This is a short video demonstration of the energy return of a carbon plate running shoe (one with a carbon plate in the midsole designed to increase energy return with each step and reduce fatigue) versus a regular running shoe. That…was a drastic difference. Almost as good as flubber, but
Because what company doesn’t want to partner with Crocs, the comfy footwear giant has teamed up with McDonald’s for four limited editions, including Hamburglar and Birdie clogs, a classic McDonald’s themed clog, and Grimace fuzzy-lined sandals. All are either $70 or $75, and include unique McDonald’s themed Jibbitz™ charms for
How long have you waited for official Crocs Cowboy Boots? “My whole life.” Well Crocs didn’t come out until 2002, but I admire your enthusiasm, and will accept that you’ve always dreamed about these, or something like them, since birth. And now the footwear giant has released the official Crocs
Back with yet another genius(?) bike hack, engineer The Q went and replaced the wheels of his bike with steel-toed metal frames that each hold 16 Adventure Time Jake The Dog slippers in place of rubber tires. The result is surprisingly impressive, provided you just have to watch and listen
This is a video of athlete Eugen Enin performing an incredibly long railgrind (the sharp curve at the end is most impressive) while wearing a pair of Red Lava Grindshoes from Epic Grindshoes. He makes it look easy. Me? A friend of a friend in high school allegedly saw a
Because my feet demanded it, Adidas is releasing limited edition The Simpsons themed sneakers. There will be a Superstar with Marge Simpson’s blue hair covering the entire shoe, and a Stan Smith with Homer’s iconic ‘backing into the bushes’ meme on its heel. They’ll be released before the end of
Currently an already funded Kickstarter campaign, Moonwalkers are $1,100+ motorized shoes that can increase a person’s walking speed up to 250%, from around 2.5MPH to 6 or 7MPH. Each strap-on shoe has eight wheels (so there’s no need to balance), which provide an extra glide after each step. Some more
Presumably as part of its tryouts for the Ninja Turtles, this is a video of Tommy the tortoise inspecting a line of shoes (including a black shoe with white tape on one side) before making his way around to the other side of the line and specifically headbutting the black