Sonic the Hedgehog Sporting Goods USA 3

Sonic the Hedgehog sporting goods!

Everything you need for a day outside? This can include clothing exclusively for sports, gear, and play items (balls/equipment) Yes, this is another improbable page of Sonic the hedgehog merchandise. This time, he helps you play outside and run around. This is actually rather appropriate, if you think about it, because all the characters are so active, and what Sonic stands for. A logical progression would lead to "activity" aids such as these.

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The USA Football company Phenom Elite gets a modern Sonic license in 2023, and uses it to make a nice variety of Sonic & Knuckles stuff!

First up is a Football essential: cleats shoes. These lace up cleats come in Sonic style & Knuckles style. Of course, one is blue with blue pattern, the other is red with red pattern. The toe is white in both cases, and each shoe has a character art on the side. The modern logo is on the heel, in full color. That stylized white 'p' on the side there is their logo. Notice that the cleat tips match the character color as well. Both of these look great, and are stylish. They are 110 dollars each pair, a common price for a sport-specific shoe like this that is for adults/all sizes.

Sonic Knuckles Phenom Compression Shirts

Should you be compressed?
Unknown, but these sleeveless shirts will do it while you practice football. The designs for Sonic & Knuckles here are fun, notice how the color goes in the opposite direction for each character. The pose is also the same one that is used on the shoes, but here the character is uncropped. The patern is also that trapezoid fade of shapes. These are made of polyester, nylon and spandex at the same time. Each shirt is adults sizes and costs about 30 dollars

Go to PhenomEliteBrand.com in 2023 while they are selling these online to buy them!

Sonic Knuckles Phenom Elite Gloves Sports

Here are 2 pairs of gloves with a cool character secret effect. The back of the glove is color coordinated to Sonic or Knuckles...but the character design is only revealed on the palm side when you do

the special hand gesture/combination shown in these photos! Crossing the hands and fingers completes the character design on the bottom of the gloves. Of course, you can get both pairs to mix n' match. They're for football..but it seems you could use them for other sports too, probably. They are a bit costly at 44.00 each pair.

Well, this has to be a first...
A Sonic the Hedgehog Mouth Guard? Well, here it is, with 'hexaflow design' which is that shaped hole there in the middle so you can breathe through it. There is a choice of Sonic or Knuckles on a white oval shaped mouth guard. Each one is 17.10

Sonic Knuckles Compression Sports Sleeves

Here are 2 sports compression arm sleeves.
The sleeve is a mix of polyester, nylon and spandex at the same time, and it is meant to keep you warm while you practice. (I guess because that shirt up there is sleeveless...) It will not compress you if your arm is smaller than it is, but each one will go on the left or right arm/it doesn't matter. These DO come in kids or adults sizes (your choice) As with everything else in their collection, one is for Sonic, the other Knuckles, and has the same red/blue trapezoid theme. These are stylish and would probably go to more than just Football. Each one is 17.10

This is BORDERLINE on going into Mutant Gear. Very close because it is very wierd. It could have been worse (well can't everything) but yes Sakar has done this 'his head is on top of your head' idea (sigh) bike helmet for kids. It works the same way as other themed helmets, where a colored foam shell is applied over the actual hard plastic protective part. So you get a condensed/odd squished down version of Sonic's head applied over the

half-dome of the helmet. The foam is squishy so even if you fall on the nose or ear point it just flattens and it's fine. You can see they did pay attention to the shape of his head/spikes etc, just kind of flattened out the face area. There is a spray issue in the bottom corner of the eye, and the mouth paint is a bit odd as well in their own stock photo. This should be about 30 dollars and may be sold at Walmart. (But where else?)

And now for something cool from Sakar!
It makes all kinds of sporting goods, so Skateboards are on their list...in spades, apparently! For summer 2024 skating fun, they release 6 boards. There's a multi character portrait one that's the star of the show with Tails, Sonic, Shadow & Knuckles doing action poses. This one also features 2 different pairs of wheels, one blue the other red to match with the design. The slogan board has "It's All About Speed" with CG art for STK & a blue background. The other boards are all close-up faces where the face is giant/ the only design on a matching colored background. These have the characters' name at the front of the board.
All of the designs are nice, and would also look great displayed on the wall. What's even nicer as that they're inexpensive enough that you can choose more than one! Each is under 50 dollars and on Amazon.

