Stone Island's First-Ever New Balance Skate Shoe Is a Techy Beauty
Stone Island’s latest sneaker collaboration with New Balance doesn’t follow the same pattern as its previous dad shoe-centric releases. This time around, the duo is moving into skateboarding shoes.
New Balance Numeric, a skateboarding line created by the American sportswear label in 2013, is providing the base for Stone Island's next New Balance shoe.
Rumors of this collaboration kicked up in early 2025 before crystalizing towards summer.
Specifically, images of a white and grey New Balance skate shoe with Stone Island branding on its heel began circulating online in April, showcasing a sneaker dressed in a mix of hairy suede and rugged canvas.
The leaked images specifically showed a shoe stamped a blue Stone Island Marina logo, suggesting that this New Balance sneaker is actually a collaboration with the Italian techwear giant's nautical-inspired diffusion line.
And this was finally backed up by images posted by Stone Island on June 3.
Stone Island confirmed its collaboration with New Balance Numeric on its website, where it offered a sign-up link for more information on the drop while shared an image of a skater wearing a Stone Island Marina cap (and presumably clad in the new Stone Island New Balance shoe).
So, the evidence obviously points towards a Stone Island Marina x New Balance Numeric drop. Hard-wearing sailing-inspired equipment meets equally hard-wearing skate shoes.
It's a new direction for the two but, then again, there is ample precedent for New Balance and Stoney to create high-performance sportswear.
Previous Stone Island New Balance collaborations included high-tech running shoes, for instance, while a recent team-up encompassed both football boots and a full football kit. Now, the two have moved onto a new sport.
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