| Gender | Men , Women |
| Men weight | 314 gr |
| Women weight | 276 gr |
| Drop | 8 mm |
| Cushion | High |
| Runner weight | Medium , Strong |
| Running gait | Neutral |
| Surface | Road |
| Use | training |
| Pace | Low , Medium |
| Foot | Normal feet |
| Strike | heel |
| Year | 2017 |
New Balance 's successful Fresh Foam 1080 saga has experienced a before and after with the release of its sixth version. The leap in quality became palpable with the Fresh Foam 1080v6, from there on the following deliveries of this top of the range of the Boston firm have come to improve the experience of the runner in race, reinforcing sections such as performance and comfort offered by this training running shoe for runners with neutral footstep.
To this end, the New Balance Fresh Foam 1080v8 maintains the essence, but, of course, introduces a series of changes to increase not only the adaptation of the shoe to the runner's stride, but also to increase its dynamism in a remarkable way, and therefore to obtain a feeling of greater speed.
It goes without saying that the Fresh Foam compound continues to maintain its place in theentire midsoleof this material, although this part of the new NB Fresh Foam 1080v8 also features a new concave configuration. In addition to the new laser-etched grooves in the rearfoot area of the shoe, resulting in smoother impact phases and more fluid transitions. All this without sacrificing maximum cushioning in every stride.
The renewal of the upper of the eighth version of the Fresh Foam 1080 goes through the incorporation of a new engineered mesh, which contributes to improve breathability and flexibility for greater freedom of movement. Not to mention that New Balance has opted to do away with seams and to implement a bootie-like construction, which provides a more elastic and lightweight fit and support. You'll run without any additional drag, more freely.
With all this, and trying to synthesize the compendium of the most cutting-edge technologies of New Balance in the 1080v8, the points in which the novelties of this shoe are best visualized are:
New Balance has taken into account the data obtained from the sensations of a large group of runners to establish a new arrangement of the geometries and laser cuts, and even the lateral reinforcements, with the clear idea of offering the runner a shoe with superior cushioning.
It covers the entire upper, providing greater elasticity, support and breathability. It's not without design either. To this we must add the fine mesh, arranged in the form of a cage that wraps around the midfoot, creating a successful medial and lateral fit.
Both elements reinforce the cushioning, support and comfort in the arch and heel area.
Through the different ranges of colors it is possible to appreciate the areas of less or more pressure, and in which the hardness of the compound is in direct relation to these.
The combination of hexagonal shapes, flex grooves and the various hardnesses of the rubber ensure that the NB 1080v8 offers the necessary resistance in the areas of greatest wear.
The technical specifications of the new New Balance Fresh Foam 1080v8 continue to maintain a drop of 8 millimeters, and an approximate weight of 314 grams for the men's version, and 276 grams for the women's model. As already mentioned, the Fresh Foam 1080 is a top of the range model for training, oriented to runners with neutral stride, and who move at rather slow running paces, between 4:30 or 5:30, even higher.