Salomon and Protect Turn the ACS NEXT Into a Slushie Dream
Not every collab needs to be moody and serious. Salomon is teaming up with Protect (Protect LDN) on the ACS NEXT PROTECT: SLUSHIE, and the whole thing is built around the sugar-rush memory of a slushie drink on a hot day. After a long stretch of muted trail-runner colorways, a pair this playful stands out.
Childhood nostalgia, Salomon style
The shoe is built on Salomon’s ACS NEXT silhouette, a platform that already carries plenty of weight in the outdoor-meets-street crossover. Protect leans into the slushie theme with bright yellow tones, spiky accents and slushie-style gradients. It’s loud and a little cartoonish, which suits the concept. It also reads like a love letter to being a kid, when the brightest, most ridiculous option on the shelf was always the right one.
That tone makes sense given where Protect comes from. The brand was founded by friends Peter and Egor, and the nostalgia angle feels personal rather than like a theme picked off a mood board. That’s the difference between a collab that looks fun and one that feels like it came from somewhere.
Release info
The date circulating for the Salomon ACS NEXT PROTECT: SLUSHIE is 28 October 2026. We haven’t seen an official Salomon, Protect or retailer page confirming it yet, so treat it as the working date until that lands. The most likely place to look is the Protect LDN website, though we can’t yet confirm whether other retailers will carry it.
Price and release time haven’t been confirmed either, so we won’t guess. If you’re planning to chase a pair, keep an eye on Protect’s channels for the official details, and have your sizing and checkout info ready, because the Salomon crowd moves fast.
We’ll update this story as soon as official information drops. Until then, the Slushie is a reminder that sneakers are allowed to be fun. Would you rock a shoe this bright, or is it too sweet for your rotation? Let us know.
