KHC 018 - Speedland

Journey inside the mind of shoe gurus, Kevin Fallon and Dave Dombrow, on their quest to create the world’s best performing mountain trail shoe. 

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Timestamps: 

0:00:00 Introduction

0:01:08 Journey as shoe designers

0:05:50 Focusing on the mountain runner

0:08:00 Road running shoes vs. mountain running shoes

0:10:57 “Right” weight

0:13:48 No compromise 

0:18:05 Working under Kip Fulks at UA

0:20:00 Mountain running culture

0:23:40 Gorge Waterfalls races

0:25:32 The growth of ultrarunning

0:30:00 Getting into the shoe world

0:39:17 Developing the sole

0:45:20 Not a shoe, a piece of equipment 

0:47:10 Beautiful thing about running

0:48:30 Customization of running shoes

0:54:40 Boa system

0:56:00 Importance of heel fit

1:02:40 Goal for release date

1:04:20 Closing