1 White is fabulous!
With its lacing and design, it wraps the foot like no other (except maybe the black version, but I don’t have that one). So the fit and support are incredible.
It’s super precise on all footholds — the feeling is amazing. For toe hooking, the grooved texture on the toe is excellent! Even better than the latest Scarpa model, which is already very good. The lacing also makes toe hooking extremely precise!
(please find hereafter the picture of both shoes)
For me, the overall performance is so good that there’s just one thing missing to make heel hooking as incredible as toe hooking: grooved texture on the heel as well!
On the latest Scarpa, they’ve added some sort of small bumps, and the grip is out of this world!
Considering the structured design on the front of the AB1, if you applied something similar on the back, this shoe would become an absolute weapon.
(please find hereafter the pictures of both shoes heels)
I love it!
I’ll send you some photos to illustrate what I mean…
Comparison of the front between the AB1 and Scarpa — the AB1’s structure is better.
But on the heel, the Scarpa is more effective thanks to the textured, honeycomb-like design…
You’re doing amazing work!
However, I must tell you that I just climbed 3 times with the new shoes, and the sole starts to come off ! (see picture 1)
