
Foam Shoes
Ugly, awesome or ugly-awesome? You make the call on Native’s new sneaker, the Jefferson, a shoe made of EVA foam.
Ugly, awesome or ugly-awesome? You make the call on Native’s new sneaker, the Jefferson, a shoe made of EVA foam.
If you like Kanye West and his accompanying flash, heavy with multi-hues and European styling, Puma’s new Cycling to Mars shoes are the only game in town.
A replacement to winter boots these are not. Sorel’s “arctic slip-ons” fail to impress Gear Junkie.
Cushioning underfoot to the Nth degree differentiates the HOKA “super-cushioned trail shoes.”
Columbia’s heated boots, powered by lithium-polymer batteries, are touted to provide the “warmth of a furnace.” Our test found this to be far from the case.
With features that model your foot’s tendons and ligaments, the GoLite Flash Lite neutral trail runners are said to give support where you need it.
Disguised as a semi-formal set of kicks, the GoLite Lime Lites can easily transport you from work, to the trail and then to the bar.
Part boot, part sneaker, Ipath’s Shearling is perfect for tromping around, skateboarding or just hanging out in the cold.
Inov-8 stakes a claim with its Roclite 288 GTX: It is touted as being “the world’s lightest waterproof boot.”
Sole created a flip-flop made from upcycled wine corks. It cost $70 and doesn’t come out until the spring.
Ahnu’s Firetrail Winter four-season shoe has a mesh outer that’s said to repel nearly every drop of water you encounter on the trail.
Everyone has at least one riding buddy who has a pair of kicks that clear a room. Three words for those folks: Stuffits Shoe Savers.
Tecnica claims its new shock-absorbing inserts, like those in the Agent 130, will reduce below-the-knee fatigue to help huckers and jibbers stay out longer.
A serious alpine butt-kicker. The Baruntse double-boot does duty from glaciers to high Himalaya peaks.
Heated boots have long been a Holy Grail. Columbia continues on the quest with its heated men’s and women’s boot models.
Teva produced a men’s and women’s hiking shoe that looks great but has many of the features you expect in quality, hiking-oriented footwear.
With an on-road body and an off-road soul, the Vasque Transistor FS is the company’s first trail-running shoe designed with its insole-less FootSync system.
Wigwam made its latest “anti-smell” sock with a combination of a silver-based treatment and merino wool.
Marketed as a trail running shoe that works for snow or dirt, the Saucony ProGrid Razor has a waterproof eVent treatment and light neoprene gaiters.
Toe socks are no longer for modern middle schoolers. Now, with the help of Injinji, which designed an outdoor series sock, toe socks are pushing into the outdoors market.
Common Soles, which recently launched a line of women’s flip-flops made by factory workers in India, donates 4 percent of sales to buy school books for the workers’ kids.
In seconds, a runner can switch between the K-Swiss Run One’s included insoles to alter the shoe’s performance on the road. They are touted to be the most versatile running shoes on the market today.
A gait-analysis test dissects stride and form to unlock a runner’s anatomical potential — or at least tell you which type of shoe to wear.
Made for the “hottest and most arid of environments” on the planet, UK Gear’s Desert Shoes are a unique entry into the genre of outdoors-oriented footwear.
Most of these shoes and sandals will not be to market until 2010. But at an event today at the Teva Mountain Games, GearJunkie.com got a sneak peek. . .
Out of the box, the Gnar appears to be a sneaker. But take a close look and you’ll see drain vents throughout the upper and a perforated insole. . .
Trail-running shoes perform a tricky balancing act. They need to be light, agile, and cushioned for miles of fast trails, so they can’t simply be sporty hiking shoes. But to deliver real stability and protection, they have to be more than road runners with extra tread.
It’s not every day I wear “tennis shoes” in the winter. That’s like wearing white pants after Labor Day, right? But when you throw a softshell upper onto a wrap-around sole that has little rubber stumps on the bottom for grip and traction, you turn a tennis shoe into a kind of winter glove for your foot.
Got ice? La Sportiva’s A.T. Grip Hobnail kit allows runners to add industrial-strength traction to their soles via the application of 20 screw-in spikes. . .
Earlier this year, I did something that an experienced trail runner should know better than to do: On a Friday afternoon, the day before a race, I bought a trail shoe made by a company whose shoes I’d never worn, and then I raced the 40-mile Mount Mitchell Challenge in it the following day.
Waterproof-breathable boots are nothing new in the outdoors industry. But Hi-Tec has partnered with a U.K.-based defense company on its latest leather boots to incorporate a technology developed for military clothing worn in a chemical attack. . .
No, thanks.