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The Salming Hawk is a non-marking indoor court shoe from Salming that is appropriate for squash and other indoor court sports. The Salming Hawk was first released in 2018, with updated models being released in 2019.

Updates: the Salming Hawk 2 is dropping in 2020. The Salming Hawk Court is a lower-cost model introduced in 2019.

Salming Hawk

The construction of the Salming Hawk is different from other squash shoe brands and from other Salming models in that the outsole wraps all the way around the upper part of the shoe. This allows Salming to apply their “RollBar” material around the outside of the entire sole. You can see this in the photos, it’s the clear material that wraps around the soles of the shoes. This is meant to improve the shoe’s stability as you are lunging and pushing off around the court.

I will be watching like a hawk for more info on these shoes.

2019 > Men | Women
2018 > Men | Women


Salming Hawk Reviews

Here’s an overview of the shoe construction by Brian from Salming, which was posted in 2018 when the original models were released:

Here’s a review from Paul at PDH Sports featuring the original 2018 models:

Salming Hawk 2019 Models

Salming is coming out with a new version of the Hawk for 2019. There are two models, the Salming Hawk, which is their top-tier shoe, and the Salming Hawk Court, which is less expensive.

Per Salming:

A multi sport senior model made for all types of indoor sports. Made with a durable PU upper, an EVA midsole and a Hexagrip patterned outsole that features Salmings TGS62/75 plus an arch unit for enhanced torque characteristics.


Men’s Styles

Salming Hawk

Safety Yellow / Black:

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Gun Metal / Lava Red:

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Release year: 2019
Price: $180

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Spotted

Omar Mosaad was spotted with these in 2020 at the Qatar Classic:

Ramit Tandon had these at the 2021 Black Ball Open:

Ramit-Tandon-Black-Ball-2021

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Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex Airshaft 125
Location: 2021 Black Ball Open Men


Salming Hawk Court

White / Black / Flame Red:

Salming Hawk Court White

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Release year: 2019
Price: $100

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Women’s Styles

Salming Hawk

The women only have the top-tier Salming Hawk shoe, and no Salming Hawk Court.

This one’s called Gun Metal / Pink. Looks great:

Salming Hawk Women 2019 Black

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Release year: 2019
Price: $170

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Salming Hawk 2018 Models

Here’s a trailer Salming put together for the 2018 Hawk:


2018 Men’s Versions

Black / Lava Red

Dang that’s a good-looking shoe.

Salming Hawk Red

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White / Black

Salming Hawk White

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Product Notes

Here’s the bottom of the shoe, by the way. Caw!

Caw

Salming Hawk Bottom


Fluorescent Green / Limoges Blue

Salming Hawk

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2018 Women’s Versions

Deco Mint / Limoges Blue

Salming Hawk

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White / Navy

The women’s version of the Salming Hawk has a slightly different color from the men’s — navy instead of black.

Salming Hawk

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Spotted

Nour El Tayeb is using these:

Nour El Tayeb US Open 2019

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Racket: Dunlop Hyperfibre XT Revelation 125


Thanks

Thanks to Isak for the tip!

Please see the comments below for additional feedback about the Salming Hawk, and if you’ve tried the shoes yourself, please leave a comment about them so others can benefit.

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Comments

  1. Jesper says

    (March 17, 2021)

    Hos Padelsport AS få du kjøpt Padelutstyr. Vi setter store krav til kvalitet og funksjonalitet, samt at du alltid er fornøyd som kunde. Kjøp Padelracket og annet tilbehør til padel online hos https://padelsport.no/

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  2. Jeroen says

    (October 26, 2019)

    Above overview isn’t correct.
    There are two types of Hawk’s:
    1) The “real” (/higher priced) version: https://www.salming.com/nl/squash/men/shoes/hawk/salming-hawk-shoe-men/c-927/p-39255 Retails at +/- €150-€160.
    2) The Hawk COURT version: https://www.salming.com/nl/squash/men/shoes/hawk/salming-hawk-court-shoe-men/c-927/p-39322 Retails at €70-€80.

    The real version has much more “features”, sole is different etc.

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    • Jeroen says

      (October 26, 2019)

      The COURT version is the one, marked as:

      “White / Black / Flame Red

      There will also be a white version.:”

      Reply
      • Pierre says

        (October 29, 2019)

        Thanks Jeroen! Will update this soon

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  3. Adam says

    (June 18, 2019)

    Had the Orange/Black Lava version. VERY good looking and comfortable shoe, as opposed to other shoes didn’t have to wear them in at all, was very comfortable out of the box. Had heard before buying that they wore out quickly and the colour faded however this wasn’t the case at all, was still holding up strong after 7+ months, with only the expected wear and tear. The only downside to these I would say is that they are quite low riding, I’ve twisted my ankle a few times in these which may not have happened with a higher ankle shoe.

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  4. Paul says

    (April 10, 2019)

    I’ve been using a pair of these for about three weeks, and love these shoes. I’ve been using Salming Race shoes for the last two years, and these feel similar , but improved. It’s really easy to get the lacing right with the Hawk, and they feel grippy and comfortable. Also, the Hawk shoes fit my feet the same as most shoes (Nike, Asics). With the Race models, I needed to wear 1/2 size down from my normal US sizing. Euro sizing is the same, but the US sizing was off w the Race. (41 1/3 = US 7.5 on the Race, 41 1/3= US 8 on the Hawk)

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  5. Jason says

    (October 7, 2018)

    any feedback on these guys?

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    • João says

      (October 9, 2018)

      Yap. Outstanding shoes! I’ve been playing with these since early May – 3 times a week on average – and they have been holding up very fine indeed.

      I am a heavy player and I have a long term injury to my left foot. With my previous shoes Asics and Salming Viper, I usually ended more active games with some pain/sore feel on the feet and now that is gone.

      They are not as low profile as the Slaming Vipers or Asics Fireblast but they are still lower profile than average.

      They have a bouncy feel which I like but not sure if it is to everyone’s liking…

      Hope this helps.

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