Sam Kerr has hit one other milestone in her illustrious profession by getting her very personal signature boots.
The Chelsea and Australia striker has teamed up with Nike to launch her first-ever Participant Version Mercurial Superfly, a design that pays tribute to her residence nation, her profession, and one in every of her largest sporting idols.
The boots arrive in a light-weight sandy base, a nod to Australia’s seashores, with flashes of teal, pink and orange working by means of them to reflect the ocean, sunsets and rocky landscapes.
“The colours of the boot are what I consider once I consider residence: Perth’s ocean and sunsets,” Kerr defined. “It’s a reminder of the place I’m from.”
Private touches are scattered all through the design, together with her trademark mantra “Constant” etched throughout the higher in tattoo-like script, and delicate references to her model of play (“Perpetually Ahead”) and her West Australian roots (“Perth Swagger”).
Maybe probably the most placing element is the daring stripe that cuts down the toe of the boot, impressed by Cathy Freeman’s unforgettable gold medal run on the Sydney Olympics in 2000. On the prime of the stripe, there’s a small tribute to Freeman’s victory – a nod to an athlete Kerr has lengthy cited as one in every of her heroes.
Her signature is stamped onto the heel to spherical off the design, giving each pair the texture of being personally signed.
Nike are additionally rolling out a wider assortment to go along with the boot. A Discipline Common sneaker echoes the identical color palette and contains Kerr’s private messages stitched into the tongue and higher, whereas an outsized fleece hoodie is available in teal and options phrases tied to her profession – “Be Who I Am, Be Who You Are,” “Golden in 2017,” “You Simply By no means Know,” and “Me vs The World.”
For a participant who has been on the prime of the ladies’s sport for over a decade, it feels lengthy overdue. However with a design this private, vibrant and symbolic, it’s clear the wait has solely made the top outcome that a lot sweeter.
