Nike unveiled the New Zealand 10/12 Home Kit which is designed for increased performance with lower environmental impact, and will be worn at the World Cup 2010. 8 plastic bottles are used to produce one jersey in the new Nike kit, which will be available through the FSC Shop.
The innovative uniform is designed to keep the players drier, cooler and more comfortable to allow them to maintain an optimum body temperature and perform at their best on the field. With improved Nike Dri-Fit fabric, which is 13 percent lighter than before, players can stay drier by drawing sweat to the outside of the garment where it evaporates.
There are also ventilation zones on each side of the jersey – up to 200 tiny laser cut holes – so air can pass across a player’s whole torso to keep him cooler. There are also additional ventilation zones on the kit’s shorts below the waistband and near the space of the spine, areas that are prone to high sweat levels.
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Keeper shirt is win.
I would have liked the socks to just have a thin black stripe at the top to match the stripes on the shorts and the lines on the sleeves, but it's still class.
Gonna take a while to get used to the sleeves on the GK shirt.
Do you really think Nike made the shirt with the theme of simplicity? They couldn't care less about New Zealand.
In fact, it looks more like a traning shirt than the acutal match shirt. Of course New Zealand currently is and most likely will not be one of the top teams that Nike sponsors, so no wonder they got a shirt has more template qualities than the top teams.
really? I thought they were called the all SUCKS
Goalkeeper jersey so CLASY!
and btw people say nike couldnt care less about new zealand. well nike took the approach to put each of the countries identity in the kit. new zealand are known as the all white/ all blacks. so it is fitting that their kits are all white and all black. croatia has their checkered flag design, turkey has their moon cresent and star, korea are the tigers so they feature tiger stripes on their kit. usa has their 1950 tribute kit, slovenia has their mountain design from their coat of arms, holland are know as the orange lions. thats why i like nikes wc kits soo much. adidas kits are just templates. although i do digg the mexico black away kit.
but i said too much. pure kit. love it 5/5
There's only so much you can do with an all-white kit, and this is smart enough, nothing wrong with it.
Croatia's kit has always been checkered, Nike can't take any credit for that. Turkey's kit has had the crescent moon and star on and off for decades. The new Nike Slovenia kit is a rip-off of an old Uhlsport kit, and since when have the Netherlands ever been known as the orange lions? Must be a Dutch thing...
i like it its very pure and clean. and the black "bandaid" adds a nice subtle touch to it
11/10
as stunning as the Italy away kit from the France 98!