January is one of our slower months–sales wise–but a lot of inventory arrives! So we’ll start with a more pertinent #Top7 list: Top7 New Products of 2015 (that have already arrived to the shop) Salomon Sense Mantra 3 – These shoes are wide in the toe box!! Not Altra wide, but wider than any other Salomon. […]
Author Archive | Phil Kochik
Merrell All Out Peak review
“I have a hard time taking Merrell seriously as a trail running shoe.” At our Rattlesnake Mountain group run, I was extolling the merits of the soon-to-be-released Merrell All Out Peak, and Kay uttered these words. I have often heard them on the sales floor as well. Even with such dubious opinions of Merrell floating […]
The New Balance 101 is Back…
…the question is: will anybody care? When La Sportiva re-issued a classic last year, it went bust. The C-lite, nee Cross-lite, is already a Gone Shoe again. So, I worried about ordering 101s at all. At first they were not on our Spring 2015 orders, but several customers expressed interest in getting them again. I […]
Top 7 Trail Shoes of 2014
You’ve seen our staff favorites; you’ve seen the team’s picks. Now the buying public gets their turn: Women’s Top7 Trail Shoes of 2014 Scott Kinabalu 2 Pearl Izumi Trail M2 Pearl Izumi Trail N2 Montrail Fluid Feel 2.0 Altra Lone Peak 2.0 Salomon XR Mission Hoka Stinson Trail/ATR If we would have combined the Lone […]
Team Seven Hills – Favorite Shoes of 2014
We asked all of the sponsored team members to pick their favorite shoe from the 2014 season. Our sponsored group is a good mix of athletes, all with different running backgrounds and distance/ terrain specialties. The variety we see across their top shoe picks reflects this pretty well. Some People just COULDN’T pick one – […]
Nice Lists and Wish Lists by Seven Hills
If we were to pack Santa’s bag chalk full of shoes, these would be the ones we’d include for all the nice boys and girls out on the trails! Paige’s Top 3 shoes of the year: Brooks Pure Grit 3 Altra Superior 2.0 Salomon Sense Pro The Pure Grit was the shoe I could leave […]
2014 Top 7 Brands
As 2014 cruises to a finish, we build anticipation for our 2014 #Top7 shoe lists by first taking a look at the bigger Brand picture. Top 7 Brands of 2014: (in terms of total shoes sold, road and trail; men’s and women’s. Excludes all clearance/sale shoes) Altra – 18.8% Pearl Izumi – 15.9% Hoka – […]
RIP Rapa Nui
As we compile, tabulate, and ready our end of the year “Best Of 2014” lists, I take a few minutes to say goodbye to one of my favorite shoes of all time: the Hoka Rapa Nui 2 Trail. It is being discontinued after just over a year on the shelf. It was about this time […]
November’s Top Selling Trail Shoes
November’s #Top7 lists–just a sample of what’s to come later this month!! Women’s Trail Running Shoes Pearl Izumi Trail M2 Scott Kinabalu New Balance 980 Trail Altra Lone Peak 2.0 Brooks Cascadia Salomon Fellraiser Salomon Sense Pro Men’s Trail Running Shoes Hoka Huaka Altra Lone Peak 2.0 Hoka Mafate Speed New Balance 980 Trail Topo […]
Holiday Promo Deal
November 17th-26th Feel better about spoiling yourself with a new pair of shoes this holiday season by taking advantage of our holiday promo deal. With purchase of every full priced shoe receive one $50.00 coupon to use or gift away. Coupon will be delivered via email on Monday December 1st and valid for use Dec […]