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SLC/OR Gore-Tex® Surround™, La Sportiva®, Vibram® MegaGrip, TrekSta®, HanWag IceGrip-G-LOFT FIT® Just like the performance, lifestyle and fashion apparel previewed these past few months -for A/W2015/16---footwear that's headed for the great outdoors is a wearable (and weather tough) combo of new technology and amped up for snowy/icy trails- and city strolls old school materials felt/wool, shearling and leather. Prediction- (more) suede (oiled -brushed)+velvet details/trims will be big for 2016/17 based on what we saw in fashion world-tends to trickle down (or up-depending one's perspective-ha ha). Highlights: La Sportiva -nifty-the lacey looking mineral blue-greyish protective Nano-Cell™ Technology overlay-great fit- of Synthesis GTX® available now-with the waterproof/breathable Gore-Tex Surround™ Technology GORE-TEX's Surround™ Product Technology-360º breathability/waterproof-that was intro-ed last summer ---added bunch of labels (like new to us TrekSta) em...

Middle left-women's Terra Momentum -an everyday base training shoe for hitting the pavement+mountain trails $149-men's version middle right.   Distance S 's ($155) up top for fast pace running-lightweight stability NYC Right off, we have to put out there-that we've been running in Newton's---since 2009---and we met co-founder/CTO Danny Abshire-years ago at one of its first retail accounts in Manhattan. Distance U lightweight performance trainer $155 different outsoles---for different kinds of runners/distances/workouts Since then the 'all-natural' meaning zilcho cushioning for training shoes (not meaning purist running flats for shortish races and speed work)...has given way to a more modified minimalist approach in running shoes---with some strategic energy returning cushioning in key spots- ...but still with the emphasis on encouraging good efficient running form/mechanics...a cadence of 170-190 steps a minute and proper posture. ...