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 and an updated model is being released in 2019.
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.
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.
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.
There are two versions:
Men’s Styles
Gun Metal / Lava Red
This is the top-tier Hawk version:
White / Black / Flame Red
Here is the mid-tier Hawk Court in white:
Women’s Styles
Gun Metal / Pink
The women only have the top-tier Salming Hawk shoe. That looks great:
Salming Hawk 2018 Models
Here’s a trailer Salming put together for the 2018 Hawk:
Men’s Versions
Black / Lava Red
Dang that’s a good-looking shoe.
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White / Black
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Buy (UK): pdhsports.com
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Product Notes
Here’s the bottom of the shoe, by the way. Caw!
Fluorescent Green / Limoges Blue
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Buy (Australia): amazon.com.au
Buy (Canada): controlthet.com | sportsvirtuoso.com | squashunlimited.ca
Buy (France): amazon.fr
Buy (Netherlands): qss-squash.nl
Buy (UK): amazon.co.uk
Buy (US): amazon.com
Women’s Versions
Deco Mint / Limoges Blue
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Buy (Canada): controlthet.com
Buy (US): holabirdsports.com
White / Navy
The women’s version of the Salming Hawk has a slightly different color from the men’s — navy instead of black.
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Spotted
Nour El Tayeb is using these:
Photo via US Open →
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.
Jeroen says
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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.
Jeroen says
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The COURT version is the one, marked as:
“White / Black / Flame Red
There will also be a white version.:”
Pierre says
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Thanks Jeroen! Will update this soon
Adam says
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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.
Paul says
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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)
Jason says
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any feedback on these guys?
João says
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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.