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Hoka OneOne Demo Tour rolling along

August 17, 2012 Leave a comment

Like Hoka OneOne Demo Tour on Facebook for your chance to win shoes and running gear from Hoka Australia. While you’re there, check out the latest information about where we’ll be next.

This Saturday, August 18th, we’ll be at Footpoint Shoes in Mosman at 8am. Next Saturday we’re on a beach in Forster from 6am with Manning Shoes and Mary Yule’s running group. We might be appearing on the Central Coast that afternoon. The Saturday after that, it’s September 1st and we’ll be doing some miles from 5:45am with a long course Newcastle Tri group.

So if you’re already running in Hoka, visit this post and fill in our very quick survey. Then come and run with us in a new pair of Tarmacs. Try. Fly. And if they blow your mind like we’re pretty sure they will. . . Buy!

If you haven’t yet run in Hoka or tried the latest models, we hope to see you soon.

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Hoka OneOne – bitchin’ shoes!!

August 8, 2012 Leave a comment

We knew what we meant…

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New Lady Tarmac from Hoka OneOne. New Australian Demo Tour Dates.

August 1, 2012 Leave a comment

Hot new women’s Tarmac – looks almost as good as it feels.

Hoka OneOne Australia Demo Tour starts soon. Arrive early for fittings beforehand.

Wednesday August 8 – 6:30pm running group, The Running Company Potts Point

a Thursday in August, 6:00pm instore with ultrarunning coach Andy Dubois (Mile 27), Sydney Running Centre, Edgecliff Date TBC

Wednesday August 15 6:30pm Hills Athletic Club, Roxborough Park

Saturday August 18 – 8am running group – mixed road and trail, Footpoint Shoe Clinic Mosman

Saturday August 25 - 7am (after 6am time trials) with Mary Yule and Manning Shoes, Forster Beach

More dates and locations with running stores, tri groups, and running groups to be announced.

Like Facebook.com/HokaOneOneDemoTour for your chance to win, and details as they happen

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Hoka OneOne Demo Tour, Australia

July 24, 2012 Leave a comment

The Hoka OneOne Demo Tour will be live shortly. If you didn’t get along to any of our demo runs last year, it’s a simple but very fresh idea.

Based from a running group, tri group, or specialist shoe store’s venue of choice, we (Hoka) turn up with a bunch of our latest shoes. You put on a pair that fits. We all go for a run, 5 to 15km depending what everybody’s up for. If you enjoy yourself, you can buy shoes from our stockist. If you don’t, well that’s a shame. Maybe next time.

See what we’re saying? It’s all for you, the runner, and at no obligation.

Central Coast, Melbourne, and Brisbane dates are to be confirmed, as are more dates around Sydney, Penrith , and Cronulla.

The Running Company, Potts Point. Wednesday August 8th, 6:30pm .

FootPoint Shoe Clinic, Mosman. Saturday August 18th, 8am.

Forster in cooperation with Mary Yule’s running group and Manning Shoes, Saturday August 25th, 7am. Venue TBA

More dates and locations to come. Get to the one nearest to you.

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Win new Tarmac Evo at the Hoka Demo Tour

July 19, 2012 Leave a comment

Over the next 7 weeks, we’ll be bringing Stinson Evo, Bondi B, and the all new road ripping Tarmac to our retailers across Sydney, as well as running groups, podiatrists, and fitness clubs for you to test out properly on runs of 30-60 minutes. You’ll have the very unusual chance to properly try out running shoes before buying them, or not buying them.

We’ll be collecting contact details and putting everyone who tries our hot new road shoe or other shoes in our range into the draw for a hot new pair of Hoka OneOne and our new tech running singlet – all in time for a season of hot summer running.

Footpoint, Mosman – Saturday July 28, 8am
The Running Company, Potts Point – Wednesday August 8, 6:30pm

Sydney Running Centre, Northside Runners, Runnulla, Panthers Cycles, Dr. Foot Solutions dates to be announced…

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Road superiority for endurance athletes: Tarmac

July 18, 2012 1 Comment

The new Stinson Evo Tarmac is a speedy and responsive joy to run in. Firmer through the sole than other Hoka OneOne models because of reduced foam in the toe and a shaved down durable rubber outsole, we’ve put 100 road kilometres on the pair we unboxed last Thursday and they’re everything that was hoped for and more.

