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Also covered: Agility Peak 6 and MTL Adapt
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Good morning. Uh this is Dominic Lefield
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coming from uh the TR 2025 show. I'm
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here at the Mel booth with Ian Cobb who
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is the director of design for Merrill.
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He's going to take us through their
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latest shoe introductions.
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Thanks Tom. All right, we're really
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excited. We're starting with the Agility
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Peak 6 launching later in uh 2026.
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We've got a really great optimized
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outsole, taking all of our learnings
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from the test lab and our lab in house.
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And we really played with the placement,
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reducing weight, and adding traction and
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grip. We've got our uh halflength uh
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rock plate here. Looking at the same
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flow pro foam that everybody loves, same
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cushion, same stack, and then uh
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improved fit overall. We heard you with
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the feedback. We got a nice heel fit, a
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a more precise fit over the top, and
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then we've got this new Leno Weave
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Jacquard that's going to have no stretch
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and really hold you down on top of that
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platform, creating a great fit,
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ultimately giving you the confidence on
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the trail, stay connected, and it will
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ultimately just disappear in your foot
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and let you focus on the run.
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Very nice.
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Is that okay?
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Yeah, that's excellent. Is it built on
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the same last as the previous model?
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It is a refined last. So, it is the same
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last but tailored ever so slightly to
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give you that more precise fit.
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And yeah, let's move on to uh whatever
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you'd like to present next.
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All right. So, this so Agility Peak 6
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again I said same stack. Uh it is
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fitting in in that mid-range stack zone
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within our collection. uh in the high
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stack that launched earlier this year is
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the MTL adapt. Again, great shoe uh
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lightweight high stack, fulllength
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flexck technology. Uh really excited
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about this and just uh basically it's
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there for all the miles
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and and remind us what MTL is.
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MTL is Merrill test lab.
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Okay, really excited to share this one.
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This is the MTL Merill Test Lab Speed
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Arc Peak. This shoe has been in
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development in the lab with our athletes
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for over 5 years and we've actually gone
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through seven different iterations with
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constant feedback
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with all variations of tweaks on plates,
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foams, uppers. Uh but but finally the
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athlete said, "You know what guys, this
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is this is really ready and let's bring
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this to market." So, we we jumped on
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that opportunity. Starting with the
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outsole, we're bringing Veebum Mega Grip
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Elite to the table.
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Uh optimized lug from a surface grip and
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traction perspective. We've got the
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traction lug. And then again, we're
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really looking at weight by optimizing
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it and opening up as much as possible.
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Starting at the bottom of our Speed Arc
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platform technology, we have a brand new
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enhanced float pro. Um, this is is
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proving to have longer lifespan and a
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greater rebound. Um, but then give you
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that support and durability you need.
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So, you're not taking uh, you know,
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unstable foams out on the train and
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getting it really beat up. Um, we're
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giving you that protection.
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Sandwiched between the two foams, we
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have a 3/4length carbon fiber plate,
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giving you great stability and
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propulsion on the trail. And on the top,
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our brand new pea based foam uh that
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gives you excellent rebound, energy
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return,
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uh and everything you need for a long
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distance run. On the upper, same fit and
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uh experience that you're going to find
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on the Agility Peak 6. Uh the lining
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package has our SPR lining uh which
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doesn't absorb any water, so you run
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right through the rivers and you're not
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going to pick up any weight or water. Uh
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we've got two matrix panels that wrap
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the foot really keeping you locked down
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on the platform and then a stretch fit
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tongue. So again on those long runs your
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toes even when locked down have that
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ability to to stretch and move with your
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foot.
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And the stack height is similar to the
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agility.
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The stack height is actually the same as
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the agility peak. It's 3226
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6 mm drop. Uh, and this is really a go
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far and fast shoe for us.
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And do you know the weight?
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It's 302 grams, I believe.
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And then what when will that be
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available?
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This will be available uh in the summer
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of 2026 leading up to all of the trail
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run races.
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At what price?
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$290.
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Thank you.
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You bet. Thank you guys. I curious.