Spezial Archive

Visual index / 2026

Visual Archive

The campaign gallery

A running visual record of Xavier “Spezial” Ryan, from city spots and campaign frames to sport at full scale.

Xavier Ryan performing a switch frontside feeble over a rail in Warsaw, Poland — adidas Spezial campaign
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Switch Frontside Feeble

Warsaw, Poland

Xavier Ryan performing a switch front overcrook on a Warsaw stair rail — adidas Spezial campaign
02

Switch Front Overcrook

Warsaw, Poland

Xavier Ryan performing a switch front bigger heel above stairs in Venice, Italy — adidas Spezial campaign
03

8-stair Switch Front Bigger Heel

Venice, Italy

Xavier Ryan performing a switch 360 flip to backside overcrook on a stair rail — adidas Skateboarding campaign
04

Switch 360 Flip to Backside Overcrook

Archive frame

China American football quarterback preparing to pass at the World University Games
05

China at the World University Games

Field study

Xavier Ryan performing an aerial skateboard trick at a skatepark — adidas Spezial Built for the Purists campaign
06

Built for the Purists

Campaign frame

Xavier Ryan skating in an adidas Spezial Built Different campaign image
07

Built Different

Campaign frame

Sequence of Xavier Ryan skating down a long stair set in Los Angeles — adidas Spezial Spezialist by Nature campaign
08

Spezialist by Nature

Los Angeles, California

Xavier Ryan performing a switch hardflip above a brick wall — adidas Spezial campaign
09

Switch Hardflip

Campaign frame

China American football player holding championship and Final MVP trophies after the FISU World University Games
10

China Championship

Portrait study

Xavier Ryan skating a stone ledge in Paris — Flip Skateboards pro model campaign image
11

Xavier Ryan Pro Model

Paris, France

Black-and-white Flip Skateboards × adidas Spezial campaign image of Xavier Ryan airborne over his skateboard
12

Airborne, monochrome

Campaign frame

Colour Flip Skateboards × adidas Spezial campaign image of Xavier Ryan airborne over his skateboard
13

Airborne, colour

Campaign frame

Black-and-white Flip Skateboards × adidas Spezial campaign image of Xavier Ryan flipping his skateboard over a stair set
14

Stair-set, monochrome

Campaign frame

Concert performance photograph from the Spezial Archive — supplied by rights holder, attribution pending confirmation
15

Concert archive — frame 6934

Supplied archive

Concert performance photograph from the Spezial Archive — supplied by rights holder, attribution pending confirmation
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Concert archive — frame 6955

Supplied archive

Concert performance photograph from the Spezial Archive — supplied by rights holder, attribution pending confirmation
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Concert archive — frame 6957

Supplied archive

Concert performance photograph from the Spezial Archive — supplied by rights holder, attribution pending confirmation
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Concert archive — frame 6959

Supplied archive

James Harden taking a jump shot in the adidas Harden Vol. 9 Spezial PE basketball footwear campaign
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Harden Vol. 9 Spezial PE

Basketball campaign