“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 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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 #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 […]
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 […]
Here’s our monthly lists of best selling trail shoes: Women’s: Altra Lone Peak 2.0 Pearl Izumi Trail M2 Pearl Izumi Trail N2 Hoka Huaka Salomon Mission Montrail Fluid Feel Salomon Fellraiser Men’s: Pearl Izumi Trail M2 Hoka Huaka Hoka Mafate Speed Altra Lone Peak 2.0 Salomon Fellraiser Scott Kinabalu Montrail Fluid Flex Brand Breakdown: Here’s […]
