Supreme x Riddell SpeedFlex Helmet
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
About the original
The Riddell SpeedFlex is a competition-grade football helmet introduced in 2014 with a hinged front panel engineered to flex up to a quarter inch on impact, built on more than two million data points from Riddell's head impact monitoring program. It ranked first in Virginia Tech's helmet safety ratings the year it launched and is standard issue for top NFL and college programs. Riddell has been making football helmets in Elyria, Ohio since 1929, when founder John T. Riddell patented the first plastic-suspension helmet and the removable cleat. The FW2025 Supreme version is a full-spec SpeedFlex in a custom white shell with co-branded graphics. Released October 2, 2025 at $898.
About Riddell
Riddell is an American football-equipment manufacturer founded in 1927 by John T. Riddell in Chicago, Illinois. Riddell, a former Evanston high school coach, first patented the removable screw-in cleat in 1922, then invented the plastic-shell football helmet in 1939 and the plastic suspension helmet used by US troops in World War II. The company has supplied helmets to nearly every NFL team since the mid-1970s and is the league's official on-field helmet through its current contract. Production runs out of Elyria, Ohio, and North Ridgeville. Supreme has collaborated with Riddell on co-branded mini and full-size football helmets.