I would even rate these as a shoe to consider racing groomed firetrail, but they are clearly intended for half and long course triathletes and anyone else running anywhere from 10km and upward on road, pavement, and – believe it or not – tarmac.

The tongue sits nicely even though it’s quite thin, and the upper breathes beautifully which will be ideal as the capital city half and full marathons kick in over the next few months. The structure is highly stable and well engineered but both the sole and upper are yielding enough to ensure a snug fit becomes a conforming fit over the first ten 10 to 15 hours of wear.

Simply a pleasure to run hard in, these should be the breakthrough shoe for Hoka OneOne, continuing a foray into the wider running population initiated by the Bondi and accelerated by the Stinson Evo Trail.

Available now from future-focussed running shoe specialists and appearing soon on www.HokaOneOne.com.au.

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Hoka OneOne Australia Demo Tour starts July 21

July 11, 2012 Leave a comment

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New Hoka OneOne are on the way!!

May 24, 2012 Leave a comment

With Bondi B and Stinson Evo flying off the warehouse shelves as fast as they can clear customs, a new shipment is arriving next week. So if you’ve been having trouble getting hold of size 9-11 Bondi or any size in Evo, now’s the time to get your local running or tri store or sports pod or physio to put in an order. You can be sure that these will all be gone again within a couple of weeks of unpacking.

There will also be the new grey Bondi B, something a little more reserved for the runner who likes to maintain a low profile while being two inches taller than normal.

Sorry, girls. No Bondi women’s on this one, but we finally have women’s Evo again after the last batch sold out in less than 2 weeks.

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Hoka OneOne Quote of The Week

April 3, 2012 Leave a comment

This one landed on our Facebook page this week from triathlete Stuart Matthewman. We’ve been sponsoring the run legs this year at the Elite Energy Tri Series, so he dropped by our stand on Saturday for a bit of a chat and left with a new pair of shoes. We told him to ease into them so he raced 20km the next day. Here’s how he went :)

Guys – spoke to you in Batemans Bay on Saturday re my plantar fasciitis issues and purchased the Bondi. I did end up wearing them Sunday and managed a 20min PB for the 20k from my last Ultimate race. This despite only doing 1 17k run in the last month. I can not adequately describe the difference these shoes made. I know they wont fix my problem but to be able to run pain free for the first time in 7 months gives me some hope for Port. Thanks again.

-Stuart Matthewman, Facebook, 2.4.2012

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Huskisson Triathlon – photos to post soon

February 20, 2012 Leave a comment

What a brilliant weekend that was! Thanks Emmo and the whole Elite Energy crew for showing us how good a weekend of triathlon can really be. Beautiful beachside setting, committed athletes of all different levels and categories, and a friendly town for brilliant vegie burgers and cold refreshment (thanks Pilgrims, thanks pub with retro dance floor!!).

TriHusky II was a blast, basically. Over 4,000 competitors and probably as many supporters. Great chance to talk gear, technique, training, goals, and look at some of the latest kit around. Sean from Runnulla showed us the new Suunto Ambit and as much as I hate to say it about a piece of kit that’s likely to retail for $650, I just might need one! Paul from Injinji Australia was there too with a massive display full of less wallet-intensive items with Zensah calf sleeves still a favourite.

At the Hoka OneOne stand we were able to showcase the new Stinson Evo range, the 2012 Bondi B, and a bunch of cool new video clips we’d collected from Hoka Global or shot ourselves on GoPro running all over New Zealand’s stunning mountainous south island. Great reception from the tri crew and their families – thanks all! We sold a week’s worth of shoes in about 15 hours and will be looking forward to whatever discussion the newly-Hoka-ed runners might now get up to on Transitions. If you need to know anything or want any follow-up service, head in there and look for Mr. Hoka.

Check us out at www.HokaOneOne.com.au, watch for the next event in Wollongong on March 10-11, and keep on training! We’ll be getting some more pictures up soon, but for now here’s a quick taste of the brilliant weekend that was.