Anthrax, Brooklyn Projects, adidas Skateboarding unveil mosh-pit-ready Superstar ADV

The black Superstar ADV lands like it was built for the worst night of your life and the best one too. Anthrax’s first sneaker in the new Three the Hard Way project with Brooklyn Projects and adidas Skateboarding leans hard into mosh-pit durability, with pre-distressed leather, a Cordura base, yellow laces, weathered grey accents, BP branding, and the kind of reinforced construction that makes the classic Superstar feel ready for impact instead of display.

Brooklyn Projects opened a 50-pair early raffle at its Melrose shop in Los Angeles, giving local customers first crack at the shoe through Friday, May 15, 2026. The boutique has not yet fully shown how Anthrax co-branding lands on the pair, and there is still no public retail price or wider release date. For now, the tease is the point: this is a controlled first look at a collaboration that wants its credibility earned in person, not inflated by rollout theater.

The choice of silhouette matters. adidas Skateboarding’s Superstar ADV is not a lazy remix of the old shell-toe. It adds stitching where the shoe needs it most, a one-piece tongue for a more formed fit, and a flexible cupsole built for skateboarding. adidas also describes the model as reinforced at the upper, outsole, and toe, which makes the Anthrax version feel less like a band tie-in than a tool with personality. That distinction is why this crossover reads sharper than standard skate-collab storytelling. The metal connection brings a harder edge, a little menace, and a real cultural lane that fits the abuse this shoe is promising to survive.

Brooklyn Projects has the pedigree to make that point stick. The shop says it began as Brooklyn House before opening as a single-door boutique on Melrose in 2002, then built its reputation at the intersection of skate, streetwear, music, and celebrity culture. Founder Dom DeLuca adds to that lineage. Before running Brooklyn Projects, he was an MTV VJ and hosted Headbanger’s Ball, so the store has always understood how music scenes translate into style scenes without flattening either one.

For readers who need the shorthand, Brooklyn Projects points to Anthrax’s 1991 collaboration with Public Enemy as the cleanest reference for the band’s crossover power. That history gives the Superstar ADV more bite than a standard logo swap. It feels like a shoe made by people who understand scuffed leather, loud rooms, and why durability is its own kind of style.