DT Giveaway: Messi autographed adidas F50 adiZero Prime boots

Start screaming like you're an audience member at the Oprah show because I've got something awesome for you, my friends. Thanks to the astoundingly generous people at adidas, Dirty Tackle is giving away perhaps the coolest bit of swag we've ever had -- Lionel Messi autographed adidas F50 adiZero Prime boots.

Now, before we go any further and you start convulsing and/or foaming at the mouth, here's how to ensure you have a chance at winning these beauties: All you have to do is "like" Dirty Tackle on Facebook before next Friday (March 31). While you're there, you should also check out the adidas soccer page and upload your game face for a chance to be in an ad that will run during the Mtv Movie Awards. So get to it.

With that out of the way, I had a chance to talk to adidas director of soccer Antonio Zea about the new F50 adiZero synthetic and the F50 adiZero Prime boots. He told me that these boots don't feature any real differences to previous F50s in their construction -- which he described as the "lightest outsole ever created" and a "marvel in engineering." But the bright colors are new -- something "takes a ! bit of n egotiation" to get the more conservative pros to wear. And they're still so light that when handing out boxes of blacked-out test pairs, one kid didn't believe there was even a pair of boots in his box.

The adiZero synthetics weigh just 5.8 oz, while the Primes (which are new for 2011) somehow weigh even less at 5.1 oz. "They're absolutely the lightest and fastest ever," Antonio repeated. And what of the durability concerns that phrase immediately brings to mind? Well, the boots feature a TPU band that runs all around the shoe to help with abrasion resistance.

So, those are the boots. Now here's Leo's game face:

And one more look at Messi's scribbles:

Good luck, everybody.