Five Ten was colocated with parent company Adidas at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market.
The sole features Five Ten's famous Stealth Rubber but with a new midsole. Additionally, the heel cup comes up slightly higher and there is now a notch in the rubber rand around the toe to facilitate flex.
First up from Five Ten is the Cat Burglar. It offers a climbing-inspired outsole as well as synthetic suede insoles for barefoot wear. Shown is Black/Night Grey.
The Cat Burglar is part of several new or improved models of the popular Guide Tennie from Five Ten. In addition to low and mid height models they’ve also introduced a Gore-Tex lined version.
You’ll also notice low and mid Camp Four including GTX model.
Five Ten is well known for their climbing shoes. They also offer Guide Tennie and Water Tennie which are quite popular with SSD readers. Here at Warrior East, they are giving us a preview of a couple of new models hitting the market next Spring.
The big story is the introduction of Gore-tex models into the line. This includes models of the Guide Tennie and Camp Four.
Look for additional, in-depth coverage during the upcoming Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City next month.
The new Guide Tennie Mid incorporates the Stealth Outsole and incorporates a deeper tread than the original Guide Tennie. It offers a higher heal counter and offers a full rubber rand at the toe.
Available mid-February in Tan and Grey.
The low models will be offered in Leather or Canvas.
Additionally, the Water Tennie Mid is now available in Blue as well as Grey. They’ve Lao introduced for the first time a thong. The Flip Off incorporates the stealth MI6 rubber sole.
-Laurice Graves
Laurice is a Navy Veteran who serves as Den Mother to the SSD crew and provides trade show coverage.
We are a little late reporting this one but last month Adidas purchased specialist outdoor footwear brand Five Ten for a cool $25 million. This is significant for two reasons. First, Adidas used to make THE assault boot, the GSG9. It was a very comfortable boot although it suffered from three issues. It was expensive, difficult to procure due to limited production, and didn’t last very long. (Un)fortunately, Adidas developed the so-called GSG9.2 in 2006 to improve the durability of the style and update it’s features but the resulting shoe leaves a lot to be desired.
The second significant issue with this buyout is that Five Ten has developed several tactical styles such as the Valor and seems to be on the path to do more and more. So, here’s to hoping that Adidas let’s 5.10 do what it does best.
FIVE TEN is now producing the Water Tennie. It looks like a water and climbing shoe mated and had a really cool kid. Originally intended as a kayaking shoe, some of our Nation’s Finest saw them and thought they might work for certain mission sets as VBSS. It turns out they were right. Add a sticky AquaStealth rubber sole with a rubberized toe, ankle coverage and mesh panels, the Water Tennie is just as great for recreation as MAROPS.
Available now from FIVE TEN tactical dealers. For more info visit www.fiveten.com
Five Ten has been producing tactical versions of their footwear for several years. At OR they debuted the Valor, a new duty boot with an 8″ upper designed specifically for uniform wear. The Valor incorporates the same sticky Stealth Rubber sole as the Pursuit. It is coming in early 2012 in Tan, Black, and Mossy Oak. Look for a few surprises as we approach the release date.
