Side Kicks Streetwear • Global Release Guide
Updated: 4 July 2026
About the release
Bad Bunny's ever-growing adidas x Bad Bunny catalog is landing another one, and this time the drop lines up directly with the 2026 World Cup final. The adidas F50 Ghost Sprint is a brand-new silhouette that pulls one of adidas Football's most iconic speed franchises — the 2004 F50 'Spider' cleat — into a low-profile, street-facing lifestyle build. Style code KI9450.
The name is a direct reference to Puerto Rico's wolf spider — an animal from Bad Bunny's home that's known for insane sprinting speed. That translates into an 'Araña' cage construction for stability, a deconstructed 3D air mesh base for breathability, and a low-profile sole with traction detailing that nods to classic indoor football shoes. The 'Dark Marine' colourway itself is a modern re-interpretation of the 2004 F50 'Ocean' — layered in deep blue and purple mesh tones with a pale ice-blue spider-web exterior cage locking everything in place. Browse the wider adidas archive on Side Kicks for more.
UK release is Saturday 18 July 2026 for £140 via the adidas CONFIRMED app and adidas.com/badbunny. A neon yellow 'Solar Slime' colourway follows shortly after.
TL;DR – Bad Bunny x adidas F50 Ghost Sprint 'Dark Marine' Release Date, Price & Where to Buy
- UK release date: Saturday 18 July 2026 (World Cup final weekend)
- Model: adidas F50 Ghost Sprint (new lifestyle silhouette)
- Colourway: Dark Marine / Light Blue / Clear Sky
- Style code: KI9450
- UK retail price: £140
- US retail price: $160
- Sizing: Unisex
- Where to buy: adidas CONFIRMED app, adidas.com/badbunny
- Key details: 2004 F50 'Spider' cleat inspiration, pale ice-blue 'Araña' cage exterior for stability and breathability, deconstructed 3D spacer mesh in Clear Blue, Clear Sky and Light Purple, low-profile sole with indoor-football-style traction, tonal reinterpretation of the 2004 F50 'Ocean' palette, unisex build
- Coming next: Neon yellow 'Solar Slime' colourway follows
Release date and price
The Bad Bunny x adidas F50 Ghost Sprint 'Dark Marine' releases on Saturday 18 July 2026 via the adidas CONFIRMED app and adidas.com/badbunny. UK retail is £140, with US retail set at $160. The launch date is deliberately timed with the World Cup final weekend — landing right as the world's attention is on football.
A second colourway — neon yellow 'Solar Slime' — is confirmed to follow the 'Dark Marine' launch, keeping the F50 Ghost Sprint programme running through the summer.
Design and details
The F50 Ghost Sprint marks a proper direction shift for Bad Bunny's adidas catalog. Where the Forum, Response CL and BadBo 1.0 leaned into chunky lifestyle territory, this one goes narrow, technical and performance-referencing. It's the closest Benito has come to designing something that actually reads as sport, without losing his usual playfulness.
Araña cage exterior
The signature design element is the 'Araña' cage — 'araña' translating from Spanish as 'spider' — that wraps the entire upper. The cage is finished in a pale ice-blue that reads as a proper spider-web against the darker mesh base, and it's more than just a visual element. The cage provides flexible stability and structural lockdown across the foot while allowing the underlying mesh to breathe. It's the direct connective tissue between this shoe and the 2004 F50 'Spider' cleat.
Deconstructed 3D air mesh
Underneath the cage, the shoe uses a deconstructed 3D spacer mesh built to handle heat — designed with Puerto Rican summers in mind, but genuinely useful anywhere warm. The mesh runs across deep blue and purple tones that shift in the light, giving the base texturised depth against the more graphic cage overlay.
2004 'Ocean' colour reference
The Dark Marine palette isn't a fresh execution — it's a modern re-interpretation of the 2004 F50 'Ocean' colourway. The original ran a similar tonal blue-and-light-purple story on the football cleat, and this one carries it over to a lifestyle low-profile without losing the archive reference. For anyone who caught the F50 in its original run, the connection is immediate.
Low-profile sole
Underfoot, the shoe runs a sleek, low-profile sole unit with traction-heavy detailing reminiscent of classic indoor football boots. The near-flat profile lands the F50 Ghost Sprint firmly in the current ultra-slim sneaker moment — that thin, close-to-the-ground silhouette adidas has been pushing across the Taekwondo, F50 and Hypersync-adjacent releases lately. It's a lifestyle shoe with genuine performance DNA.
Bad Bunny x adidas F50 Ghost Sprint 'Dark Marine' images
Credit: adidas
The F50 Spider, the wolf spider, and Bad Bunny's Puerto Rico story
The original adidas F50 'Spider' arrived in 2004 as one of adidas Football's most iconic speed cleats — worn by attacking players who needed the lightest, quickest boot on the pitch. Two decades on, the silhouette has become shorthand for attacking instinct in adidas Football's design language. Bringing it back as a lifestyle low-profile isn't a random choice — Benito grew up during the F50's peak, and the connection to the wolf spider is a direct link to his Puerto Rico identity.
The wolf spider is native to Puerto Rico and known for its incredible sprinting speed — an animal that hunts by chasing prey rather than trapping it in a web. It's the perfect design anchor for a shoe named 'Ghost Sprint', and the araña cage construction lands the visual reference cleanly. The whole design reads as sport, but through a Puerto Rican lens — tropical heat, tropical fauna, tropical energy.
Bad Bunny's adidas partnership sits alongside a landmark year that includes his GRAMMY Album of the Year win for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, an Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime show performed entirely in Spanish, and an ongoing all-stadium world tour. This release lands with the same cultural weight as everything else he's touched in 2026 — properly rooted in identity, deliberately global.
Where to buy
The Bad Bunny x adidas F50 Ghost Sprint 'Dark Marine' releases on Saturday 18 July 2026 for £140 via the adidas CONFIRMED app and adidas.com/badbunny. A neon 'Solar Slime' colourway follows shortly after. Browse the full adidas collection, all adidas F50 releases and other adidas x Bad Bunny collab pieces on Side Kicks.
FAQ
When is the Bad Bunny x adidas F50 Ghost Sprint UK release date?
The Bad Bunny x adidas F50 Ghost Sprint 'Dark Marine' releases on Saturday 18 July 2026 via the adidas CONFIRMED app and adidas.com/badbunny — timed with the 2026 World Cup final weekend.
How much does the Bad Bunny x adidas F50 Ghost Sprint cost in the UK?
UK retail price is £140. US retail is $160.
What is the style code for the F50 Ghost Sprint 'Dark Marine'?
The style code is KI9450. The colourway runs across Dark Marine, Light Blue and Clear Sky.
What is the adidas F50 Ghost Sprint?
The F50 Ghost Sprint is a new lifestyle silhouette that pulls the design DNA of the 2004 adidas F50 'Spider' football cleat into a low-profile, street-facing build. It combines an 'Araña' spider-web cage for stability and breathability with a deconstructed 3D air mesh base and a low-profile indoor-football-style sole. Bad Bunny is the founding face of the silhouette.
Where does the name come from?
The name references the wolf spider — an animal native to Puerto Rico that's known for incredible sprinting speed. The 'Araña' cage on the shoe ('araña' being Spanish for spider) makes the connection visual, and the design lands as a Puerto Rico-rooted tribute to speed and instinct rather than a straight football reference.
Is another colourway releasing?
Yes. A neon yellow 'Solar Slime' colourway is confirmed to follow the Dark Marine launch, keeping the F50 Ghost Sprint rollout running through the summer.
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