SL STANDS FOR SUPER LIGHT.

SHOE DATA
FIRST RELEASED
1972
ORIGINAL PURPOSE
Training shoe
EXAMPLES SHOWN
Reissues
NOTES
The adidas SL 72 was reissued in 2004.

   

    This feather-light training shoe was originally designed for the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
    The upper was constructed from breathable nylon weave, but the shoe’s most distinctive features were a traction tread outsole, a built-in heel counter and rubber toe-box reinforcements.