‘Kid-Size’ Trail Shoe
The incredibly light weight — and incredibly small! — Inov-8 X-Talon 160s are made for kids or shorter adults. Our pint-size tester gave the shoes a thorough test.
Women’s Winter Boots
After decades of lingering in the back alleys of fashion, winter boots made for women have hit a stride as of late with form as well as function. Our reviewer tromped in three pairs this winter for a test.
FiveFingers ‘Casual Shoes’
Can you say “casual kangaroo-leather zip boots with articulated toes”? That’s just one of the out-there offerings in a new line of casual footwear from Vibram FiveFingers in 2011.
‘Best in Show’ awards (part II)
Part II of Gear Junkie’s “Best in Show” series highlights top products from the Outdoor Retailer trade show and includes touchscreen gloves, an alpine “smock” jacket, and a GPS device that connects to your smartphone.
‘Best in Show’ awards (part I)
The twice-annual Outdoor Retailer trade show, held in Salt Lake City, is an exhibition of the best outdoors equipment in the world. Gear Junkie offers part I of our “Best in Show” gear list from the hundreds of new products that debuted in Utah last week.
OR Trade Show: 2011 Teaser
The Gear Junkie crew is off to Utah this week and the twice-annual Outdoor Retailer trade show. Here’s a quick visual tour of a few new products that have already caught our eye.
Barefoot Running Shoe Guide
Gear Junkie presents the ‘A to Z’ on the barefoot and minimalist running shoe market, including a cursory look at 2010/2011 models and all things burgeoning in the world of the “barefoot” shoe.
Best OfView All
Ultimate Winter Shoe
La Sportiva’s CROSSOVER GTX makes a stride toward the title of “ultimate winter shoe.” Gear Junkie gives the $150 trail runner a two-week trial run.
Sandals made from Wine Corks
Looking to justify that next glass of wine? SOLE and ReCORK are teaming up to give recycled wine corks another life as “upcycled” sandals and shoe footbeds.
Saucony ProGrid Kinvara
Gear Junkie put 100+ miles on this shoe for a test. Conclusions? The shoe “rides a thin line between speed and support” where daily training and “race-speed minimalism” can finally meet up.
New Balance Minimus
With a lightweight build and a “barefoot”-style design, the Minimus shoe line from New Balance are set to debut in early 2011. Gear Junkie got two early-release pairs to put to the test.
Burton TRON Boot
What do actor Jeff Bridges, a movie from 1982, and snowboarding have in common. . . the “TRON” boot, we guess. New this month from Burton.
Newton Trail-Running Shoe
With its latest Momentum shoe, Boulder-based Newton Running strides fully into the trail-running market. Gear Junkie put a few miles on the mean, green shoes to give them a test.
Review: Vasque Transistor
The Transistor FS shoe has no footbed and a low-to-the-ground design. Contributing writer T.C. Worley put them to the test this fall.
Icebug SPIRIT OLX
Low-to-the-ground fit and carbide-tip studs make these shoes among the coolest footwear introductions seen in 2010.
Pearl Izumi Syncro Fuel
Contributor Stephen Krcmar puts Pearl Izumi’s Syncro Fuel XC running shoes to the test on Mammoth’s pumice trails.
Barefoot Craze
Among the more unexpected recreational trends of our time, “barefoot-style” shoes have obtained critical mass.
‘Best in Show’ awards
GearJunkie.com’s inaugural “Best in Show” awards highlight a dozen innovative new products seen at the Outdoor Retailer trade show this month.
Keen Trail-Running Flat
Flashy and lightweight, Keen’s A86 is a major diversion from its usual stock. Gear Junkie takes an early test run.
Vibram FiveFingers 2011 Product Line
The “barefoot revolution” sprints on! Here’s a peek at Vibram FiveFingers’ 2011 line. Vibram hopes to set the trend in fashionable footwear.
Salewa Raven Combi GTX
Italian gear maker Salewa brings some of its footwear line to the North American market. Writer T.C. Worley put a pair to the test on Mount Rainier.
Kigo Minimalist Footwear
Kigo, a new company, brings more options to those looking to embrace the barefoot-style shoe.
‘Weatherproof’ Socks
From Patagonia to winter bike commutes in Minneapolis, Gear Junkie reviewer T.C. Worley put Seirus’ “weatherproof” socks to the test.
Keen Coronado Cruiser
Keen has a new cycling-specific shoe. Writer Stephen Krcmar gave it a multi-month wear test.
Barefoot-style Running Shoes
Item No. 5 on my list of “Five Gear Innovations” is. . . Barefoot-style Running Shoes!
Inov-8 Roclite 285 test
Best trail runners on the market? Gear Junkie is on his fourth pair of Roclite 285s. This column distills why they are among his favorite shoes ever made.
Foam Shoes
Ugly, awesome or ugly-awesome? You make the call on Native’s new sneaker, the Jefferson, a shoe made of EVA foam.
‘Cycling to Mars’ bike shoes
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.
Sorel Snow Sneakers
A replacement to winter boots these are not. Sorel’s “arctic slip-ons” fail to impress Gear Junkie.
Super-Cush Trail Shoes
Cushioning underfoot to the Nth degree differentiates the HOKA “super-cushioned trail shoes.”
Heated Boots Fail To Impress
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.
