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Brooks Previews 2026 Road & Trail: Glycerin Flex, Ghost Amp, Cascadia Elite, all new Cascadia 20
Dec 5, 2025
Brooks Previews 2026 Road & Trail: Glycerin Flex, Ghost Amp, Cascadia Elite, all new Cascadia 20
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Hey, so we're with Nick Clinton who's
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the product line manager at Brooks and
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he's going to go through some new road
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for us and then some trail. Go ahead.
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Yeah. So very excited to talk to you.
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Thank you so much. So I want to take you
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through some road some trail like you
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said.
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So starting with the Glycerin series.
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These shoes are all about ultimate
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luxury. This is like your Mercedes-Benz,
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your nice finishes, your comfortable
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materials, your everyday training. But
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we have three very distinct and unique
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uh experiences for them. And so if you
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want to feel a little bit more assisted
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transition, a little bit more tuned out,
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a little bit more auto roll, run some
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long distances, feel really really
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plush, max protection, then you have
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your glycerin max with DNA tuned
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midsole. So these are tuned cell foam
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with large cell in the heel that is
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going to mean really soft plush landings
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and then small cell in the forefoot for
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very more responsive toe-offs. All coal
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molded, so no glue. Correct.
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Yeah. Okay.
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And then as you go to your more balanced
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ride of the famous True Glycerin, the
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shoe's been around 23 versions. It's,
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you know, nailing it better on every
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every version, but this is your balanced
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ride. So, you get really great
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protection. You get really great
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cushion. You get the DNA tuned of the
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small cell and large cell for those soft
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landings, the responsive toe offs, but
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you get it in kind of a traditional kind
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of uh stack height version of comfort.
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Has it changed um the has the geometry
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changed for this version?
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It has. We've made it more breathable.
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We've improved uh areas of the fit to be
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very comfortable around the foot. But
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the really big one is we added 2 mm more
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cushion in the forefoot and went to an 8
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mm offset.
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That way you're getting more cushion in
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the transition through toe off.
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Cool. And then there's something
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completely new here.
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Super new for the runner to unleash
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their feet. We have the Glycerin Flex.
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Brand new for fall 26. This is going to
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be a Oh, sorry, spring 26. This is going
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to be a shoe that is going to be for the
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runner that wants to feel more
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connected, more tuned into the run with
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hyper flexibility. So, you notice these
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very unique strategic deep flex grooves
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under the shoe. This very podular
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effect, but you'll also notice a very
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unique flex zone underneath the shoe.
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So, as the biomechanics of the feet
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wants to compress and absorb impact
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through landing, you have this soft open
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up flex that unwinds. And then as you're
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towing off, it locks in place to allow
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for a stiffer toe off. And that way
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you're just going to get a more
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supportive toe off. Soft, flexible,
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tuned in, and responsive to
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Is this a firmer rubber up here?
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It's not. This is all just different
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color, but you do get the DNA tuned. So
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soft landings of the large cell, small
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cell, the forefoot for responsive to
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is the green that is that
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the green is the tuned part.
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So the green is the small cell, the
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white is the large cell. You see it pop
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through right there. And then the upper
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is really nice. Single flat knit, so
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it's very flexible upper, works with the
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foot, high in motion, and it's going to
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be uh really connected to the foot.
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And the price and availability,
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price is 170, and it launches 21 in
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February 1st.
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Excellent.
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This is a 3630 drop or 3630 stack height
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with an 8.8 ounce for men and 8 oz for
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women.
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Ooh, super. And now lightweight,
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connected to the foot, connected to the
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run. with to go with the Ghost Trail. We
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got some other a new a new another new
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Ghost.
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So, we actually got a little I want to
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kind of vibe it out with a Ghost. Ghost
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is all about balanced. It's kind of
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everybody's favorite running shoe. So,
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you have a Ghost AMP. This is for
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amplified run for fall 26. This is using
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a brand new foam called DNA Hype. It's a
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Pea infused Super Critical EVA. This is
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going to be super responsive, super
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light, super cushioned in a very, very
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lightweight package overall. And then
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you have this very fun technology called
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spring ramp in the forefoot. It's a
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firmer density of the hype in the bottom
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section of the forefoot. So you
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literally are ramping onto the forefoot
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and then you spring right out.
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So almost like a a quote soft plate.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. But springs
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com molded into the shoe. So it's not
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there's no glues. Yeah.
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Excellent.
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Nice and flexible still. So you're going
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to have a really lightweight, flexible,
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responsive all in that Ghost package.
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That's a balanced fun run.
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Stack height.
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Stack height is a good question. Let me
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just double check.
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3630 should be that one there.
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Yeah, same as the flex but a different
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approach.
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And the the price
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price is going to be 150
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and it'll be available.
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This will be available fall.
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Okay.
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And I believe that is a fall 26, so July
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1st.
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Okay. Let's move to racing
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and then we'll know in the the ghost
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package of it. You know, the ghost has
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been around for so so long. We really
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needed to create a trail version, right?
