HOKA WORLD

Hoka in the press

 

« Developed with the help of various athletes and designers, the HUBBLES concept is based on a thick interface between the foot and the ground for a maximum shock absorption and a new design of the sole that optimizes grip and stability. The developers of the concept, which has been tested by champions, compare HUBBLES to that a freeride mountainbike [..]
Article published by SGI January, 21th, 2010

 

 

" Create by a team of passionate guys of sliding and outdoor sports ...[] the concept Hubbles marks the relinquishment of the traditional sole for the creation of a real interface foot-ground "
Article in Sport Première magazine - January 2010

 

 

" Technical shoe dedicated to the trail.. Wider, it requires less energy on the way up and brings more pleasure to go down [...] "
Article in Sport Eco Magazine January, 18th, 2010

 

 

" It is about a shoe inspired by sliding and freeride which aims at returning the more attractive outdoor [...] The most innovative point of this shoe is the interface between the foot and the ground, with a strongly deformable but not unstable geometry, with an incredible ratio weight / comfort "
Article in Sport Eco Magazine - July 2009

Hoka on the web

 

« But most intriguing is the almost mind-blowing trail running shoe that looks like something you'd find at the X-Games, or on the moon»
Read the article:
http://gear.runnersworld.com/2010/01/funky-footwear.html

 

 

"that's it, it is alive! I am testing an innovative shoe which is going (I am sure) to revolutionize the Trailing world: the HOKA. When we become used to its look [...] Stick on the ground, Grip: efficient, it is the appropriate word. I did not believe in it too much, but in comparison to my current trail shoes, it's two distinct world...
As for the cushionning, which I consider the most important feature for a shoe, " I am completely fooled " and addicted to the  quality of this sole. As if it was bouncing, I love it [...] To conclude: convinced, amazed, fooled, to try urgently ... "
Read the article :
http://www.loloraidoutdoor.com/article-test-de-la-hoka-un-petit-ovni-dans-le-monde-trail-43392376.html

 

 

Product test on the website Nutri-Trail and testimonials:
http://www.nutri-trail.com/test-materiel-running-test-chaussure-HOKA-mafate-limited-edition-3-25.html

 

 

" Nicolas Mermoud does not pass unnoticed. The shoes he is wearing don't leave quite indifferent. Their look cuts of very very far with everything that was made up to here in Trail [...] Mermoud holds the record of the climb in the Volcano since the departure, in 3:39 hours. And it is with his "Hoka" that he dashed from Cap Mechant last night. A real life-size test "
Read the article :
http://dossiers.clicanoo.com/index.php?page=article&id_article=225239

 

 

" Like you, the colors and the thickness of the sole surprised me, I had the opportunity to put feet inside and to run on some strides. I found these shoes very dynamic (I was bouncing !) "
Read the article :
http://en.kikourou.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=327014

 


" In the first approach, special look,special colors!!! ...
First surprise, I put the foot inside and it fells like I am in slippers!!!
Second surprise, they are light.
Third surprise, we do not almost feel pebbles or relief of the ground.
Fourth surprise and not the slightest, I am able to rush during the downhills.
After some running tests, I removed the Hoka; Christophe asked me to run with my own shoes, I went for a round but I stopped.. the difference is too big!
Read the article :
http://rapace74.kikourou.net/billet.php?idbillet=19

 

 

" Indeed, the brand HOKA, which hide Nicolas Mermoud and Christophe Aubonnet, pushes aside the customs with a shoe in the revolutionary style [...] the creators are not beginners, they are specialists in the trail area. We can thus count on them to bring out a great product, innovative and adapted to the constraints and the requirements of the trail "
Read the article « HOKA Shoes - Shoes for Trail »:
http://www.trailmag.fr/chaussures-hoka-chaussures-de-trail/

 

 

" At the white trail in Serre-Chevalier in this beginning of year, I saw Ludovic Pommeret (3rd of the race) running with shoes that had over-sized sole "
Read the article :
http://lamiricore.fr/2010/01/13/hoka-mafate/

 

 

" I do not reveal all the tests but I allow myself a small focus on the one which most marked me, because the product, certainly a little bit confusing at first step, really pleased me and presents innovative features[...] Of course, its privileged ground will be the one where the shocks and the harshness of grounds are the most present, because all the argument of the concept is exactly to erase them thanks to this thick zone of protection. And it is indeed in technical descents that they seemed to be the most precious and efficient. You feel in security and want to go for a rush !"
Read the article :
http://sylvainbazin.blogspot.com/2010/01/quelques-test.html

 

" I really feel good inside, I find them lighter and so comfortable as my xt wing which I put all day long to go to work [..] in race they have a very good drop shot and on the snow during the white trail of the Semnoz I feasted especially in descent, the grip was really exceptional and amazing on the snow!!! I was able to make the last descent by running fast and carefree!!! "
Read the article :
http://rapace74.kikourou.net/billet.php?idbillet=20