The Adidas Samba is an indoor soccer training shoe. It has been among Adidas' most popular, best selling shoes in recent times, the second best sold Adidas shoe ever with over 35 Million sold pairs worldwide, behind the legendary Adidas Stan Smith. It is produced in a variety of color schemes, yet the classic black with three white stripes is the most popular. The shoe features a tan gumsole that distinguishes it from other Adidas shoes.
The shoe was first produced in 1950 to enable association football players to train on icy hard ground (hence the suction on the gumsole). Its original design featured the classic three stripes, as well as the gold trefoil on the foldable tongue. As years progressed, the Samba evolved into the Samba Millennium (which was made without the extended tongue) and the Samba '85. Classic models of the shoe are still in production, under the name Classic M. While the original model is sometimes used for training, street play, and futsal, it is more popularly worn as a casual wear shoe much like the Chuck Taylor All-Star.
Variants
- Samba Classic M
- Samba 2
- Samba Super indoor
- Samba Millenium
- Samba K
- Samba ST
- Samba Super Suede
- Samba Sleek
- Samba Clean
- Samba W
- Samba 80
- Samba 85 edouige stank
- Samba 62
- Samba 85
- Samba JP
- Samba NUA
- Samba MTL
- Samba 523
In popular culture
- Owen Wilson's character Randy Dupree wears a pair of Adidas Samba K (a classic model that uses kangaroo leather) virtually the whole time in the 2006 film You, Me, and Dupree .
- In the Video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas the character "Ryder" is seen wearing black Samba-like shoes.
- Several of Coldplay's members have been known to wear 'well loved' pairs of Adidas Sambas.
- Ewan McGregor wears a pair of burgundy Adidas Samba Super sneakers in the movie "Trainspotting".
- The song Olé by The Bouncing Souls features the lines: Lace your Sambas, get on out/Off we go to kick it about
- In Team Fortress 2 the scout class wears a pair of black Samba shoes.
- Bill Cosby in The Cosby Show can be seen wearing a black pair of Samba shoes occasionally.
- Shia Labeouf's character Sam Witwicky wears a pair of black Sambas in the 2009 film "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen".
- The shoe was a favorite in the 1970s Liverpool football casuals/scally subculture; indeed the shoe is an icon in the UK along with Reebok Classics.
- Every football player in the classic "Remember the Titans" can be seen wearing Sambas either on the field or around.
- Glasvegas lead man, James Allan is often seen wearing Adidas Sambas
- In the 1975 movie adaptaion of The Who's album Tommy, lead singer Roger Daltrey can be seen wearing a pair of white Sambas with black stripes during the scenes at Tommy's Holiday Camp.
- Noel Gallagher wore a pair of Classic Black Sambas in the Oasis music video for 'Live Forever'.
- Hayley Williams of the band Paramore is usually seen wearing a pair of Classic Black Sambas at Concerts.
- Cassadee Lead singer of the band Hey Monday is also known for wearing Samba classics.
References
- ^ SoccerPro.com - Adidas Samba Millennium
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- ^ http://www.sneakers.bz/sneakers/adidas-samba-w--olive---multicolor-/1588/
- ^ http://www.jellydeal.co.uk/ADIDAS-samba-jp.htm
- ^ http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/triple-s-kicks/fda4f9575204b668b0f7e0d2c50b5155
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