Saucony, Jimmy Gorecki, and Philadelphia boutique Lapstone & Hammer have teamed up on the ‘Water Ice’ pack, a two-colorway release built around the ProGrid Omni 9. The pack lands in a mint colorway (style code S101245-1090) and a Vizi Red colorway (style code S101245-1091), both priced at $165 and releasing July 3, 2026 exclusively through Lapstone & Hammer.
Saucony has been making performance running shoes in the United States since 1898, originally out of Kutztown, Pennsylvania. The brand spent decades building a reputation for technical running footwear before its retro runners crossed over into lifestyle and collector circles. Models like the Jazz, the Grid 9000, and the Shadow 5000 became staples in sneaker culture, especially among runners and collectors who favor a cleaner, sport-heritage aesthetic. Saucony has leaned into that heritage with a steady run of boutique collaborations that pull from its deep archive of running silhouettes.
The ProGrid Omni 9 sits within that archive as a cushioned, stability-focused runner. The ProGrid midsole technology was Saucony’s answer to impact absorption and energy return in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and the Omni line represented one of the brand’s more versatile daily trainers. As a retro runner it carries the low-profile, multi-panel build that made that era of running shoes appealing to collectors who came to the silhouette later.
Jimmy Gorecki is a Philadelphia-based skater who has worked on sneaker collaborations before, and his connection to the city shapes this project directly. The ‘Water Ice’ name references the frozen dessert that is a summertime staple in Philadelphia, known elsewhere as Italian ice. Gorecki has cited Via Veneto Pizza, an ice shop he visited growing up in the city, as the inspiration behind the two colorways. The mint colorway reads as mint tangerine and the red as watermelon blue razz, both featuring breathable mesh construction and colorful accent details. Lapstone & Hammer, the Philadelphia retailer anchoring this release, also produced hand-dyed New Era caps to accompany the pack, though the sneakers are the buyable centerpiece.
Both colorways of the Saucony ProGrid Omni 9 ‘Water Ice’ pack release July 3, 2026 through Lapstone & Hammer at $165 per pair. If this collaboration has you digging into Saucony’s boutique catalog, the brand’s Jazz and Shadow 5000 have a long history of similar retailer-driven projects worth exploring.
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