 Oh yeah, okay, I'm just gonna give a shout out right now to a playlist that's about to pop up on your screen if you wanna learn all about. And it's time, all right, are you ready for this? First impressions of the Solomon Supercross, not the Speedcross 5, I'm gonna do my best not to turn this into a comparison video, just my first impressions, and we'll get you my full review after 50 miles, but I just wanna be very clear in case you never see a full review from a shoe that is sent to me, it basically means that I didn't fall in love with a shoe, I didn't want to take it to 50 miles, and so anyway, there's been a couple people out there who've been wondering about some past shoes that I simply just didn't take to 50 miles, and therefore, I don't feel comfortable giving a full review. All right, are you ready for this? Before we dive into, well, I'll just say at the beginning, I'm a little confused by the shoe, okay? I'll get to that in a minute, but let's start with some specs. First, on the Solomon Supercross, all right, here we go, a 10-millimeter drop from heel to toe, or the offset, so that's pretty high on the scale. It's a 29-millimeter stack height in the heel, 19-millimeter in the forefoot. As far as the weight goes, we're looking at 10.9 ounces or 310 grams in men's size nine, and for the upper, so it's got some rubber overlays, which I like, a nice toe cap here with some more rubber to help keep, it won't keep it out completely, and by the way, this is not a Gore-Tex Solomon running shoe, just putting that out. Even though it's a trail shoe, it's not Gore-Tex, but it does have this nice toe cap here to help keep rain and mud out, which was handy today, and it's a ripstop textile, so this blue fabric here that is on your screen, it's ripstop, which basically means if you catch your toe, or you catch the shoe, you're jumping over a log out in the woods, and you brush a stick over this material through the upper, there's a good chance that it will not tear, so that's what that ripstop technology is all about for Solomon, and also through the upper, I did experience a little bit of scrunching up here through the eyelet chain system. I don't know, it just, it was not as locked down as I was hoping through the eyelets here on the top of my foot. And for that midsole here on the Solomon Supercross, it's EVA foam, but it's dense, okay? It feels a lot more dense than other running shoe companies that also use EVA, so I noticed it immediately, it just felt pretty dense and firm through the gate cycle, through the foot strike. And for this outsole here, it is an aggressive outsole. This outsole pattern is similar to the Speedcross lineup, but I don't think the lugs quite have the depth of Speedcross. In fact, let's just measure real quick here. I'm leaning toward three to four millimeters. Let me, I know this is not the most accurate measuring system, one, two, three. I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go four to five, okay? That's my estimate. I couldn't find any information online about the lug depth, but it's pretty aggressive. It's the ContraGrip TD rubber here on the outsole. And as far as fit goes, I went true to size and it's feeling good. I've noticed that Solomon runs a little long for me, as far as heel to toe, but is also a little narrow or through the midfoot. And I like that actually. I like it for uphill climbing. I like to have a nice snug lockdown, especially through that midfoot. So I don't mind, because I could go a half size down probably in order to reduce how much room is between my big toe and the end of the shoe, but I'm okay with going true to size on this Solomon Supercross for me, as far as comfort. All right, pretty comfortable overall through this upper, but where I'm right in home about is this collar here that wraps around your ankle and this heel counter. You can see the flare here at the back, and that is to help basically protect your Achilles tendon. And I must say, this collar combined with this heel flare, right on top of this heel counter, really nice. I'm liking what you're doing here, Solomon, right in this ankle area. So kudos, that was the most comfortable spot on the shoe. I will say though, the 19 millimeter stack height in the forefoot, I was yearning for a little more. Maybe four millimeters more through that forefoot. Let's say like 22 millimeters, Solomon. It just felt a little rough over the rocks today for comfort underfoot through the forefoot, just so you know. For a quick positive, we're gonna go with the price point, $110 for an aggressive trail shoe. I think $110 is awesome. It's awesome, but there is a drawback and it's actually a major drawback. I don't know what Solomon is thinking here. Okay, there's no rock plate. And yes, we're going with plate for the keyword, plate is, there's no rock plate in the Solomon Supercross. And it actually was a little bit of an issue today. Here in the Rockies, we have jagged rocks and what is a rock plate in case you don't know. Basically between the midsole and the outsole, companies will place a piece of hard plastic usually, right under your forefoot. Sometimes they also put it in the heel, but mostly under the forefoot to help protect your feet from jagged and sharp rocks. Cause when you step directly on a jagged rock, when you're going fast on the trails, ha ha ha, it can really hurt. Usually it doesn't cause an injury, but it can just be really painful. And sure enough today in the Supercross, I stepped on two rocks that was just like, oh boy, why does that have to happen? And it's because there's no rock plate in this Supercross. So that's a pretty major drawback, but I'm wondering if Solomon went that direction in order to create a shoe that is a better price point and a little lighter, okay? But I don't know. So to answer the question that I always pose, I don't know how I'm gonna use this shoe moving forward because here in the Rockies, we've got a lot of rocks to step on. I'm wondering if this shoe would be spot on for somebody in the Pacific Northwest where the trails are a little more softer. Now I know there's rocks everywhere, but there are locations around the world across the United States that have trails that are a little more buffed out, a little softer, don't have jagged rocks everywhere. So this might work for you. However, why I'm confused, why I mentioned that a minute ago is that Solomon, why would you put such an aggressive outsole pattern, lug pattern, lug depth on this outsole but not put a rock plate in because I would not wear this shoe on a buffed out trail. And I probably am not gonna now wear it on a trail with a lot of rocks. So I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place, if you will, if you know what I mean. So anyway, that is my first impression of the Solomon Supercross. Overall, very comfortable. I'm excited for it, but I'm not overly excited for it, okay? However, $110, that's what I'm talking about, all right? That is a price point that we can all live with. And yes, the question of the day for this video, are you even in the market? Are you even thinking about or looking for a trail running shoe at this point in the summer given that, well, at least in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, I don't know, but are you looking for a trail shoe right now? Let us know. And who knows, maybe the Supercross could actually work out for you. I'm thinking like I've run in some trails outside of Seattle and I could see this shoe being perfect for some of those trails that have, that's pretty buffed out, it has a few rocks, but not a ton of rocks, if you know what I mean. And that's gonna do it for the second video today, first impressions of the Solomon Supercross. I'm overall pretty excited, but I just don't know actually if this is a shoe for Colorado. All right, just saying it right now, saying it right now, but we will take it to 50 miles, I do believe, and get you that full review down the road. Thanks for being here. Thanks for watching this second video. Seek beauty, work hard, and love each other. Oh yeah, okay, I'm just gonna give a shout out right now to a playlist that's about to pop up on your screen. If you wanna learn all about the solid, so just okay. I love Nike, I love Solomon, I'm starting to love New Balance more. Anyway, I have a playlist dedicated on this channel just to Solomon running shoes. It's gonna pop up upper right hand corner right now, but also the end screen at the end of this video. Right now, click on it, learn all about Solomon, and have a good time. See you later, see you tomorrow.