Shoe Reviews

Welcome to a thrilling exploration of the best running shoes with a wide toe box! This year brings a triumphant lineup of innovative footwear, promising to elevate your running experience to unprecedented heights. Join us as we delve into three exceptional contenders: the Tarkine Trail Devil, Tarkine Goshawk, and the Altra Torin 7. Each shoe boasts unique features and cutting-edge technology, designed to cater to the diverse needs of runners seeking peak performance on various terrains.

HOKA ONE ONE, the brand known for its max cushioned shoes and metarocker midsole geometry, were second to the table. In 2019 they dropped their Carbon X road racing shoe, all reports indicate they sold like hot cakes. Now zoom to the end of 2020, and HOKA have just launched the Rocket X (dropping soon in Australia). It is to be viewed like the Carbon X, but slightly faster, subtly better.  Its stack height is slightly lower, and the shoe is lighter.   Running in the Rocket X feels more like a traditional shoe than a HOKA. The wide base of a Clifton (and most models) is gone, trimmed down to increase performance. The midsole foam used by HOKA is still their proprietary EVA, they haven’t switched to PEBAX foam used in a few other road racing shoes. The midsole foam found in the Rocket X is the lightest foam that HOKA has ever produced.  The EVA foam works for HOKA, and if it ain’t broke…. Runner’s Tribe took the Rockets through three sessions (15km in total).

Tested for over 11,000 miles, the UA Flow Velociti Wind is the latest chapter in running innovation with a disruptive design and all-in-one cushioning system that eliminates the rubber outsole. What is the flow state? The feeling you get when you could keep running for miles. The feeling of wanting to keep going one more mile - because you feel so good. The feeling of light, effortless speed. The feeling of the wind at your back. Every runner is searching for that flow state.

This next instalment of the Pegasus, Nike’s bestselling running shoe, sees an update to the upper that improve comfort and fit, a slimmer design in the heel collar and tongue reduce bulk for a more conforming fit, along with added perforations on the upper enhance breathability in the forefoot and arch for additional cooling. Also, a new stand out with an engineered mesh upper strategically targeting breathability across high-heat areas.

Carbon fibre plates and sub 2-hour marathons have been all the rage in the running world over the past 12 months.  Nike’s global marketing...

Runner's Tribe When Adidas released their Boost midsole technology in 2013, it changed running shoe technology forever. From that point, other brands were playing catch...

Some of us have seen those unique new shoes, the ones with the strange pod-like midsoles.  Fad or legit? We smashed the ON Cloudflows (the shoe...

HOKA ONE ONE Announces Project Carbon X: A 100K World Record Attempt in Brand-New Carbon X Shoe The new Carbon X shoe embodies HOKA-signature max-cushion...

If a higher stack height is correlated to more speed, then ON must have another theory in mind. The Cloudboom is more of a traditional racing flat. There is ample ground feel, and the cushioning feels mild. A vastly different feeling to the Vaporfly road racing shoes so many are used to. Horses for courses.

The ASICS Gel-Nimbus series has long been a staple for runners seeking premium cushioning, and the latest iteration—the Nimbus 27—carries that legacy forward. Designed...