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Okay, we're with Blue, running. We met
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him in San Antonio at TRE, at the van,
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somewhere in the park. So, that's when
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we first tried them. But today, um
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they're launching their new shoe, the
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Syn. Go ahead, Blue. Rad Syn. Here we
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go. This is your everyday lightweight
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trainer.
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So,
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if you've tried the UFO, this is going
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to be a very good compliment to our UFO.
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This is our super trainer, came out last
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year. This is our new daily trainer,
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lightweight,
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very aggressive up the toe. You're going
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to get a nice stable midfoot. So, you're
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going to get like a nice flat midfoot
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for stability, and aggressive forefoot
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rocker. So, 38 mil stack. So, in the
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heel it's 38, and we have a 6 mil drop.
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Um it's a super critical EVA mixed with
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TPEE foam.
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So, it's highly responsive. This is
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going to be a little bit more on the
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firm side. So, compared to the UFO,
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which is very soft responsive, this has
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got a high energy return, something to
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take on a tempo, track workout, mixed
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terrain. It's very well. We've got a
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nice sticky rubber outsole. Is it
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regular rubber, or is it a
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>> Yes, actual rubber regular rubber on the
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outsole. Yeah. Oh, nice. Yeah.
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And then we've got an engineered mesh
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upper.
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Okay. And what would you compare it to?
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This would be very much like an Evo SL
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type of a shoe. So, without a shank. We
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don't have any shank in it. Um so,
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similar geometry and profile, similar
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foam feel, you know, a little bit more
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on the firm side. So, it's very very
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poppy. This isn't like a high cushion
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shoe. It's more something you want to
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use for up tempo and faster workouts
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like that. It's also good for mixed
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terrain. What do you mean by mixed
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>> do like dirt, grass, you know, more like
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a cross country.
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So, the outsole Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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Stable wide forefoot. So, this is
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something that we designed A lot of our
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testing is in Portland. So, we wanted
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something that we could wear in the
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winter, in the rain storms, and you're
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going through the park, and you know,
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you're sometimes you hit a trail, and
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that's that shoe that does everything
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for you.
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The weight is 8 oz, or 232 g. Excellent.
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>> So, it's nice and lightweight, nice and
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poppy, nice and nice and quick. And it
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also looks good with
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different colors, right? We have four.
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Yep. We've got
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five colors out here. Here's another
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one.
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It's one of my favorites right here. Oh,
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I like that one. Yeah. Yeah. And and
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what's the pricing, and I get it's
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available $140. Wow. Yep. And then the
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other thing is it's 40% bio material in
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the mid sole. Wow.
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>> So, that's one of our Very good. Our
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next shoe coming out, the Malo, coming
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out next month, also has 40% bio in the
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mid sole. So, that's something that
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we're really excited about. The Malo
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will be a max cushion daily trainer. So,
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it's sort of the sister to this shoe,
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which will be the lightweight quicker
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speedier version. The Malo is a little
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bit more lifestyle kickover. So, coming
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soon. Thanks, Blue. You guys are doing
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great, and you're always colorful and
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really fun looking.
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Thank you very much.
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>> Yeah.
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