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Made Plus debuts the Ripple and Ripple X1, U.S. - Made Performance Running Shoes
Dec 6, 2025
Alan Guy, founder and CEO tells us about the new running shoe The Ripple made in Annapolis, MD
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Okay, we are here at TR25
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talking to Allan, the founder and CEO of
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Made Plus and he's going to tell you
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about the new running shoe made in
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Annapolis.
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That's right. Made right in America.
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Well, we are here to debut our new
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running shoe. This is our Ripple
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and Ripple X1. X1 has a carbon fiber
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plate from Carbiteex
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and we have a full uh knit upper which
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is a sock-l like feel made from six and
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a half water bottles of recycled PET.
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Uh we have expanded rubber foam
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along with blown rubber nice grip t
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pattern on the front
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and of course made right in the USA. We
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do bring in the components, but we do
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all the knit upper in house, stock
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fitting, uh, glue and assembly and ship
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it to your home. Uh, we've been in the
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business about four and a half years.
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This is our first running shoe. We also
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have a training shoe that we're also
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debuting here along with a pickle ball,
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excuse me,
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uh, pickle ball shoe called the Banger
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Pro. Our training shoe uses a very
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similar technology of the expanded
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rubber foam.
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The training shoe just doesn't have the
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plate.
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It does not have the plate.
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Okay.
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And we offer the running shoe with with
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plate. The stack height is uh I think
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we're 32 in the heel or five drop. And
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we have um what else am I missing?
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How much does it weigh, Alan?
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Oh, this is a
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men's nine. the Yeah, with the men's
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size 9, I think we're right at 10.1 O.
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And I think with the one with the carbon
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fire plate, we're like 10.3 O. Um, our
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our uh training shoe is right around I
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think 10.7 oz.
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Okay. And what kind of foams are you
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using?
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This is a expanded rubber foam.
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Okay.
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And it has a little bit of recycled
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content. So part of our mission is to
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make shoes with less waste and less over
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production. So, most of our shoes are
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made to order. This shoe will drop May
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1st of 2026, so spring summer. Uh, we do
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have few sizes. We're wear testing with
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uh athletes and so forth, but
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essentially this will drop in the
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spring.
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Okay. Thank you. And you also make a
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boat shoe.
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Yes. Yes.
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I live in Marblehead, Massachusetts. I
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know a thing about boats.
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Yes. Uh, Um, yes. So, we also do
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uh this is our skiff 2. It has a
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Michelin outsole on it. A real tight
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siphon pattern. Great for sailing,
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yaching. Uh also great for casual uh
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business wire. Uh again, same technology
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with the upper full knit. All our
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products are upper full knit. Six and a
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half water bottles. And then we use a PU
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drop in midsole. So this is a fully
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removable uh PU insole.
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I have stuffing in here. Sorry.
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Yeah. And uh you kind of see the big
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stack height. We also offer this with a
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cut siphon with a 3D printed kind of
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orthotic.
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But for now, we'll just talk about the
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uh the PU drop in.
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Okay,
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that's very cool.
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Yeah, sock light fit upper.
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Great for space. We also offer
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customization. So, a lot of our uh
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orders about 60 60% of our orders are
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all custom. So customers can mix and
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match all the different components on
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the shoe. Overlays, eye stays, laces, um
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different cupsole patterns or colors,
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excuse me, webbing color, and then uh we
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offer etching for certain for certain
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companies and certain enterprise who
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want to put some sort of special on the
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on the heel.
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Okay. Thank you. You welcomes.