One fantastic aspect of the original HyperRev was the full length Zoom unit – something we don’t see too often anymore. There’s no internal or external midsole shank so support may be an issue for you but it’s a flexible, fairly responsive setup that lets you move naturally. Transition is super smooth – on par with the best out there. The whole thing really fits like a sock and moves just like an extension of the foot. There are also two molded Achilles notches on the interior of the bootie – a tremendously overlooked aspect to providing good heel fit. It’s positioned pretty perfectly around the ankle bone and really locks the heel in. The cage wraps around the heel and has two eyelets at the end to tie it into the lacing system. The molded TPU heel counter makes the heel fit absolutely miles ahead of the 2014 version. I’d like to experiment lacing through the eyelets only and forgetting about the Flywire to see if that gets rid of the inconsistent fit and feel of the Flywire. Speaking of that lacing system, you do lace through Flywire cables but also directly through eyelets of the Fuse shell. It’s not going to give you full lockdown – you lace through and rely quite a bit on 4 sets of Flywire cables – but it’s pretty good and the fact that the inner bootie holds your foot so secure to begin with that it makes it feel glued to you. In fact, the forefoot fit was really pretty solid with minimal slippage compared to any shoe out there. A Fuse shell wraps around much of the upper, providing more security and lockdown than the 2014 model. The neoprene bootie by itself provides a better fit than last year’s version – and is snug enough that it’s tough to get on at times. I did go down a half-size to an 11 for this shoe – for those wondering about sizing info – although I can do this easier with a narrower foot. The 2015 version jut about remedied all of that. With just five eyelets that barely laced to the top of the foot, a few measly Flywire cables and no heel counter, I could not get any kind of lockdown or security despite the layered mesh build. One of my biggest complaints about last year’s HyperRev 2014 was the poor fit all over the shoe. Like its distant relative, it’s a premier performance option on court as well. The HyperRev 2015 isn’t exactly the same thing, but seems as if it carries on some of the lineage of the Jet Flight: Zoom forefoot cushioning, a full inner bootie base with a Fuse/Flywire outer shell, and wraparound heel counter integrated into the eyelets. Atop a Zoom forefoot/heel Air Max midsole, the shoe was one of the best performers of the early-00s and is probably my all-time favorite performance design. The cult classic shoe of the Dirk/Nash-era Dallas Mavericks featured a unique mesh bootie build with second upper layer that laced up around it. Prose: Jake Sittler ( I first saw images of the HyperRev 2015, months before its release, the first thing that came to mind was “Jet Flight”.
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