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And so this hybrid trail, road to trail
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version, you want you can call it road
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to trail, you can call it door to
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forest, gravel, groom trail, easy
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trails, it's just taking people out to
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nature in a really, really fun and
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exciting way. Not for he heavy
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technical. So, as you start getting into
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seeds gravel, we have high surface area,
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uh 3 mm traction lugs of the Trailtech
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Green. So, it's proprietary traction
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lugs, high durability, high grip, high
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surface area, but still digs really well
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into different type of terrain surfaces
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there.
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So, we've we've tested I've run it and
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we have a review up and it's exactly
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what as you described and it's quite
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nice on the road, too.
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Oh, good. Yeah, that was a nice plus.
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And one of the things that that kind of
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impresses me is usually in a door to
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trail shoe it's basically a road upper
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with you know a few things but but here
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we you know you've got quite a few
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substantial overlays the rand and if I
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remember
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quite a is it a gusset tongue but quite
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a substantial tongue as well.
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It's a nice padded tongue
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look look at and you know it's really
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soft trail shoe in fit.
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Cool. Sorry I jumped in. I brought it.
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You nailed it. It's uh it's exactly in
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that sense of taking inspiration of the
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Ghost 1718 tooling. Smooth ride,
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comfortable upper, protects against
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debris. Nice little option at $150.
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Okay, let's go super fast.
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Yeah. Yeah. So, let's go into some
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racing as well. New Hyperion Elite 6 for
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fall 26. Big updates on this is improved
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DNA Gold PE foam. This is going to be
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lighter, softer, faster foam. We also
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improve the plate geometry, so you you
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it's a steeper descent of the plate. So
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you jump into that propulsion phase
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faster. So it's going to be faster, it's
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going to be lighter, it's going to be
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quicker transition, peppier, all the
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really, really fun stuff that's very
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much needed for increasing metabolic
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advantage and running and racing.
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That's beautiful.
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That's a fall 26 shoe.
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Yeah. And we also have a trail version,
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if you will. Okay.
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Where we have the brand new Cascadia
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Elite that launches March 1st. This is
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same stack height, but very different
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shoe. racing on technical rugged trails
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using DNA gold 100% pure pea. We have a
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speed vault plus trail plate that is
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shaped as a horseshoe. So it's allowing
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for flexibility flex to the trail.
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Horseshoe this way.
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Yeah. So it's going to be a horseshoe
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around the rim and that's going to be a
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um carbon infused pebacks,
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but it's shaped like you like that.
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Okay.
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And so that way it can articulate, it
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can flex, it can flex to the trail, but
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it still provides that transition and
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that propulsion through the shoe. But
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all that snapback,
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all that snapback is going to give the
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propulsion, the uphill flexibility,
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but it's got some flexibility. It's
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got some flex.
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I've enjoyed running it.
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You got to run on trails, technical
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rugged trails. You got has to be able to
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flex and so that really helps.
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And a beautiful upper. Great fit.
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Very happy to announce a partnership
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with VBRAM as the outsole using Vibbram
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Mega Grip Elite. It's the one of the
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best compounds on the market for grip,
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durability, for traction. Super
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lightweight, super adaptable trails.
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Matrix upper. This is a woven engineered
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upper with PU hydrophobic fibers.
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Instant drainage, instant breathability
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with Kevlar fibers for super super
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strong and super light
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and an effective collar. I like what you
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did here. It gives it a bit more
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structure so it doesn't fly.
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Very happy to say that Chris Myers was
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second place at Western States in the
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shoe as well.
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Look at that heel counter too.
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And the weight is
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the weight is 9.4 O. And this comes out
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March 1st
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and and the stack is 40
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4034 with a 6 mm drop.
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Wow, that light.
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$275 of all premium trail racing.
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Okay, one last one. Let's go.
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Fall 26 classic. 20 years in the making
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of the Cascadia 20.
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Big partnership of course with Vibbum as
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we're bringing in their Mega Grip
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outsole compound to it. This is going to
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be excellent traction, excellent
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durability. We also noticed that there's
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some differences and changes in the
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midsole as well. So, we are going to a
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DNA Flash version 2 as the midsole tech
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that is going to be lighter, softer,
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more energy return versus the previous
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loft V3 that we used. So, as you notice
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on a lot of shoes, lighter, more
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responsive, more cushion, all the good
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stuff.
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And then we're adding 4 mm more cushion
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underfoot. So, you get more cushion, you
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get lighter cushion, and you get more
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softer cushion.
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And so, what does that do? And so, more
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stack, what does it do to the weight?
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It doesn't change the weight. So, the
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weight the weight's about the same as
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the last version. It's going to be about
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10.8 O.
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The So, you get more cushion, you get
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more uh traction, you get all the good
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stuff,
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but stays the same weight as the last
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version of the 19.
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So, um always been a a really solid kind
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of hiking shoe as well, but now with a
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sounds like more zip in them and mega
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grip.
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And if you a lot of the runners that
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like to stay on the trails for long
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periods of time, they want more
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protection under foot, they want more
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cushion, this is the one. If runners
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also really really like the Calera.
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Yeah. This is going to be taking a lot
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of the Calera as we phase that shoe out.
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Okay.
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So, if you like the Calera or the
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Cascadian 19, that's the shoe.
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This is the shoe.
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Yeah.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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What a great presentation. Appreciate
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it. Another great year coming for
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Brooks.
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Yeah.
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Actually, Brooks was my