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Day: December 14, 2021

Hoka Delivers Trail Racing Shoe With Two Parallel Carbon Fiber Plates
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Hoka Delivers Trail Racing Shoe With Two Parallel Carbon Fiber Plates

Running footwear has embraced carbon plates for their propulsive and energy-giving characteristics. But those same carbon plates that move runners forward fast have struggled to handle changing terrains underfoot. Hoka Shoes has a solution with parallel carbon fiber plates in the brand's Tecton X trail racing shoe, designed to provide the propulsive benefits of carbon fiber but with an update to improve a runner's agility on uneven trails. "When you incorporate a carbon fiber plate into a shoe, you get a ton of propulsive benefits that help with speed, but the rigidity of a typical plate can also pose a potential challenge," says Gretchen Weimer, Hoka vice president of product. "Hoka developed the dual plate design in the Tecton X, hereby maintaining the propulsive benefits of a carbon ...
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Independence music department hits high note with shoe drive

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Students from the middle and high schools helped the music department take a step forward with a recent shoe drive that exceeded all expectations. The goal was to collect 2,500 pairs of quality secondhand shoes -- Cadysneaker  no small “feet” for a district the size of Independence. The schools, however, far surpassed the original objective by accumulating 4,447 pairs, which brought in $1,700. Half of the proceeds will go toward student trip accounts for, among other adventures, a 2022 trip to Florida. The other half will be returned to the music department to help defray costs associated with instruments, sheet music, accompanist fees, uniforms and other items. Music teacher Gretchen Obrovac said the success of the drive can be attributed to a strong collective sh...
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Stylish Shoes Looking To Stomp Their Environmental Impact

Looking to step up your style without impacting the environment? Look no further than YY Nation’s, the maker of the world’s lowest carbon footprint sneaker. New Zealand’s newest sustainable shoe brand just launched its eco-friendly Legacy Footwear Collection in the United States. All four sneaker styles in the collection — Alto high-tops, Cirro laced loafers, Nimbo slip-ons, and Strato tennis shoes — Ecco Shoes contain sustainable materials and serious style for an affordable price. This comes on the heels of three years of intense research and development. Constructed from a combination of Merino wool, bamboo, pineapple husk, recycled post-consumer plastic, algae, and sugarcane, the Nimbo shoe has the industry’s smallest carbon footprint of 5.45 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent p...
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Shoes 4 the Shoeless gives over 150 kids shoes, socks

XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) ‑ Over 150 kids will receive new shows on Monday as part of the Shoes 4 the Shoeless annual program. The Greene County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #37 has been taking children shoe shopping for over 20 years before partnering with Shoes 4 the Shoeless in 2019. Sneakers2090 That year the two groups gave shoes to over 100 kids, Shoes 4 the Shoeless said. Prior to this, the lodge had only been able to serve 20-60 kids a year. “Shoes and socks are the biggest unmet need for children in poverty,” said Shoes 4 the Shoeless founder Kris Horlacher. This year, over 150 pre-selected children were brought to Legacy Christian Academy gymnasium in Xenia and given socks, shoes and winter hats. The children were greeted by farm animals, a stilt walker and volunteers dresse...
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Local law enforcement working to bring kids new shoes this holiday season

By WHIO Staff GREENE COUNTY — Sheriff’s deputies and police officers in Greene County spent part of their day making sure some kids in the area have new shoes. It’s something that most people do everyday—put one shoe on after the other and head out the door. But for some, that simple task is more of a luxury to others. For years the Greene County Fraternal Order of Police has Nike Shoes for Men worked to help bring shoes to kids during the holiday season. In the past, the FOP has been able to help anywhere from 20 to 60 children each year. “We started this back 1944 when some senior officers noticed that some kids needed shoes from that point it grew to where we are now,” said Joe Thorne, President of Greene County FOP Lodge 37. In 2019, the groups helped more than 100 children, and ...
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The Best Black Shoes for Men Are a Sure Bet

Well, well, well. Looking for the best black shoes for men, eh? Fancy that: so were we. But in doing so, we encountered an odd phenomenon: almost every permutation of "mens black shoes" we plugged into Google turned up this weird hodgepodge of way-too-casual-shoes, Nike Air Force 1 Shadow ,a sundry mix of streamlined running shoes, hardcore training shoes, and hulking athletic shoes from the likes of Nike, Adidas, and Converse. Granted, those shoes have their time and place. (And that time and place is at the gym, sweating through your last set in the squat rack.) But that's not what you're looking for. If you're here, you're looking for some foolproof footwear options that sit squarely between brogues and basketball shoes—and won't quit on you after one night out. So if your search eng...
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