Here's a slogan skateboard, but who is it by?
It has nice CG art of happy Sonic, Tails & Knuckles, with the slogan "It's All About Speed" at the bottom. The top is all black, with the modern logo in white and the wheels are yellow. It's a nice combination, and would be a good display piece as well too. It's a 2024 item, but where was it sold?

Another full size skateboard from Finesse, this time with Charmy Bee. They're really dedicated to having every character eventually appearing on a nicely designed skateboard.--and that's great news for fans! Charmy fans get their turn, with his hand up/feet forward pose. The background is complimentary orange/yellow to fit with his colors, and the modern logo is in full color at the top.

First it was fingerboarding, now let's try...hand-boarding...? With a larger size miniature skateboard, you can use your whole hand to do tricks on surfaces probably similarly to fingerboarding. But, is handboarding / a handboard a sporting good? Who knows but it's going here because its close enough to a
skateboard..
This is a Tech Deck board, but it features the skateboard company Finesse's design for Shadow. The board is purple with their usual 'paint splash' background. It has yellow wheels and one yellow ring at the top. The Finesse and modern logos also appear. This is a 2024 item, but where is it sold?

Limited Run Sonic Adventure 1 Skate Decks

The company "Limited Run" gets into SA1, and they're starting off with a full set of Sonic Adventure Skate Decks. These are just the decks though, it looks like, they're not boards with trucks and wheels. So, they're more of a wall display/hang up item for their intention.
Each board features a solo character from the game on their original color background (the colors selected by SA1) with their name in the game's style at the top, and the logo in white at the bottom. No one is left out so you can choose from
Big the Cat, E102 Gamma, Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Amy or Eggman. This is a nice selection that really does continue the SA1 feel. It's good to see it getting made, and hopefully it is reasonably priced. Price data pending.

This item is literally called "Knobby Ball". But...
That's a poor name for it, because it's just a bumpy ball. The bumps don't look like door knobs at all. They're simple texture bumps that make the ball easier to kick/hold or throw for games outdoors.
These are game/ticket prize balls, and they're fairly big, at 18 inches. They're squishier and more rubber than some regular kick ball type item. Of course, it's an easily rebrandable color plastic thing, with Sonic theme stamped on (as most prize items tend to be) One area of the ball is smooth/no points and it has a ring, with the character in it. You can get Silver, Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Amy or Tails. These will likely appear in 2025 as arcade prizes (Dave & Busters/Chuck E Cheese, etc) This is the factory photo of them.

Here's something where there's only 1 of it.
So...it kind of doesn't belong on sporting goods, so the area may change. It's more of a 'trophy' item. This is a skate deck of "Sonic through the years" up to the 20th Anniversary. It was created for a Tony Hawk skating event, likely as the grand prize. As you can see here, it has been signed in various places by lots of famous skate board people, making it even more valuble and desireable. That is probably a deliberate gap in the design at the top for more signatures as well as a space where the wheels would go.
It has the 20th logo there at the top, and the 'modern Sonic next to monitor with classic Sonic on it' graphic that was created for this anniversary year. The main design is stock arts of him over the years from the first until the most modern. It's a great design/representation to mark the occaision. Well thought out and nicely done. Having it at a famous Tony Hawk event is also very cool. (I wonder who ended up winning it...)

More foam dart guns from Zuru X-Shot.
This is their "Last Stand" model, and it is a large one which features a rotating barrel area so that it can shoot out more of the foam darts there at the bottom left. The bar at the top announces 'air pocket technology' which means the darts are lighter and fly further.
The gun is just called Sonic Modern Last Stand. It has Sonic, Knuckles and Tails toward the handle, and Eggman & Shadow are toward the front.

Zuru's X-Shot foam dart guns small line is called "Menace".
They did 5 of it with Sonic themes. Each one is exactly the same, except for the design on there. However, look at the top right area, you'll see a little colored symbol. This indicates the rarity of the design on the gun. Some are common, and others are ultra rare.
Notice that the gold one (Rare) is on the Last Stand above, even though it's literally the only one of itself. Usually rarity symbol items are blind bagged to make them more annoying to get, but these are just out in the open telling you how rare they are so you have a choice on what to buy. Which, very nice I guess if you are collecting foam dart shooters.