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Hoka Cielo X 1 3.0 to Skyward X 2: Carbon Plated Different Purposes- Hoka Light House Boston
Apr 17, 2026
Hoka Cielo X 1 3.0 to Skyward X 2: Carbon Plated Different Purposes- Hoka Light House Boston
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Okay, we're at Hoka's
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Fly Lab and the lighthouse they're
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calling it Boston and this year and
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Antonio who is the experience manager
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for a Hoka in Rhode Island Connecticut
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is going to share with us some of the
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difference in plating and purpose
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between our Cielo
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um
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our Cielo
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X3
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and
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the brand new
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Skyward X2 which I have on my foot and
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we do we have a review posted to YouTube
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already at Road Trail Run. Go ahead
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Antonio. I spoke too much.
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>> Well, welcome guys. So yeah, at Hoka we
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have different carbon plated offerings.
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We're here in the Boston Marathon. We're
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highlighting our Cielo X1 3.0. So this
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is the third version
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of our pinnacle product for your racing
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efforts.
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We're going to talk briefly about it and
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as I will say what's the difference with
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the Skyward X which is on the other side
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of the spectrum which is going to be our
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carbon plated option. Not necessarily
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our most aggressive or faster shoe but
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kind of like filling that gap of those
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runners that want to have the experience
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of the carbon plate, that need that
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fatigue you know prevention, that they
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want to have a little bit more balance.
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So let's talk a little bit about the
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difference. So we're going to start with
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the Cielo. We have a very nice diagram
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here of what the plate looks like
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inside. So this this shoe is engineered
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for speed, for power. We have this spoon
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shaped carbon fiber plate that promotes
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a rocking geometry for that really quick
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toe off. And of course when you put
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tension in the plate it has a lot of
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forward momentum. This is sandwiched
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between
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two layers of highly reactive foam. So
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again, this is going to be your fast you
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know racing efforts. It's going to be a
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shoe designed for that.
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This is super critical PEBA foam. PEBA
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okay.
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>> Yeah, so it's it's just not about the
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foam but it's also how we manufacture it
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is what makes it extremely responsive.
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And it is. I thought I So that is this
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guy, right?
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And we can see also in the bottom we
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have some cut outs here
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you know for
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for weight savings as well.
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We have very sticky rubber as well to
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make sure that you're staying connected
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to the ground on that big turn so when
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you have a rainy day. Now, if we talk
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about the Skyward X, the Skyward X2 this
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is our newest version of this shoe in
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which we reduced a little bit of the
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weight. We also reduced the stack as
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well. And this also has a carbon fiber
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plate but the shape is going to be what
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differentiates this shoe. So this plate
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it's convex, right? So let's think that
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there's like a little bump here across
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the midsection. It ends in that same
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spoon shape but a little bit more
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mellow. So we still have that rocker
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that propels you forward.
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But the big thing is [singing] that
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again where that curvature of the
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plate is. If we think about the plates
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being trampolines Okay.
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>> the plate here being convex is kind of
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like a flat trampoline so when I put
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weight it goes up. So you get your
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response up and then the forward
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momentum is made by the rocker and the
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foam and that mix up of that but you're
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in control of your pace How does that
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plate differ from version one? Cuz I on
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the one I could definitely feel version
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one was flatter.
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>> The plate is similar. It's similar. It
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has It has different cut outs here and
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it has a slightly different shape that
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is a little bit more [snorts] optimized.
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It's very similar. I think the big
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difference that you may have felt is we
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have we have a little bit less foam. So
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that kind of like spoon ending
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it's you can feel a little bit more of
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that engagement of that quick toe off.
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super critical super critical PEBA above
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the plate No, less foam under the plate.
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So we're having a little bit more of the
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engagement of the rocker, right? More
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engagement in the rocker.
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It's definitely something that you may
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perceive. Okay. Thank you very much
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Antonio.
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>> Of course.
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>> And we have our reviews of both up in
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Road Trail Run videos so far for Skyward
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X2 and Cielo um
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The X1 3.0 third version.
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That one we have multi tester. Thank
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you.
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