PUMA has teamed up with Sneaker Freaker Magazine to produce the most anticipated release of 2008, codenamed ‘Jirozame’. After months of digging deep into PUMA’s archives, the Sneaker Freaker crew found their shoe, a long gone PUMA runner which had been in hiding for quite some time. Based on a familiar silhouette, the Blaze of Glory shares the same sole, neoprene bootie and hexagonal Trinomic cell unit as the iconic PUMA Disc Blaze.

With its elegant and proud stance, the Blaze of Glory looks righteous from any angle. As Woody says, “the goal was to create a truly distinctive sneaker while honoring a concept with an understated and subtle execution.” The hard fought and poetic balance was achieved after countless rounds of design and sampling that has produced a product with no comparison in the market today.
Highlights include satin lining, silver performance mesh, uppers of nubuck, silky braided laces, anodised sneaker jewellery and the legendary Trinomic cell unit ‘river of blood’ embedded into the sole. There’s also a choice of beautifully designed insoles and multiple laces to complement the highly desirable sneaker.
The first colorway was a hit, and this one will also fly off the shelves. Look out for an in-depth look at this new black colorway here soon.
Hanon will be releasing the new colorway in the next couple of weeks.
More images after the jump.

Just last week the Puma x SneakerFreaker “Blaze Of Glory” was released in its grey colorway. Inspired by sharks, the sneaker also came with a shark tooth pendant.
With the recent release of SneakerFreaker Issue 12, one of the covers shows us already the next colorway of the “Blaze Of Glory”. This one will come in black and apparently the upper comes in a material, imitating shark skin.
Anyways, just a heads up that there is more to come from Puma and Sneaker Freaker and you get a first idea how it will look. Detailed information when we get closer to the release.

On the 25th of April, Solebox will be celebrating the release of the Puma x SneakerFreaker collaboration with a party. The party takes place at the Schimmelpfenghaus on the 7th floor. Something to mark in your calendar!

Puma will soon be releasing a SneakerFreaker collaboration shoe, of which some pictures have been floating around the net already since January. The “Blaze of Glory” is based on the popular Disc Blaze, sharing the same silhouette and much of the aesthetics.
SneakerFreaker dug deep into the Puma archive and the end result is something to look out for. The kicks feature a combination of mesh, nubuck and satin. They will also come with shark-tooth sneaker jewelry, a choice of insoles as well as multiple laces. The colorway is also really nice, mostly grey on the upper with some black, blue and also pink accents. Via Streething.
The Sneaker Freaker x PUMA Blaze of Glory is limited to 575 pairs worldwide and is scheduled to drop at selected retailers on April 26, 2008. It is always nice seeing the latest SneakerFreaker collaborations, not just coloring a sneaker in a different way, but bringing something new to the table.
After the jump more detailed images.