Before trying on the 9s for the first time, I only had a few Curry 1s, 2s, 4s and 5s. Those all felt okay and nothing got me too excited. I just loved their aesthetics, TBH.
When I was reading about how Curry was so impressed by FLOW running shoes that he wanted that cushioning tech in his signature line, I got very intrigued with the Curry line again.
Enter the Curry 8… I kept on reading how comfy FLOW was on these, so my interest was definitely there. The only thing that kept me away from the 8s were all the bland cws. The majority of them looked like TB cws. The only cw that I wanted was the Orange “We Believe” one, but those never released to the general public, which was a huge disappointment. With all that into account, I never picked up any 8s.
Now the 9s… the sole looked similar, and they’re actually trying with good cws this time. Heck, they even have Sesame Street collaboration cws. Those are all fun, IMO.
Since they have a similar looking FLOW sole and are the successor of the OG, I thought they’d feel soft like a running shoe (I.E. Nike Epic React). They don’t feel like that AT ALL. The 9s really resemble the adidas Prophere to me with comfort and aesthetics. I’ll admit the shoe looks superb, but the comfort is mediocre. I’ll still wear mine casually just because they look pleasing to my eyes.
With that said, I still want doubles of the Close It Outs! Lol